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September 2009

September 30, 2009

Big Love: Appropriating Feminism in Advocating Polygamy

Stories about polygamy tend to surge and ebb in the media, but they never fail...

September 17, 2009

The Woman who Wasn’t There: Aisha Gaddafi in the Press

With the recent release of the suspected Pan Am 103 bomber, the 40th anniversary of...

September 16, 2009

Feminists in Neverland: Wolf and Chesler Play War

Salon's "Feminists face off over the veil" is supposed to reflect a serious debate, not...

September 14, 2009

The Fight of the Century: Chesler vs. Wolf

This was originally published at my personal site. Phyllis Chesler and Naomi Wolf have gotten...

September 10, 2009

The French (Dis)Connection: on the role of Media and Politics in the Burqa Ban

Aged patronizing feminists, young veiled victims (of Islamist threat), and endangered laïcité éternelle (everlasting secularism):...

September 07, 2009

A Misleading CNN Article About Hijabs

This originally appeared at AltMuslimah and was written by Uzma Mariam Ahmed. A recent headline...

August 2009

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 11, 2009

Burqa Tourism at its Finest: How to Become an Expert on Muslim Women in Just One Week

Alicia wrote last week about female members of the British police force wearing burqas and...

August 05, 2009

CNN FAIL on Honor Killing Coverage

This past week a woman was murdered in an apparent honor killing in the Gaza...

August 04, 2009

Burqas and the British Police Farce

Oh, this is just hilarious. Three female police officers were ordered to dress up as...

July 2009

July 29, 2009

The Mother of All Sins: Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno’S Caning

They say that money is the root of all evil. At times, I couldn't agree...

July 27, 2009

“Honour Killings” and “Canadian Values”

Three family members have recently been charged in the deaths of three teenage sisters and...

July 23, 2009

Marwa El Sherbini Did Not Die For Her Hijab, So Please Stop Saying That She Did

Marwa El Sherbini is in the ground away from those who love her most. She...

July 22, 2009

The Emirates Fights Sexism by Exploiting Class-Based Oppression

Fatemeh already pointed out the obviousness of the title in last week's Friday Links, but...

July 21, 2009

Free Shadi Sadr, Uphold Women’s Rights

This guest post was written by Rochelle Terman. Shadi Sadr, the prominent Iranian lawyer and...

July 20, 2009

Dreyfuss and Iran’s “Women Commandos”

If you’ve been following coverage of the fallout from the recent Iranian elections, you have...

July 14, 2009

The Media’s Love Affair with Rebiya Kadeer and the Uighurs

Uighur Women in the Spotlight The media loves Uighur women. They give them lots of...

July 13, 2009

How Do You Soak Yours: Burqa Apparently Soaked in Blood

This originally appeared on Safiya's blog Outlines. A lot of the discourse of Muslim women...

July 09, 2009

Living in Denial: The Tragic Murder of Marwa el-Sherbini

By now many Muslims have heard of the tragic murder of Marwa el-Sherbini, mother, daughter,...

July 07, 2009

Setting the Record Straight: A Follow-Up on Niqabs and Voting

Originally posted at Muslim Lookout The Canadian government has (finally) decided to lay to rest...

June 2009

June 29, 2009

Sarkozy to the Rescue! France, Burqas, and the Question of “Choice”

As I'm sure many of you have seen already, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said last...

June 25, 2009

There Will be Blood: Neda Agha Soltan’s Post-Mortem Image in the Media

Neda Agha-Soltani was fatally shot during a protest in Iran on Saturday, June 20, 2009....

June 19, 2009

You Say You Want a Revolution (in a Loose Headscarf)

This was written by Mimi and originally published at threadbared. Because this is a fashion...

June 16, 2009

Rockin’ the Vote: the Election of Salmenna Sediqe

The Toledo Blade recently covered the election of a woman, Salmenna Sediqe, as president of...

June 16, 2009

No Country for Muslim Women

I am not an Islamic scholar, therefore my opinions on Islam do not count. Worse...

June 01, 2009

PETA Fails at Talking about Humans, Yet Again

Last week, Canadian Governor-General* Michaëlle Jean caused a huge storm in the media by eating...

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 27, 2009

Fatwa Frenzy: Skewing the Education Fatwa Issue

The right to an education is one of the most basic rights that any person...

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 20, 2009

Always an Unregistered Wife, Never a Bride

When I first read the BBC's article on Tajik women who are left destitute because...