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November 2008

November 05, 2008

The Struggle to Wear Hijab on Egyptian TV

Ghada El-Tawil (pictured below) is an Egyptian anchorwoman who just recently returned to television. Six...

November 03, 2008

Equal-opportunity domestic violence?

Like last week's article on Britain's apparent condemnation of the entire system of Islamic law,...

October 2008

October 28, 2008

Stand Up WITH Muslim Women, Johann

Muslimah Media Watch thanks Thabet for the tip. In Thursday, October 23rd's edition of The...

October 23, 2008

Harassment = Jail Time!

Egyptian women have something to celebrate: yesterday the first man in Egyptian history was sentenced...

October 22, 2008

NPR gives us an Orientalist romance

When I started to read a recent NPR story about an Iraqi woman married to...

October 15, 2008

Miss Undastood

A few months ago, my mother gave me the CD of a Muslimah who she...

October 09, 2008

How to make a killing in veiled cliches

This was written by Amal Awad and originally published in The Sydney Morning Herald. As...

October 08, 2008

The Invisible Muslimah

What's the first image that comes to your mind when you think of a Muslim...

October 08, 2008

Be Real About Muslim Women

This was written by Muse and originally appeared at her blog Between Hope & Fear....

October 07, 2008

Talking Back – Mohja Kahf’s Response to “The Sermon”

The Washington Post ran an op-ed on Sunday by Mohja Kahf, author of The Girl...

October 01, 2008

Na’ima B. Robert takes us behind the veil

Normally, whenever I see anything with the phrase "Behind the veil" I automatically cringe and...

October 01, 2008

The liberating catwalk

This post was written by Sahar and originally published at Nuseiba. Last week was ‘Fashion...

September 2008

September 29, 2008

Whose Muslim Life?

The Guardian's Life and Style section has a biweekly series called This Muslim Life. The...

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 23, 2008

Bekhsoos: Concerning Homophobia

How excited was I when our editor, Fatemeh, emailed out a link to a new...

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

Shabana Azmi plays Devil’s advocate

At 13% of the population, Muslims are a significant demographic in India. However, relations between...

September 16, 2008

What NOT to do if you are a male feminist ally.

It can sometimes be interesting (i.e. RIDICULOUS) to hear the advice of a man on...

September 15, 2008

Yeah… it’s that scarf thing again.

I want to take a temporary (temporary, I promise!) break from our moratorium on headscarves...

September 04, 2008

Her Man

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

August 2008

August 21, 2008

The Devil’s Advocate

Knowing that my regular post day, Thursday, was quickly sneaking up on me, I frantically...

August 13, 2008

Taking Down Sexual Harassment

Sexual harassment is a problem that affects women in all societies. Muslim societies are no...

August 07, 2008

Getting on the Soap Box: Noor and Women’s Rights

We hope to have a longer analysis once Ethar is available in mid-August, but the...

July 2008

July 30, 2008

IslamOnline’s Modesty Chic

Fashion designers are now starting to see head scarves as the latest hot fashion trend....

July 28, 2008

Looking at Muslim women’s clothing… again.

Every week, the Friday links here at Muslimah Media Watch include several stories about Muslim...

July 24, 2008

Modesty is in the Eye of the Writer

Last week, I critiqued the first of two articles on modesty written by Anam Majeed....

July 23, 2008

Operation Muslim Virgin

Mona Eltahawy recently did an interview with Ron Kuby on Air America Radio on the...

July 17, 2008

Modesty is in the Eye of the Beholder

Recently, Anam Majeed wrote a two-part piece for the The Western Muslim on the concept...

July 16, 2008

We want more of the oppressed, helpless Muslim woman

I don't frequent forums as much I use to because I find it so much...

July 15, 2008

Does hymen restoration = virginity restoration?

This sunday, Time published a story about the rising rates of hymenoplasty in France. the...