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August 2010

August 30, 2010

The New Pornographers: Operation Iraqi Freedom?

Few people would agree that pornography has hardly been an indicator of freedom or political...

July 2010

July 29, 2010

An Interview with Yasmeen Maxamuud

Raaz for MMW: I found Nomad Diaries a wonderful introduction to the lives of Somali...

July 27, 2010

Playing the Victim: Media Coverage of Marwa el-Sherbini

This was written by Beverly M. Weber for Muslimah Media Watch. “She became a victim...

July 08, 2010

Unveil FAIL: The Backlash Against Fariba Davoodi, Part II

This post was written by Sara Khorshid Doost. You can read Part I here. The...

July 07, 2010

Unveil FAIL: The Backlash Against Fariba Davoodi, Part I

This post was written by Sara Khorshid Doost. Fariba Davoodi Mohajer is an Iranian women's...

July 06, 2010

Missionary Rhetoric: A Cry of Need from Lands of Darkness

When Margaret Atwood wrote The Handmaid's Tale, a feminist dystopia set in a world run...

June 2010

June 28, 2010

When the Personal is Political: Dr. Samar Habib

Those of you who have been following debates surrounding academic freedom might remember the story...

June 23, 2010

Al Jazeera’s Wardrobe Malfunction

The Short version: Time: A few months ago. Action: Eight female journalists working for Al...

June 21, 2010

For Neda: HBO Documents the 2009 Iranian Elections

As I snuggled on the couch to watch HBO’s documentary on Neda Agha-Soltan, I knew...

June 15, 2010

Book Review: Isobel Coleman’s Paradise Beneath Her Feet

Isobel Coleman’s recently-released Paradise Beneath Her Feet: How Women are Transforming the Middle East presents...

June 14, 2010

“Really Dutch:” On Consumerism and National Identity

Al Nisa (Arabic for “the women”), a Muslim woman’s organization based out of the Netherlands,...

May 2010

May 25, 2010

Beauty and the Beastly Pundits: More on Miss USA

Rima Fakih has become an unlikely member of the Islamophobic grab-bag of images. Joining the...

May 24, 2010

How Western journalists reported the ban on burqa

This was written by Sabria S. Jawhar and was originally published in the Saudi Gazette....

May 20, 2010

Boys are Experts, Girls are Brainwashed: the Case of Ferah

At the end of April, on the Swiss German-language television show Arena, one of the...

May 19, 2010

Haters Gonna Hate: the Backlash Against Miss USA

Rima Fakih, an Arab Muslim immigrant, won the Miss USA Pageant Sunday night: She beat...

May 18, 2010

Niqabs, Media, and Taking Action

Today is the Day of Action on Quebec's Bill 94, which I wrote about last...

May 13, 2010

Action Alert: Quebec’s Bill 94

The provincial legislature of Quebec, Canada, is currently considering a bill that would refuse key...

May 12, 2010

A War of Women: Al Jazeera’s Lebanon’s Women Warriors

Al Jazeera recently aired a piece titled Lebanon’s Women Warriors, which features the testimonies and...

May 06, 2010

More on Muslim Teens in Young Adult Fiction: Bifocal

In March, MMW ran a guest post by Özlem Sensoy and Elizabeth Marshall about representations of Muslim women and...

April 2010

April 19, 2010

Nazia Doesn’t Live Here Anymore: On Nazia Quazi and the Media

Despite her story being told in a series of media alerts posted a few weeks...

April 08, 2010

Out of Sight, Out of Mind: the Niqab Debate and Ableism

The Quebec niqab thing keeps going and going (ugh), and I'm still avoiding talking about...

April 06, 2010

On the brink of reductionism

This was written by Azmat Khan and originally published at AltMuslimah. After years of critique...

March 2010

March 25, 2010

Niqab by Numbers: Quantifying the Overreactions

I am so, so sick of talking about the niqab. So I'm not really going...

March 10, 2010

Muslim Daughters: Small Catastrophes?

In early February, a story broke about a briefing being given to Belgian soldiers departing...

March 08, 2010

Mona Muslim: Marshaling Islamophobia in Sweden

Mona Sahlin, leader of the Swedish Social Democratic party (SAP), is known by many names...

March 04, 2010

Fashion Statements

This is an edited version of an article published at Café Pyala. You can read...

March 03, 2010

Hijab-Gate, Literally

There are certain stories newspapers here in the U.K. love. Anything that can be classed...

March 01, 2010

The Ball in the Egyptian State Council’s Court: Female Judges

In a reversal of Egypt’s recent trends regarding women in the judiciary, Egypt’s State Council...

February 2010

February 25, 2010

Politics as Usual: France Gets Riled Up About a Candidate’s Headscarf

Headscarves are the hot talking point in French politics again. But on this occasion, we...

February 23, 2010

Portrait of The Grey Lady: Aafia Siddiqui’s Construction in the Media

Following a long trial, this month Aafia Siddiqui was convicted of assault with a deadly...