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June 2011

June 28, 2011

On sexual slavery and the question of what makes something ‘Islamic’

Salwa al-Mutairi, a Kuwaiti politican, gave a cold-blooded proposal for Muslim men to take female...

June 22, 2011

Saudi Women Set Their Sights on the Right to Vote

Last March, Saudi authorities stated that half the seats in the municipal council in the...

June 21, 2011

Bhutto: A One-Sided Look at a Complicated Woman

BHUTTO is the definitive documentary that chronicles the life of one of the most complex...

June 10, 2011

Updates: Amina Abdullah and Eman al-Obeidi

Two important updates on stories that we have covered over the past couple months! First,...

June 08, 2011

The DSK Rape Victim is Everything but a Victim, According to the Media

The media response to the Dominique Strauss-Kahn rape charges is predictably horrific. The salacious gossip...

June 01, 2011

Manal Al-Sharif and the Ban on Saudi Women Driving

Last week, Manal Al-Sharif was arrested because she posted a video of herself driving around Alkhobar,...

May 2011

May 31, 2011

A Gay Girl in Damascus Tells It Like It Is

Amina Abdullah is being celebrated as the unlikely voice of Syria’s revolution. She is a...

May 19, 2011

Arab Women: They’re in Niqabs, Gettin’ in Ur Democracy

The Atlantic featured this picture on its latest magazine, which includes an article about the...

May 17, 2011

The Sexy Business of Political Uprisings: Sijal Hachem’s “Khalas”

I lived through a revolution. I saw my 21-year-old brother holding a gun. I slept with...

May 16, 2011

Bin Laden’s Wife and the Stereotyping of Muslim Women

This was originally published at The Guardian's Comment is free. Women played an interesting role...

May 11, 2011

Al-Shamikha: Not Your Average Ladymag?

A new magazine is “making waves” in Europe and North America—or so it would seem...

May 10, 2011

Do Greens Represent Iran’s Women’s Movement?

This was written by Sevda Zenjanli and originally appeared at insideIRAN.org. While the Iranian authorities...

May 09, 2011

Currents of Change for Women in Saudi Arabia

This was written by Maha Akeel and was originally published in Common Ground News Service....

May 05, 2011

An Interview with MMW’s Eman Hashim on Egypt

Muslimah Media Watch contributor Eman Hashim was in the middle of Egypt’s Tahrir Square for...

May 04, 2011

How Pakistan’s Media is Getting Justice for Mukhtaran Mai

Written by Hamza Khan With the news of Mukhtaran Mai’s rapists being acquitted, Pakistan’s burgeoning...

April 2011

April 18, 2011

Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story: Gender, Politics and the Nation

At first glance, the film “Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story” seems to provide another viewpoint...

April 12, 2011

Wiam Wahhab’s Trash-Talking Politics

Wiam Wahhab is the leader of the Tawhid Movement in Lebanon. A former MP and...

April 11, 2011

MMW Roundtable: Jonah Goldberg’s Feminist Concerns

A few weeks ago, Jonah Goldberg wrote an op-ed claiming that feminism’s work in the...

April 04, 2011

The Symbol of Eman al-Obeidi

On March 26, Eman al-Obeidi burst into the Rixos Hotel in Tripoli and told reporters...

March 2011

March 31, 2011

The Fight over South Africa’s Muslim Marriage Bill Rages on

Recently, the South African Justice Ministry opened the latest draft of the Muslim Marriages Bill...

March 24, 2011

An Interview with Yusra Tekbali on Libya

MMW Contributor Yusra Tekbali was in Libya during the outbreak of the February 17 Revolution....

March 21, 2011

The Republic Lives its Islamophobia Openly: France’s Newest Anti-Niqab Campaign

In France, they really don’t like any type of head coverings. After decades of one...

March 17, 2011

Dictatorships Are No Longer in Vogue

What does one of the world’s premier fashion and culture magazines have in common with...

March 16, 2011

Ni Putes Ni Soumises: Experiments in Online Activism

This was written by Lobna Hadji and originally appeared at OWNI.eu, Digital Journalism. I wasn’t...

March 14, 2011

“Libyamazons” and the Libyan Uprising

Moammar Gaddafi's outlandish behavior has long been a gift to comedians. Making fun of the...

March 01, 2011

Knight in Shining Armor or Idiot in Tinfoil?

Dear Bill Maher, Hey there, Billy. I’m pretty sure I can call you that now,...

February 2011

February 24, 2011

Law & Order’s Lovesick Jihad Jane

The story of Colleen LaRose, an American citizen charged with terrorist-related crimes, made headlines last...

February 23, 2011

Is it Fair to Scrutinize Arab First Ladies?

In a recent article, Nesrine Malik discusses the scrutiny placed upon the wives of Arab...

February 21, 2011

Women’s Voices in the Revolutions Sweeping the Middle East

Google executive Wael Ghonim became one of the faces of the Egyptian revolution through the...

February 10, 2011

On Mannequins and Messaging in the New York Times

This article was written for Muslimah Media Watch by Anny Gaul. Yesterday, The New York...