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Friday Links

In Montreal, teenagers knocked a pregnant Mulslim woman to the ground by grabbing her hijab. Some...

May 2015

May 27, 2015

Long Skirts aren’t “secular” enough in France

I write a lot about France and its national psychosis over headscarves. I wrote my...

June 2013

June 28, 2013

Friday Links | June 28, 2013

A court in Burma/Myanmar has found two Muslim women guilty of sparking sectarian violence; both...

June 26, 2013

On Corrupt Bureaucrats, Nikah Siri Marriages, and Indonesian Women

Late last year, Aceng Fikri, a district chief in the West Java province, ignited public...

May 2013

May 24, 2013

Friday Links | May 24, 2013

The Afghan parliament has failed to pass an important women's law which would ban violence against...

May 10, 2013

Friday Links | May 10, 2013

Pakistan will vote on May 11, and women, both as voters and as candidates, are...

January 2013

January 25, 2013

Friday Links | January 25, 2013

The Syrian regime under leadership of Bashar al Assad is actively recruiting female soldiers to...

January 18, 2013

Friday Links | January 18, 2013

A report by the International Rescue Committee tells of the sexual violence many Syrian women...

December 2012

December 29, 2012

MMW Highlights from 2012: Part 2

As 2012 draws to a close, we’ll be posting some highlights from this year’s posts. ...

December 21, 2012

Friday Links | December 21, 2012

This week was the second anniversary of the Arab Spring. Several articles were dedicated to...

November 2012

November 16, 2012

Friday Links | November 16, 2012

After the parents of 6-year-old Bibi Roza in Pakistan's Swat valley protested against the decision...

September 2012

September 19, 2012

Muslimah Paralympians

For an extra treat this week, we have a second new writer to introduce! You...

August 2012

August 31, 2012

Friday Links | August 31, 2012

Alaa Morely, the Syrian woman who stated in an interview on Syrian television in June...

July 2012

July 20, 2012

Friday Links | July 20, 2012

Last week, Hanifa Safi, an Afghan Women's Affairs official was killed by a car bomb. While...

July 19, 2012

Ramadan Karim!

Ramadan Karim to all our readers, we'd like to wish you all a happy blessed...

July 13, 2012

Friday Links | July 13, 2012

On July 11, World Population Day, an international conference on Family Planning was held in London,...

July 06, 2012

Friday Links | July 6, 2012

Six women from Gaza have appealed to the Israeli Supreme Court to grant them permission to pray at...

May 2012

May 18, 2012

Friday Links | May 18, 2012

Twenty years after the war in Bosnia, there are still refugees living in makeshift camps...

May 04, 2012

Friday Links | May 4, 2012

Chechnya's president has openly spoken out in support of honour killings, which leaves Chechen women...

April 2012

April 30, 2012

Some Issues with Foreign Policy’s Sex Issue: Part Two (MMW Responds)

The recent Foreign Policy issue focused on sex drew a number of responses around the...

February 2012

February 17, 2012

Friday Links | February 17, 2012

Drug abuse among young women and girls in Kashmir is on the rise, but there...

January 2012

January 13, 2012

Friday Links | January 13, 2012

The excessive use of tear gas during protests in Bahrain endangers women protesters in particular....

January 06, 2012

Friday Links | January 6, 2012

We didn't have our usual links last week, so this week's list is extra long,...

December 2011

December 16, 2011

Friday Links | December 16, 2011

"It's a matter of principle." Women have to uncover their faces during the Canadian citizenship...

November 2011

November 30, 2011

Who’s Behind Online Dating, and Why Does it Matter?

Online dating has become increasingly popular among Muslims and non-Muslims. Nowadays, there are not only...

September 2011

September 19, 2011

The End of an Era

In August 2007, I started Muslimah Media Watch as a place to complain about the...

August 2011

August 30, 2011

Eid Mobarak!

Image credit here. Happy Eid Al-Fitr, dear readers and supporters!

August 01, 2011

Ramadan Karim!

Salam alaikum, readers! We’d like to wish all of you a blessed and peaceful Ramadan!

July 2011

July 19, 2011

Chadia’s Case: Between the Niqab and Appropriate Femininity

On July 10, El País reported on the case of Chadia (a pseudonym to protect...

July 18, 2011

“The University”: Transforming Arab Women Images in Television

Until the early 1990s, Egypt’s domination of the Arab film and television industry had won...