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September 2009

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 09, 2009

Someone to Watch Over Me: On the Saudi Guardianship Campaign

When a woman says, “My guardian knows what’s best for me,” what should we do?...

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 26, 2009

The Other Half of the Sky: the NYT Magazine’s Women’s Crusade Issue

At the heart of many of the problems plaguing Muslim women in developing nations is...

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 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 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 21, 2009

Tina Brown and Hillary Clinton’s Burqa

This was written by Allison McCarthy and originally appeared at GlobalComment. Tina Brown’s ploys for...

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 15, 2009

Fair and Balanced: the BBC Burqa Debates

In the wake of the Sarkozy-Burqa fiasco, last week the BBC radio aired a show...

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 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 10, 2009

Girls Just Wanna Get Married: On Hamas, Matchmaking, and Femininity

It seems as of late, the media has taken a very keen interest in the...

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 21, 2009

“Be Beautiful and Vote” or “Be Intelligent and Vote Blank?”

This was written by Alexandra Sandels and originally appeared on Menassat. A billboard advertisement calling...

May 18, 2009

Non-Issue or New Islamist Threat? Headscarves and the FFQ

The Fédération des femmes du Québec (Federation of Quebec Women; abbreviated as FFQ) recently had...

May 13, 2009

The Sound of a Broken Record: Alibhai-Brown’s Essay for The Independent

Reading Yasmin Alibhai-Brown's commentary in The Independent reminded me a bit of a group of...

May 12, 2009

Facing Justice: An Update

I wrote a little while ago about the media coverage of the Toronto sexual assault...

May 07, 2009

The Guardian’s First Lady Faux Pas

During an election campaign, we often get articles focusing on the wives of male candidates....

May 06, 2009

A Marriage made in Parliament: South Africa’s Muslim Personal Law Bill, Part 2

This is part two of our series on Muslim Personal Law in South Africa. Today,...

May 05, 2009

A Marriage made in Parliament: South Africa’s Muslim Personal Law Bill, Part 1

This is the first of a two-series post on South Africa's Muslim Personal Law bill....