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April 2009

April 23, 2009

Unfair Play: Doha Conference Sheds Light on Biased Images of Muslim Women in Western Media

This week in Doha, Qatar, the "East and West — Women in Media’s Eye" conference...

April 21, 2009

Canada’s Military and Afghan Women: A Follow-Up

This piece is also posted at Muslim Lookout. I know I just talked about this...

April 13, 2009

Are Afghan Women Really Canada’s Top Priority?

A few weeks ago, the news of a new law for Shi'a Muslims in Afghanistan...

April 07, 2009

“Just look at our women!” Or, how to use female bodies to prove your point

Check out Muslim Lookout for an expanded version of this post. Be prepared for some...

March 2009

March 27, 2009

The Day I Met Amina Wadud – a Critique

Salam waleykum, readers! I'm traveling, and so I didn't have time to put together Friday...

March 25, 2009

Pushing the Law: Challenges for Divorced Women in Malaysia

After Sobia's post last week about The Other Half of the Sky, a Tunisian film...

March 23, 2009

Pimp My Daughter: Iraqi Women and Prostitution

I saw the movie Taken with my friend and her husband the other day and...

March 16, 2009

The Age of Innocence: the Mistreatment of an Elderly Woman in Saudi Arabia

The internet is abuzz with talk of Khamisa Sawadi, a 75-year-old Syrian widow living in...

March 12, 2009

Assimilation Frustration: a Review of AmericanEast

A longer version of this article appears on altmuslimah, while this version appeared at Racialicious....

March 10, 2009

Journalist Missing the Mission: Sally Armstrong and Afghan Women

The following has been cross posted at Muslim Lookout. For a while now Sally Armstrong...

March 09, 2009

Fitna Flop: Daisy Khan and Irshad Manji Discuss Geert Wilders’ Film on CNN

On Thursday, February 26, Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) welcomed Dutch Parliamentarian Geert Wilders and sponsored...

March 05, 2009

Faulty Framing: Washington Times mischaracterizes a new Gallup poll on American Muslims

Gallup released a new study on Monday examining American Muslims. Some of the results: Muslims...

February 2009

February 26, 2009

Sally Quinn Peddles Offensive Stereotypes About Middle-Eastern Women On MSNBC

This was originally written by Megan and published on Jezebel. Sally Quinn just got back...

February 25, 2009

Judgment Day: Muslim Women Earn Judge Appointments in West Bank

Two women, Khuloud Faqih and Asmahan Wuheidi, have become judges in Islamic courts in the West Bank. This...

February 23, 2009

MMW Roundtable on the Murder of Aasiya Hassan

Salam waleykum, readers. Last week, we brought you daily updates on the Muslim community's response...

February 18, 2009

OH NOES! Hijab will make you sick!

The results of a new study on Arab women in Dearborn, Mich., have been released....

February 17, 2009

A Satiric Guide to Writing About Muslims

Muslimah Media Watch thanks Faisal Kutty for the tip. This was written by both Krista...

February 16, 2009

Capitol Ladies: a feel-good post about Muslim women in Congress

I’m a member of the Congressional Muslim Staffer’s Association (CMSA), an organization on Capitol Hill...

February 11, 2009

A Look at Women in Iran 30 years after the Islamic Revolution

It has been 30 years since the Islamic Revolution in Iran and Western media has...

February 11, 2009

Rock the Vote: Media Coverage of Women in Iraqi Elections

Last week’s Iraqi elections received lots of media coverage, but at MMW we were mostly...

February 10, 2009

The CIA and Rape: Media Representations of the Victims

Various news organizations have reported that a CIA officer stationed in Algeria, identified by CBS...

February 09, 2009

Disorder in the Court: the Niqab and the Courtroom in Canada

A Toronto judge has recently ruled that a complainant in a sexual assault trial -...

February 05, 2009

Rachida Dati’s Rise and Fall

French politician Rachida Dati has been in and out of the headlines since taking office...

February 03, 2009

Hope from Whom and for Whom? Palestine as a Muslim Cause

Israel's war on the Palestinians may be over for now, but the conflict remains. About...

January 2009

January 27, 2009

From the Outside Looking In: What Does Not Need Reporting

* Asian and South Asian will be used interchangeably to refer to those of Indian,...

January 21, 2009

Truth or Propaganda: Muslim Women Need to Be Saved

With so much of American foreign policy being focused on various Muslim countries, it is...

January 19, 2009

OMG, it’s a Muslim! Call the terrorist police!

Okay, good news first: Dr. Ingrid Mattson, president of the Islamic Society of North America...

January 13, 2009

For the millionth time, “Muslim” and “American” are NOT mutually exclusive

I've been doing some research lately on spaces where "Muslim" and "Canadian" are talked about...

January 12, 2009

Debating the morality of Rachida Dati

Ms. Rachida Dati, France’s first female Muslim minister, has been criticized for returning to work...

January 08, 2009

Egyptian Women Hanging out in Mosques

I came across an interesting Associated Press article a couple of days ago titled Egyptian...