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January 2009

January 21, 2009

Truth or Propaganda: Muslim Women Need to Be Saved

With so much of American foreign policy being focused on various Muslim countries, it is...

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 15, 2009

“Chay” It Again: A Look at the Latest Issue of Chay Magazine

The latest issue of Chay magazine has come out and MMW is on it. For...

January 14, 2009

Single Moroccan Female: Single Mothers in Morocco

Single Muslim mothers must be the new "it" topic for the Western media. There has...

January 12, 2009

Debating the morality of Rachida Dati

Ms. Rachida Dati, France’s first female Muslim minister, has been criticized for returning to work...

January 08, 2009

Egyptian Women Hanging out in Mosques

I came across an interesting Associated Press article a couple of days ago titled Egyptian...

January 08, 2009

I ain’t sayin’ I’m a gold digger…

This was written by Jamerican Muslimah and originally published (with extras) at her blog Talking...

January 07, 2009

Slumdog Millionaire: Muslimah As Princess

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

January 07, 2009

Aliyah’s Choice: The LA Times’ Profile of a Lesbian Muslim

It wasn’t but several years ago when a Google search for “gay Muslims” or “lesbian...

January 06, 2009

Book review: The Secret Life of Syrian Lingerie – Intimacy and Design by Malu Halasa and Rana Salam

This was written by Cycads and originally published at her blog. Syria’s unlikely notoriety for...

January 05, 2009

Sexual harassment of Libyan women is holding us back

A recent Reuters article vaguely described sexual harassment in Libya by blaming it on “antiquated...

January 01, 2009

Discussing Muslim Women in Australia: An Interview With Joumanah El Matrah

Recently, Australia's ABC National Radio show, The Religion Report, covered the issue of racism experienced...

December 2008

December 30, 2008

Life Lost: the Tragic Case of Sahar Daftary

On December 20th, 23-year-old model Sahar Daftary died as a result of a fall from...

December 29, 2008

Does a masculine air rule over poetry awards in Iran?

This was originally published on ISNA and Payvand. It has been edited for clarity. The...

December 25, 2008

All About Eve: a Women’s Only Business Complex in Dubai

Dubai's leading U.A.E.-based international property developer, Hydra Properties, recently announced plans to build an all-female...

December 23, 2008

Fly Girls: the NYT’s essentialist profile of Emirati flight attendants

MMW would like to thank Thabet for the tip! Katherine Zopf's Sunday article in The...

December 18, 2008

Egyptian Spinsters and Old Maids Sitting Happily on the Shelf

I am a 21-year-old spinster. Yes, a spinster at 21. In my country, although many...

December 17, 2008

Looking at Egypt’s first female mayor

regardless of their difference in religion, Egyptian women share the same struggle when it comes...

December 10, 2008

Salamu Alaikum. I’ll take the beaded nipple tassels please.

The authors ask why a society known for sheltering women, would design and sell the...

December 10, 2008

Looking at Masjid Inequality in Australia

'Eid Mubarak to everyone! 'Eid ul'adha is a reflective time for Muslims all over. There's...

December 02, 2008

Nafsu buas: the politics of imagined lust in Malaysia

This post was written by Cycads and originally appeared on her blog. ‘Animalistic lust’ (nafsu...

November 2008

November 27, 2008

Rock On: Saudi Arabia’s All-Girl Rock Band

The internet is abuzz with talk about an all new rock band, The Accolade. Nothing...

November 26, 2008

Iran unveils new car for women

As soon as I saw the headline, I have to admit I was thinking "huh?"...

November 25, 2008

The Stoning of Soraya M.

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

November 24, 2008

Bakht’s Book: Stories of Muslim Experiences in Canada

Natasha Bakht, a law professor at Ottawa University, has recently published a book called Belonging...

November 19, 2008

How Tarek Fatah got it wrong on both “honor” killing and domestic violence

Recently, there has been much discussion in the media over the use of the term...

November 18, 2008

How to Use a Murder Victim: The Exploitation of the Aqsa Parvez Tragedy

A recent Toronto Life magazine article regarding Toronto teenager Aqsa Parvez's murder, entitled Girl, Interrupted,...

November 13, 2008

Third International Congress on Islamic Feminism

This was written by Sahar and originally published at Nuseiba. The third International Congress on...

November 11, 2008

Saudi women bridge the gender gap

A U.A.E.-based newspaper, The National, published a story yesterday about increasing numbers of Saudi women...

November 10, 2008

Unpacking the “culture” argument

I wrote a few weeks ago about the effect of a fictional white character's Muslim...