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December 2008

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...

November 2008

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 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 17, 2008

Halal TV: Before and After

These articles were written by Tasnim and was originally published at epiphanies. For another perspective...

November 14, 2008

The price women leaders pay

Salam waleykum, readers! Unfortunately, I haven't been able to put together Friday Links for this...

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 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 04, 2008

Islamic Feminism Around the World

As an academic, I must admit I enjoy conferences. Alright, not all conferences nor everything...

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 27, 2008

Mixing up the message on Islamic law

You know that game called "broken telephone" (it goes by other names too, I think),...

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 21, 2008

No Headscarf, No Entry: Golshifteh Farahani’s Dilemma

MMW's Friday Links last week had within it three links about Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani...

October 13, 2008

Who’s Your Daddy?: Media Images of Yasmin Fostok

Muslimah Media Watch thanks Ali Eteraz for the tip! A few weeks ago, several Western...

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...

September 2008

September 22, 2008

Election coverage: Samira Laouni

There is a whole lotta ugly going on out there in the election coverage these...

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 11, 2008

What About Aafia Siddiqui?

Today, let's briefly re-visit one "frontier" of America's War of on Terror. About a month...

September 09, 2008

Iranian women continue to fight the system…

...but somehow the news article that covers it decides to completely change the subject to...

September 08, 2008

Last week’s worst headline award goes to…

Study blames mums for Afghan child mortality Seriously? The article tells us: High child mortality...

September 03, 2008

BBC vs the LA Times: Who did it better?

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a critique of a LA Times blog post...

September 03, 2008

Let Muslim women speak

This was written by Shelina Zahra Janmohamed and originally published at Comment is free. The...

September 02, 2008

Mouth to Mouth: How Pakistani Senator’s Comments Overshadow the Real Story

Ramadan Mubarak everyone! I spent the first day of Ramadan at the Republican National Convention...

August 2008

August 26, 2008

Mother Knows Best: CNN’s interview with an alleged suicide bomber

Sometimes I wonder why I even browse CNN.com anymore. However, it does tend to make...

August 21, 2008

The Devil’s Advocate

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

August 14, 2008

Muslimahs at the Beijing Olympics

MMW thanks HijabStyle for the links! With the Olympics in full swing, I thought I'd...

August 11, 2008

Words out of context

The pen is mightier than the sword. Or the voice is mightier than the bullet,...