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February 2010

February 14, 2010

In Memory of Sister Aasiya Zubair: Nine Things You Can Do

Abdul Malik Mujahid, a prominent imam and community activist in the Chicago area, has written...

February 14, 2010

Domestic Violence Awareness Events in February

One year ago, Aasiya Zubair Hassan was brutally murdered by her husband. Since then, Muslim...

January 2010

January 21, 2010

Tahmena Bokhari: A Study in (How We Talk About) Contradictions

Tahmena Bokhari, a feminist, Muslim, Canadian, social worker, and educator, was recently crowned Mrs. Pakistan...

January 12, 2010

Revisiting the Islamic Spirit: Women at the 2009 RIS Convention: Part 2

This is part two of Krista's review of the Reviving the Islamic Spirit Convention. You...

January 11, 2010

Revisiting the Islamic Spirit: Women at the 2009 RIS Convention: Part I

This is part one of a two-part series reviewing the Reviving the Islamic Spirit Convention....

January 07, 2010

Shortlist for “Arab Booker”: Where are the women?

This is a slightly edited version of an article written by Susannah Tarbush. A complete...

December 2009

December 09, 2009

Making an Egg-xample of Baroness Warsi

The U.K.'s Conservative Shadow Minister for Community Cohesion Baroness Sayeeda Warsi was pelted with eggs...

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

Conversion Perversion: Gaddafi’s Attempt at Dawah

While in Rome for the U.N. World Food Summit last week, Libyan leader Muammar al...

November 18, 2009

One Afghan Woman’s Words: Malalai Joya’s Book Tour

Malalai Joya, an Afghan activist for women's rights (and many other things), was in Toronto...

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 16, 2009

Marketing Muslim Lifestyles and Rethinking Modesty

If a hijab in Pucci-designed print could speak, what would it say? I attended a...

October 2009

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 20, 2009

Visiting the Hijab…Again

This was written by Farah Banihali and originally published at Nuseiba. Last month a forum...

August 2009

August 31, 2009

Seksualiti Merdeka: Coming to Terms With the Love that Dares not Speak its Name

Who would have thought that sexuality rights were being celebrated in the historical and cultural...

August 25, 2009

Common Ground: Sexist Ramadan “Mistakes”

For many of us, the last few weeks before the start of Ramadan mark a...

August 20, 2009

Sisterhood of the Hot Pants: the Media’s Coverage of Lubna al-Hussein

Lubna al-Hussein’s recent trial for wearing pants has received a lot of attention in the...

August 19, 2009

Material Girls: Talking about Gender and Consumerism at ISNA

I spent this past weekend at a conference near Toronto, co-hosted by ISNA Canada (the...

July 2009

July 30, 2009

Tariq Ramadan Speaks to South African Women

Last weekend, my husband and I made the six hour drive to the coastal city...

July 02, 2009

Muslim Women and Choice in Marriage

This is a slightly edited version of an article written by Sahar, which originally appeared...

June 2009

June 22, 2009

This House Stands Alone on Muslim Women’s Marriages

There is already a consensus amongst Islamic scholars that makes this debate illegitimate based on...

May 2009

May 28, 2009

A Principled Pageant?: Saudi Arabia’s Miss Beautiful Morals

News media reported at the beginning of the month that Saudi Arabia will hold its...

May 26, 2009

Bride Denied: Media Coverage of Mukhtar Mai’s Wedding

In early April, Mukhtar Mai, the Pakistani survivor of a tribal-ordered gang rape who prosecuted...

May 26, 2009

Speak Your Mind: Mona Eltahawy’s Advice on Media

I spent this past Sunday morning at a brunch hosted by the Canadian Council of...

May 11, 2009

All About our Mothers

This was written by Youssef Rakha and originally appeared in The National. “Happy Mother’s Day!...

April 2009

April 23, 2009

Unfair Play: Doha Conference Sheds Light on Biased Images of Muslim Women in Western Media

This week in Doha, Qatar, the "East and West — Women in Media’s Eye" conference...

April 08, 2009

Random WTF – Financial Times Edition

Last Friday, the Financial Times covered the "richest race meeting in the world", the 2009...

March 2009

March 31, 2009

WAM! Conference Recap

Salam waleykum, readers! I'm back from the Women, Action & Media! conference in Boston. It...

March 26, 2009

WAM! Conference

Salam waleykum, readers! I'm in Boston this weekend, attending the Women, Action & The Media...

March 08, 2009

Happy International Women’s Day!

Salam waleykum, readers, and happy International Women's Day! For more info, you can go to...