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October 2010

October 12, 2010

Guiding Blight: The Real Girl’s Guide to Everything

The Real Girl’s Guide to Everything Else, Strike.TV’s peppy new Web series, first struck me...

September 2010

September 30, 2010

A Little Old Lady vs. A Burqa-Clad Mob: The Sweden Democrats’ Banned Campaign Ad

A political ad that portrays a pensioner hobbling forward for a share of the national...

September 27, 2010

Discussions About Muslim Women Should Include Them: To the Contrary!

In July, two women in France were asked to leave a holiday camp because of...

September 08, 2010

Striking the Wrong Note: Melody TV’s Sexist Ads

Egyptian satellite TV station Melody has struck the wrong chord with audiences. The station, based...

September 06, 2010

More female Saudi TV stars this Ramadan

This originally appeared in the Saudi Gazette. Saudi TV dramas are undergoing a revolution with...

September 02, 2010

Riz Khan on Afghan Women

The recent cover of Time magazine featuring the photo of Aisha has sparked debate about...

September 01, 2010

Last Say on Niqab Should be From a Woman Who Wears It. Obviously.

I took the a brief moment from work to watch a 12-minute segment on BBC's...

July 2010

July 28, 2010

Muslim Girls: the New Tokens of The Real World

“This is the true story of seven strangers, picked to live in a house, work...

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...

June 2010

June 23, 2010

Al Jazeera’s Wardrobe Malfunction

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

June 07, 2010

Rowdy Saudis: MTV’s “Resist the Power: Saudi Arabia”

As part of the True Life series, MTV recently aired an episode titled, “Resist the...

May 2010

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 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 10, 2010

Salwa Says, “Speak Up!”

When Doha had to jump out of her cab three times after being assaulted by...

May 04, 2010

Queen Bees: Queen Rania on Oprah

When I heard that Queen Rania of Jordan appeared on The Oprah Show not too...

April 2010

April 22, 2010

Cómo Orientalista: Telemundo’s El Clon, Part II

Yesterday, we introduced you to Telemundo’s El Clon, its premise, and two of its prominent...

April 21, 2010

Cómo Orientalista: Telemundo’s El Clon, Part I

Spanish soap operas (telenovelas) are just like any other serial dramas, with all the conventional...

April 05, 2010

Homeland Insecurities: Nel Hedayat and Afghanistan

The BBC documentary Women, Weddings, War and Me follows 21-year-old British Afghan Nel Hedayat (pictured...

April 01, 2010

Saudi Poet Has Rhyme and Reason

I’d like to give it up to Hissa Hilal, a Saudi woman who’s caused some...

March 2010

March 30, 2010

Abra-Cadabra: NBC’s Community Makes Burqa Jokes

I don’t know how you spend your Thursday nights, but mine are usually spent in...

March 19, 2010

The Jewel of Edina: Kicking Ass and Taking Names

Edina Lekovic, the Communications Director for the Muslim Public Affairs Council in Los Angeles, says...

February 2010

February 17, 2010

Maher’s Muddled Muslim Dior Mockery

Based on his über-liberal political views, I assume Bill Maher has an open mind, and...

February 10, 2010

Divorce, Egyptian Style: Oprah’s Episode on Marriage Around the Globe

I was thrilled when I heard that Oprah Winfrey interviewed Egyptian women about marriage for...

January 2010

January 27, 2010

Driving Me Crazy: The BBC’s Muslim Driving School

The BBC is airing a six-episode television series, called Muslim Driving School, about Muslim women...

December 2009

December 10, 2009

The Tide is Turning for Opinions on Abortion in Egypt

Egyptian society has been fighting over abortion for over 10 years. Abortion is still illegal...

December 07, 2009

The Afghan Women Tug of War

This was written by Frau Sally Benz and originally published at Feministe. Earlier this week,...

December 03, 2009

Looking at Little Mosque’s Layla

It's been a little while since we last discussed Little Mosque on the Prairie, a...

November 2009

November 10, 2009

Politics as Usual: Press TV Covers Afghanistan

A substantial amount of the media critiqued at MMW involves Muslim women being viewed as...

November 04, 2009

Saudi Female Journalist Becomes LBC’s Scapegoat

This post was written by Sabria Jawhar, and originally appeared at the Saudi Gazette and...