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June 2011

June 01, 2011

Manal Al-Sharif and the Ban on Saudi Women Driving

Last week, Manal Al-Sharif was arrested because she posted a video of herself driving around Alkhobar,...

May 2011

May 24, 2011

Women in the 2011 Arab Media Forum

There was something quite exciting about this year’s Arab Media Forum (AMF), which recently concluded...

May 06, 2011

Announcing “The Future of Islam In the Age of New Media”

Muslimah Media Watch is a proud partner for The Future of Islam In the Age...

May 05, 2011

An Interview with MMW’s Eman Hashim on Egypt

Muslimah Media Watch contributor Eman Hashim was in the middle of Egypt’s Tahrir Square for...

March 2011

March 29, 2011

Muslim Women in the Media Liveblog

Salam, readers! Some of you may know that both Krista and I attended the Muslim...

March 22, 2011

Mother’s Day Hypocrisy

This was written by Nadine Moawad and originally published at Sawt al Niswa. Ya3ni, we...

December 2010

December 23, 2010

Women’s Voices Now: I Accept I Accept I Accept

Today's film "captures the true essence of the protagonist’s feelings getting into an arrange marriage."...

December 22, 2010

Women’s Voices Now: Nour

"Nour" is a real-life interview with, Eman, a woman who is living with HIV/AIDS told...

December 21, 2010

Women’s Voices Now: Saturday Mothers of Turkey

"Saturday Mothers of Turkey" is a short documentary that highlights women in Turkey who are...

December 20, 2010

Women’s Voices Now: Sunglasses

The late submission deadline for the Women's Voices Now "Women's Voices from the Muslim World"...

December 15, 2010

Increasing Muslim Women’s Significance through Mediatization, Part II

Yesterday, I went over the presentations at the NVIC conference “Female Actors in the Egyptian...

December 14, 2010

Increasing Muslim Women’s Significance through Mediatization, Part I

A very interesting workshop was organized on November 24-25 by the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo...

December 08, 2010

The Doha Debates on The Burqa Ban: Filling in the Gaps

This is a guest post, written by Layla in response to our Doha Debates Roundtable....

December 01, 2010

Revealing Democracy: A Conference on Bill 94 (Part I)

Quebec’s Bill 94, which would deny access to public services to women who wear niqab,...

November 2010

November 25, 2010

The Doha Debates on The Burqa Ban

Last month, the Qatar Foundation’s Doha Debates took on the French niqab ban, discussing the...

November 22, 2010

A Far-Reaching Film Fest

In January of this year, philanthropist Leslie Sacks, human rights lawyer Catinca Tabacaru and a...

November 18, 2010

The One Day, One Struggle Campaign

November 9th was the second international “One Day, One Struggle” campaign, organized by the Coalition...

November 10, 2010

The Fourth Annual International Congress On Islamic Feminism

In late October, this year’s Fourth Annual International Congress on Islamic Feminism was held in...

October 2010

October 27, 2010

It’s Pink Hijab Day!

Today is Pink Hijab Day! I hope you're wearing something pink. From the Global Pink...

October 20, 2010

M.I.A.’s Niqab: Costume or Comment?

For Spike TV's "Scream 2010" Awards, M.I.A. wore a niqab. There's another image here. Discuss....

October 12, 2010

Without a Prayer: Eid for Muslim Women in South Africa

Several weeks after Eid al-Fitr, it’s a good time to analyze the recent media embroglio...

September 2010

September 23, 2010

An Artful Collaboration: Plataforma de Mujeres Artistas & Unión de Mujeres Musulmanas

Contrary to the common assumption that only Muslim women are victims of gender violence, some...

June 2010

June 30, 2010

There’s “Muslim,” and Then There’s “Muslim-Born”…

The Independent recently published an article by Jerome Taylor, titled "First woman to lead Friday...

May 2010

May 19, 2010

Haters Gonna Hate: the Backlash Against Miss USA

Rima Fakih, an Arab Muslim immigrant, won the Miss USA Pageant Sunday night: She beat...

May 18, 2010

Niqabs, Media, and Taking Action

Today is the Day of Action on Quebec's Bill 94, which I wrote about last...

May 13, 2010

Action Alert: Quebec’s Bill 94

The provincial legislature of Quebec, Canada, is currently considering a bill that would refuse key...

March 2010

March 31, 2010

Pray-in Weigh-in: The D.C. Mosque Protest

At the end of February, a Muslimah “pray-in” led by Fatima Thompson at the Islamic...

March 04, 2010

Fashion Statements

This is an edited version of an article published at Café Pyala. You can read...

February 2010

February 23, 2010

Portrait of The Grey Lady: Aafia Siddiqui’s Construction in the Media

Following a long trial, this month Aafia Siddiqui was convicted of assault with a deadly...

February 15, 2010

Muslims are Speaking Out Against Domestic Violence…But is Anybody Listening?

In February 2009, Aasiya Hassan, co-founder of Bridges TV, was murdered by her husband. Thanks...