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February 2012

February 08, 2012

Maya Khan’s Marriage Police

When your everyday news consists of the purported collapse of your government and a small...

February 06, 2012

Art of Words: Women Calligraphers Then and Now

A few days ago, Lubna Shaikh posted this calligraphic collage craft idea for children on...

January 2012

January 16, 2012

Reading Too Much into Veenagate

Veena Malik is a Pakistani actress with a special flair for controversy. She first made...

January 12, 2012

Book Review: The Crescent Directive

The Crescent Directive was, for me, a fun but perplexing read. The concept is simple...

January 11, 2012

Revisiting Miriam Cooke’s “Muslimwoman”

Miriam Cooke has described her use of "Muslimwoman" in one word as a reference to...

January 10, 2012

Reviving the Spirit Without Recognizing Half The Audience?

Editor’s Note: As previous RIS-themed posts have noted (see our post from 2008, two posts...

January 10, 2012

RIS Knowledge Retreat, Gender, and Feminism

Yesterday, we posted Sharrae’s analysis of gender issues at the 2011 Reviving the Islamic Spirit...

January 09, 2012

Reclaiming Inclusion of Sisters at RIS: Part Two

See Part One here. Oh it did NOT just go there... My blood began to...

January 09, 2012

Reclaiming Inclusion of Sisters at RIS: Part One

Editor’s note: I would like to welcome Sharrae, MMW’s newest contributor! Sharrae starts us off...

December 2011

December 30, 2011

MMW 2011 Year in Review: Head Coverings and Head-Shaking

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

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...

December 22, 2011

Responding to the Goatmilk Debates on Islam and Feminism: Part Two

Recently, the “Goatmilk” blog hosted a debate, with the resolution: Islam is Incompatible with Feminism. ...

December 21, 2011

Responding to the Goatmilk Debates on Islam and Feminism: Part One

Recently, the “Goatmilk” blog hosted a debate, with the resolution: Islam is Incompatible with Feminism. ...

December 01, 2011

“An Exotic Veiled Woman”: An Honest Look at the Experience of Muslim Women in Activism

An article recently published in Bekhsoos magazine is a jarring and honest reflection of a...

November 2011

November 23, 2011

Hot Off the Press! White Women Are Converting to Islam!

Look at pictures of real live white women wearing hijab! All the exclamation marks in...

November 17, 2011

Against All Odds: Muslim Fashion Designers on the Politics of Clothing

Although Muslim women are often portrayed in the media as wearing nothing but black abbayas,...

November 14, 2011

All-American Muslim Reviewed

TLC’s All-American Muslim, which I previewed last week, aired last night in the United States....

November 10, 2011

Intersections of Gender and Sexuality: LGBT Muslims in the U.S.

Intersections International, a New York-based nonprofit that “works at the intersection of communities in conflict”...

November 07, 2011

The Saudi Sovereign and the Breast

This post was originally published at the interrogations of shamshouma. In the last few weeks,...

November 03, 2011

WISE Reflections on Muslim Women’s Leadership

This year the Women's Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equality (WISE) held its third global...

November 03, 2011

Halloween Costumes, Gender, and Patriotism

Last week, as Halloween approached, searching for Halloween costumes online was interesting. Once more, like...

September 2011

September 01, 2011

Eid Mubarak to all People…and Women

This past Monday night found me, and many others, repeatedly checking the websites of various...

August 2011

August 24, 2011

30Mosques Crashes A Female Prayer Space

This was written by Peter Gray and originally appeared at his blog. Wouldn’t it be...

August 17, 2011

Muslim Women Reflect on Ramadan

As most people reading this probably know, it's Ramadan, which brings some combination of fasting,...

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...

July 21, 2011

On Identity by Default

This post was written by Asifa Akbar. Since its inception, Muslimah Media Watch (MMW) has...

July 20, 2011

Behind the Burqa Ban: The Problem with France’s Muslim Feminists

This article was written by Peter Gray. France’s decision to outlaw face veils sparked a...

July 14, 2011

Won’t Someone Think of the Menstruating Children?

By guest contributor Wood Turtle; a longer version of this post was originally published at...

July 05, 2011

The Media’s Role in Limiting Women’s Development

I was following with interest media commentaries on the recent experts meeting on women’s media...

July 04, 2011

The Mohawk Hijab and the Chanel Abaya

Kecya Felix, a Brazilian stylist/designer, wore a fake Chanel niqab and abaya and an iPad...