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March 2009

March 12, 2009

Assimilation Frustration: a Review of AmericanEast

A longer version of this article appears on altmuslimah, while this version appeared at Racialicious....

March 05, 2009

What’s Love Got to Do With It? Amours Voilees’ Representations of Love and the Veil

There's a new Moroccan movie out that, on the surface, seems to tackle the issue...

January 2009

January 26, 2009

Brick Lane: Open Thread

I watched Brick Lane last night. Full disclosure: I haven't read the book. I wanted...

January 20, 2009

Swimming Against the Current: A Look At Nia Dinata via Dispatches

CBC radio's weekly documentary program, Dispatches, recently ran a documentary by Natasha Fatah on Nia...

January 07, 2009

Slumdog Millionaire: Muslimah As Princess

Spoiler alert: this post discusses important plot points. This past weekend I finally went to...

December 2008

December 29, 2008

The media’s surface-level fixation on Libya’s female bodyguards

The first thing anyone, male or female, Arab or not ever says to me when...

December 23, 2008

“Forced to Marry”: A Look at the Documentary

Last week's "Friday Links" linked to a story of a documentary about forced marriages of...

December 09, 2008

Bollywood’s Muslim Heroines: Of Love and Hate

I have been wanting to write about this for a looooong time. As a South...

November 2008

November 25, 2008

The Stoning of Soraya M.

This was written by Pedestrian and originally appeared at her blog. When you come from...

September 2008

September 29, 2008

Unexpected sexualities: the sexual limits and transgressions of Muslim women in film

This was written by Cycads and originally published at her blog. Come into my parlour:...

September 18, 2008

Unveiled: Hollywood’s Orientalist Fantasy

Guess what? Hollywood is making a film with a female Muslim protagonist! Yes, that's right....

September 04, 2008

Her Man

"Lesbian film" was one sensationalist headline I read while researching up and coming Egyptian director...

August 2008

August 12, 2008

A New Kind of Jihad

Is it possible to capture the lives of queer, gay, lesbian and bisexual Muslims in...

June 2008

June 09, 2008

Messing with the Zohan–Sexism in Sandler’s Movie

I went to see You Don’t Mess With the Zohan this weekend. I’ve never been...

May 2008

May 27, 2008

How women found their voice in Turkish cinema

This was written by Emrah Güler and was originally published at the Turkish Daily News....

April 2008

April 15, 2008

When a Woman Runs for President — in Afghanistan

Written by Andrea Useem; this was originally published at Religion Writer.I’ve just finished watching FrontRunner,...

April 02, 2008

Afghan Women Break out of the Mold

I recently came upon the film Daughters of Afghanistan in my local library. I wasn’t...

March 2008

March 26, 2008

The Indonesian Islamic Love Story

The Associated Press recently released a news piece titled by my local paper “Love story...

February 2008

February 13, 2008

Define ‘American Muslim’ — You Have Five Minutes

The Muslim American organization One Nation is hosting an online film contest about American Muslims....

February 07, 2008

Benazir Bhutto in Bollywood?

Rumours are buzzing around Bollywood of a possible film about Benazir Bhutto. Apparently, efforts were...

January 2008

January 16, 2008

Missing the Point

The Egyptian film Heen Maysara (حين ميسرة) was released on Eid last year. Since then,...

December 2007

December 25, 2007

Sexy Arabs Exposed!

Muslimah Media Watch thanks Safiya for the tip! The U.K.’s Channel 4 is airing a...

December 12, 2007

Persepolis: Explaining Iran in Black and White

This originally appeared on the blog epiphanies, written by Tasnim. Persepolis, the animated film based...

October 2007

October 15, 2007

Good Girls Don’t Date Saudi Boys

Arab News reported that a new DVD entitled Gurlz vs. Guyz will be on sale...

October 05, 2007

Thy Kingdom Come

Here's a really good review of The Kingdom. I'm not surprised by anything in the...

September 2007

September 21, 2007

The Madonna/Whore Complex, Islamic-Style!

Talking about access in my post awhile ago, I touched on sexuality. Since this is...

September 19, 2007

Access: Denied

This article talks about a new movie, Coffee & Allah. It tells the story of...