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February 2012

February 08, 2012

Using Islamic Identity Against Victims of Sexual Violence

As right-wing pundits are gaining momentum in North America, minority groups are unsurprisingly being targeted....

February 07, 2012

NiqaBitch Did it Better

As MMW’s Artsy Niqab Spotter, man my hands are full! If I’m not checking out...

February 02, 2012

Revisiting the Revolution: How Far Have Egyptian Women Come?

Tuesday, January 25th, 2011: the day thousands of Egyptians—Christians and Muslims, men and women, young...

January 2012

January 26, 2012

Marching with Dignity – “Sisters” or Not

Just a month ago, here on MMW, I tried to highlight the fact that mainstream...

January 25, 2012

Nina Burleigh’s Contradictory Discussion of “Oxymoronic Creatures”

Slate recently ran a piece about Azza al Garf, dubbing her a “culturally regressive trailblazer,”...

January 18, 2012

For Arab Women, Change in the Digital Reality is Coming, but Slowly

By all standards, 2011 was quite an exceptional year for men and women in the...

January 16, 2012

Reading Too Much into Veenagate

Veena Malik is a Pakistani actress with a special flair for controversy. She first made...

January 05, 2012

From Iranian Women to Egyptian Women?

Shortly after the results of the first stage of the Egyptian parliament elections, everyone started...

December 2011

December 30, 2011

MMW 2011 Year in Review: Head Coverings and Head-Shaking

As 2011 draws to a close, we at MMW are looking back at our year...

December 26, 2011

Women in the 2011 Revolutions: Tawakul Karman

This post was written by guest contributor Summar Shammakhi. For a long time, negative impressions...

December 22, 2011

Responding to the Goatmilk Debates on Islam and Feminism: Part Two

Recently, the “Goatmilk” blog hosted a debate, with the resolution: Islam is Incompatible with Feminism. ...

December 21, 2011

Responding to the Goatmilk Debates on Islam and Feminism: Part One

Recently, the “Goatmilk” blog hosted a debate, with the resolution: Islam is Incompatible with Feminism. ...

December 14, 2011

What Women Wear: Women’s Clothing, Media, and Egypt’s Revolutionary Elections

Women in the Egyptian revolution have been a great source of international attention and appreciation....

December 08, 2011

Niqab, Courts, and Sexual Assault

Today, the Supreme Court of Canada heard submissions regarding the case of N.S., a complainant...

December 07, 2011

Riding in Cars with Satan

2001: Driver’s Education on a warm spring day. Despite years of riding in cars, I...

November 2011

November 28, 2011

The “Symbolic Step” of Women’s Political Participation in A New Libya

Libya's new interim government, which was announced on November 22, has been tasked with preparing...

November 21, 2011

Religious and Cultural Appropriation in the Newspaper and the Courtroom

On the morning of June 30, 2009 a quadruple-murder case rocked the city of Kingston...

November 15, 2011

The Libyan Woman’s New Libya

This piece was written by a Guest Contributor, Summar Shammakhi. The interim Libyan leader, Mustapha...

November 09, 2011

Selective Shivers in the Islamist Winter

The election of the so-called ‘moderate Islamist’ party, Ennahda, to the head seat of the...

November 07, 2011

The Saudi Sovereign and the Breast

This post was originally published at the interrogations of shamshouma. In the last few weeks,...

November 03, 2011

WISE Reflections on Muslim Women’s Leadership

This year the Women's Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equality (WISE) held its third global...

November 03, 2011

Halloween Costumes, Gender, and Patriotism

Last week, as Halloween approached, searching for Halloween costumes online was interesting. Once more, like...

September 2011

September 06, 2011

Libya’s Girl Executioners and Gun-Brandishing Newscasters

Nisreen Mansour al Forgani, centre, with fellow Gaddafi female militia members. She is now under...

August 2011

August 04, 2011

Fatima Mernissi’s Struggle with Islam and Democracy

Fatima Mernissi’s book The Forgotten Queens of Islam is a historical study that analyzes women’s...

August 03, 2011

Ahdaf Soueif’s Mezzaterra: Fiction or Reality?

Ahdaf Soueif's novel The Map of Love, published in 1999, tells the history of Egypt...

August 02, 2011

Smearing Farha Ahmed

In June, a small business lawyer and politician named Farha Ahmed was in a run-off...

July 2011

July 26, 2011

The Muslim Women’s Media Archives: Kadınlar Dünyası

This was written by Kubra. In Turkey and beyond, it is a common misconception that...

July 20, 2011

Behind the Burqa Ban: The Problem with France’s Muslim Feminists

This article was written by Peter Gray. France’s decision to outlaw face veils sparked a...

July 11, 2011

HBO’s “Love Crimes of Kabul”

HBO is set to air “Love Crimes of Kabul” at 9pm tonight as part of...

July 05, 2011

The Media’s Role in Limiting Women’s Development

I was following with interest media commentaries on the recent experts meeting on women’s media...