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January 2010

January 19, 2010

Naked Ambition: Airport Body Scanners Only Offensive to Muslim Women?

Earlier this month, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called for a gradual introduction of body...

January 18, 2010

Judging An Emcee By Her Cover

This was written by Mandy van Deven and originally appeared at Bitch magazine. Since her...

January 14, 2010

The Boy Who Cried “Witch!”: Saudis Investigate Domestic Workers for Witchcraft

Something decidedly medieval is in the air in Saudi Arabia. Fears of black magic and...

January 06, 2010

Making Arrangements: Are Arranged Marriages Really so Easy?

It seems that Muslims seeking meaningful relationships with members of the opposite sex, and how...

December 2009

December 31, 2009

Husband(s) and Wife: Nadine Al Bedair Writes About Polgamy’s Double Standard

Allow me to choose four, five or even nine men, just as my wildest imagination...

December 30, 2009

Muslim Women Cartoonists

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

December 29, 2009

Ted Talks About Women’s Bodies at Cultural Battlegrounds

TED Talks are short lectures of no longer than 18 minutes, delivered on a variety...

December 28, 2009

Switzerland’s Minaret Ban: New Victims for an Old Propaganda

Last month, Swiss voters approved a ban on the construction of mosque minarets. It’s worth...

December 24, 2009

A Tale of Muslim Women Activists in Two Cities

Writing for MMW, I often get tired of seeing images, over and over, of Muslim...

December 16, 2009

Divorce, Egyptian Style: Divorcee Radio Breaks Stereotypes

“When security disappears in married life, and serenity is not accessible, then it is time...

December 14, 2009

Burqa Shades: Preserving Tradition or Profitting Off of it?

This was written by Sara Elghobashy and originally appeared at elan. It seems that everywhere...

December 10, 2009

The Tide is Turning for Opinions on Abortion in Egypt

Egyptian society has been fighting over abortion for over 10 years. Abortion is still illegal...

December 03, 2009

The Burqa Barbie Brouhaha

A recent decision to auction a “Burqa Barbie” for a Save the Children fundraising campaign...

December 02, 2009

Do Muslim Feminists Have Too Much to Worry About Already to Think About Homophobia?

This was originally published at Cycads. Once a week, I meet with people studying gender...

November 2009

November 30, 2009

Beauty and the Media Beast: the 2009 Miss Arab World Pageant

Let’s cut to the point: no matter how hard anyone tries to make it deep...

November 25, 2009

Ask Me Anything: Conversations on Niqab

The new CBC weeknight show Connect with Mark Kelley recently aired a segment on niqab...

November 24, 2009

Driving Force: the n7nu Campaign in Saudi Arabia

The advertisement begins with a short video of a woman moving from the back seat...

November 17, 2009

Grassroots Politics and Women’s Activism Forum in D.C.

While in Washington, D.C., last month, I attended a forum on Muslim women’s rights titled...

November 11, 2009

Is Women’s Empowerment as Simple as Drawing a Line? Thoughts on the Khede Kasra Campaign

Back in early 2008, the Hariri Foundation’s Women Empowerment Program wanted to start a national...

October 2009

October 29, 2009

Don’t Ask Why: the BNP on Question Time

Following the election of two British National Party (BNP) MEPs in the 2009 European elections...

October 28, 2009

The Pink Ladies: Islamic Activism meets Breast Cancer Awareness with Pink Hijab Day

Today is Pink Hijab Day, a day to encourage awareness of breast cancer in conjunction...

October 27, 2009

What Fatima Didn’t Do: British Play Discusses Identity and Hijab

A thin square of shiny polyester is the main player in Atiha Sen Gupta’s play,...

October 22, 2009

The Revolution Will not be Sexualized: More on Seyran Ates

German-Turkish writer Seyran Ates thinks Islam needs a sexual revolution. This might seem a little...

October 21, 2009

Whose Revolution? Critiquing Seyran Ates and her Islamic Sexual Revolution

The calls of lawyer, activist, and writer Seyran Ates for a sexual revolution in the...

October 19, 2009

Jumping on the Niqab Ban(dwagon)

Not to be outdone by Egypt's Shaykh Tantawi, the Muslim Canadian Congress (MCC) released a...

October 13, 2009

Under Tantawi’s Niqab is a Can of Worms

As Muslims, we are asked about the details of our personal lives, and our relationship...

October 12, 2009

Questioning the Veil, Questioning the Questioner

Today we witness postcolonial Orientalism coming to grips with its obsession with the hijab. While...

September 2009

September 30, 2009

Big Love: Appropriating Feminism in Advocating Polygamy

Stories about polygamy tend to surge and ebb in the media, but they never fail...

September 15, 2009

Ramadhan Book Club: Our Stories, Our Lives

Our Stories, Our Lives is an anthology of a diverse group of women in Bradford,...

September 10, 2009

The French (Dis)Connection: on the role of Media and Politics in the Burqa Ban

Aged patronizing feminists, young veiled victims (of Islamist threat), and endangered laïcité éternelle (everlasting secularism):...