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October 2010

October 26, 2010

Who Will Defend the Defenders? Gambian Activists Face Smear Campaign

Dr. Isatou Touray and Amie Bojang Sissoho are two prominent women’s human rights defenders in...

October 18, 2010

Maintaining a Narrative: ABC’s Monolithic Muslim Experience

Spearheading the healing of a slowly crippling nation, ABC News has decided to take it...

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 30, 2010

A Little Old Lady vs. A Burqa-Clad Mob: The Sweden Democrats’ Banned Campaign Ad

A political ad that portrays a pensioner hobbling forward for a share of the national...

September 14, 2010

Using Laila ElBaradei as a Clear Smear

Egypt is gearing up for its presidential elections next year. As campaigns are off to...

September 09, 2010

Not Such a Small World, After All: Disney’s Latest Discrimination

In the latest hijab shake-down, Imane Boudlal was taken off the schedule as a hostess...

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...

August 25, 2010

“Report from a Pashtun Teen” in the New York Times

After reading Nicholas Kristof and Sheryll WuDunn’s Half the Sky earlier this year, I began...

August 24, 2010

Will the Real ‘Carrie Bradshaw of the Middle East’ Please Come Forward?

This post was written by M. Lynx Qualey and originally appeared on her blog Arab...

August 17, 2010

The Wardrobe Wars: Bikinis and Garbage Bags

About a week ago, a British woman in a Dubai shopping mall, allegedly wearing a...

July 2010

July 27, 2010

Playing the Victim: Media Coverage of Marwa el-Sherbini

This was written by Beverly M. Weber for Muslimah Media Watch. “She became a victim...

July 22, 2010

What Not to Write: More on Bad Veil Headlines

Noorain Khan's piece on bad burqa puns, which MMW reposted yesterday, came as I have been...

July 21, 2010

Your Complete Guide To Bad Burqa Puns

This post was written by Noorain Khan, and originally published at Jezebel. Every time news...

July 19, 2010

Coverage of “Fashionable” Muslim Women Cramps Our Style

While the front pages of newspapers feature Muslim women in flowing black abayas, burqas, and...

July 14, 2010

A Family Affair: Afshan Azad’s Assault

When I watched Afshan Azad entering the Yule Ball as Padma Patil with Ron Weasley...

July 01, 2010

How to Cheat on Your Exams: Hi-Tech Hijab!

June is exam time in North Africa. With some amusement, I read a link forwarded...

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...

June 28, 2010

When the Personal is Political: Dr. Samar Habib

Those of you who have been following debates surrounding academic freedom might remember the story...

June 24, 2010

A Reporter’s Headscarf is Not An Insult

The father and brother of Aqsa Parvez, a Muslim Canadian teenager who was killed in...

June 23, 2010

Al Jazeera’s Wardrobe Malfunction

The Short version: Time: A few months ago. Action: Eight female journalists working for Al...

May 2010

May 25, 2010

Beauty and the Beastly Pundits: More on Miss USA

Rima Fakih has become an unlikely member of the Islamophobic grab-bag of images. Joining the...

May 24, 2010

How Western journalists reported the ban on burqa

This was written by Sabria S. Jawhar and was originally published in the Saudi Gazette....

May 21, 2010

Friday Links — May 21, 2010

This is what happens when you paint niqabs and the women who wear them as...

May 20, 2010

Boys are Experts, Girls are Brainwashed: the Case of Ferah

At the end of April, on the Swiss German-language television show Arena, one of the...

April 2010

April 26, 2010

Kuwait’s “Arab Times” Apparently Amused by a Maid’s Rape

This was originally published at Migrant Rights. On April 10th, Kuwait’s Arab Times reported about...

April 19, 2010

Nazia Doesn’t Live Here Anymore: On Nazia Quazi and the Media

Despite her story being told in a series of media alerts posted a few weeks...

April 08, 2010

Out of Sight, Out of Mind: the Niqab Debate and Ableism

The Quebec niqab thing keeps going and going (ugh), and I'm still avoiding talking about...

April 07, 2010

Jihad Jane & Co.: Brainwashed or Hell-Bent?

The phrase “homegrown terrorist” is being thrown around a lot these days. ABC News used...

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 27, 2010

Action Alert: Nazia Quazi

This was written by Thea Lim and originally appeared at Racialicious. We are late on...