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September 2015

September 03, 2015

Muslim Female Superheroes

I spent much of my childhood and teenage years obsessed with anime and comics. Growing...

December 2014

December 11, 2014

Rejected (Muslim) Princesses: awesomely offbeat women in history

If you're our regular reader, you know that mainstream media sorely lacks female characters who...

November 2014

November 12, 2014

TED Talks and Superheroes: New Representations of Muslim Women

I have a friend who is obsessed with TED Talks, and who recently sent me...

September 2014

September 08, 2014

When Bridging Between Cultures Doesn’t Help

Responding to a question on the potential of art to transform at Jewish Book Week...

May 2014

May 29, 2014

Ms. Marvel Reviewed

Can a young American, Muslim woman who discovers her superpowers change the way Muslim women...

February 2014

February 11, 2014

Veil Stereotypes: Constructing and Distorting Muslim Women

This post was first published at wood turtle. Last summer I spoke at a conference about some...

June 2013

June 05, 2013

Beard Memes and the Proper Hijab Narrative

This post was originally posted at wood turtle’s blog. The day my friend took off hijab...

April 2013

April 02, 2013

The Subtleties of Being Caught in the Crossfire

This post was written by guest contributor Amina Jabbar (@AminaJabbar). Amina Jabbar, Twitter handle: @AminaJabbar...

December 2012

December 03, 2012

Stories of South Asian Women in Heartbeats: The Izzat Project

At Muslimah Media Watch, many of our posts are critical of the way Muslim women...

October 2012

October 16, 2012

Gendered Expectations in Facebook Cartoons

I have noticed a trend on Facebook of pages created and maintained by male religious...

January 2012

January 19, 2012

How are Muslim Women Doing in Political Cartoons?

After having written my undergraduate dissertation on depictions on Mexican First Ladies in political cartoons,...

December 2011

December 29, 2011

MMW 2011 Year in Review: Arts and Entertainment

As 2011 draws to a close, we at MMW are looking back at our year...

November 2011

November 02, 2011

Self-Conscious Orientalism in Craig Thompson’s Graphic Novel Habibi

Editor's note: A longer version of this post is available on Tasnim's personal blog. Craig...

July 2011

July 25, 2011

Brainless Badly Veiled Women

Golnaz Esfandiari writes about a cartoon by a hard-line news agency: "The cartoon suggests that...

April 2011

April 27, 2011

X-Factor’s M: Kicking Ass and Taking Names…While Muslim

In an issue of last month’s X-Factor comic (#217), one of the series’ long-time characters—M,...

August 2010

August 19, 2010

State of the (Superhero) Nation: Faiza Hussein in British Comics

Faiza Hussain is a British Muslim super heroine of Pakistani descent, introduced in the 2008-2009...

May 2010

May 04, 2010

Queen Bees: Queen Rania on Oprah

When I heard that Queen Rania of Jordan appeared on The Oprah Show not too...

December 2009

December 30, 2009

Muslim Women Cartoonists

This was written Iqbal Tamimi and originally published at Middle East Online. One of the...

November 2009

November 18, 2009

Saudi Cartoonist Hana Hajar Sketches a Path for Female Cartoonists

Saudi cartoonist Hana Hajjar chats with MMW about work, her inspiration and challenging societal taboos.

September 2009

September 21, 2009

Bendib’s “Hate the Muslim Woman” Contest

This is a comic by StudioBendib. What are your thoughts on it, readers?

March 2009

March 19, 2009

The Ideal Egyptian Woman, According to CityStars Mall

For those who don't know, CityStars mall in Cairo was the biggest mall in the Middle...

September 2008

September 25, 2008

Bombs, Liberty, and the Muslimah Body

Yet another cartoon controversy has hit the Muslim world. This time it's not in the...

September 25, 2008

I’ll Show You Islamic Hood (ie)

This was written by Taz and originally published at Sepia Mutiny. Muslimah Media Watch thanks...

September 23, 2008

Shame on You: Shame Cartoons

They're popping up everywhere in harmless-looking packaging: shame cartoons. A quick search online will turn...

September 16, 2008

Drawn-Out: Stan of Arabia

So this is old. 2005 old. But I just saw it so I'm writing. I'm...

August 2008

August 02, 2008

Female, Muslim, and Mutant: A Critique of Muslim Women in Comic Books — Part 2 of 2

This was written by Jehanzeb and originally appeared at his blog. This has been edited...

July 2008

July 08, 2008

Female, Muslim, and Mutant: A Critique of Muslim Women in Comic Books, Part 1 of 2

MMW thanks Dianna for the tip! This was written by Jehanzeb and was originally published...

May 2008

May 20, 2008

The Not-So-Funnies: Using Niqab in Comics to Otherize Iranian Women

A few weeks ago, Slate highlighted Iran as a topic for cartoonists. I didn't look...

May 13, 2008

Manga Mania: Muslim Manga’s Reach

Muslimah Media Watch thanks Safiya for the tip. Asia Alfasi is a talented manga artist...

March 2008

March 25, 2008

A Class Apart

I know it's small, but you should be able to enlarge it by clicking on...