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September 2012

September 05, 2012

When Barbie Became Muslim

Growing up in Mexico City in the 90’s meant for me that I grew up...

December 2011

December 29, 2011

MMW 2011 Year in Review: Arts and Entertainment

As 2011 draws to a close, we at MMW are looking back at our year...

August 2011

August 22, 2011

Under Fire: Al-Watan’s “For hire” T-shirt Article

When a Chinese company manufactured a line of women’s T-shirts with the words “For Hire”...

July 2011

July 04, 2011

The Mohawk Hijab and the Chanel Abaya

Kecya Felix, a Brazilian stylist/designer, wore a fake Chanel niqab and abaya and an iPad...

April 2011

April 19, 2011

This shouldn’t be a surprise.

A sexist Carl's Jr. ad? You don't say! For their new turkey burger, Carl's Jr....

August 2010

August 30, 2010

The New Pornographers: Operation Iraqi Freedom?

Few people would agree that pornography has hardly been an indicator of freedom or political...

June 2010

June 08, 2010

Ufone Commercials: the Positives and Negatives

While wasting time on YouTube, I recently came across a series of Pakistani commercials for...

April 2010

April 29, 2010

The Ladies in Red: Shepard Fairey’s Propangand-art

I must admit, when I first saw my brother and sister walk in with these...

December 2009

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 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 03, 2009

The Burqa Barbie Brouhaha

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

November 2009

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...

September 2009

September 29, 2009

A New Bang for your Buck: Fake Hymens for Sale

Last month, Soad Abdel Rassoul from Radio Netherlands published an Arabic translation for a Chinese...

August 2009

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...

August 06, 2009

It’s Barbie’s World

This post was written by Farah Banihali and originally appeared at AltMuslimah and Nuseiba. Last...

February 2009

February 24, 2009

There’s Not Much Desi About Desi Dolls

A few weeks ago, we featured a story in our Friday links about the introduction...

January 2009

January 27, 2009

Idealising Islamic womanhood, internalising whiteness

This post was written by Cycads, and originally appeared on her blog. Malaysian actress...

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...

December 2008

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 01, 2008

“It’s interesting to have a burqa”

The Western fascination with the burqa has crept up again in a new and mind-boggling...