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June 2009

June 24, 2009

The Burkha Rapper: Sophie Ashraf

Sophie Ashraf, also known as The Burkha Rapper, is an Indian Muslim female rapper for...

June 18, 2009

Authority, the Media, and Muslim Women

I have begun to read Khaled Abou El-Fadl’s Speaking in God’s Name: Islamic Law, Authority...

May 2009

May 28, 2009

A Principled Pageant?: Saudi Arabia’s Miss Beautiful Morals

News media reported at the beginning of the month that Saudi Arabia will hold its...

April 2009

April 28, 2009

Sexy Things: Women or Lingerie?

You know things are sad in the world of news about Muslimahs when "Muslim women...

April 14, 2009

The “Limit of Tolerance” of a white, privileged, non-Muslim man

I wrote a post last week on the flogging that took place in Pakistan's Swat...

April 09, 2009

The Whipping Girl: Examining the Video of the Flogging in Pakistan

The recent release of a video showing the flogging of a girl by the Taliban...

March 2009

March 25, 2009

Pushing the Law: Challenges for Divorced Women in Malaysia

After Sobia's post last week about The Other Half of the Sky, a Tunisian film...

March 11, 2009

Putting All Their Eggs in One Basket: Sports Illustrated Profiles Star Basketballer’s Headscarf

One of the most common questions that the media, and maybe even non-Muslim in everyday...

March 09, 2009

Announcing the Arrival of altmuslimah and Muslim Lookout

Salam waleykum, readers! I have lots of announcements! altmuslimah, a kind of "sister" site to...

February 2009

February 04, 2009

Apparently women aren’t part of the “big picture”

The Big Picture usually does an excellent job compiling a diverse set of photos. So...

January 2009

January 28, 2009

From the Source: Muslimah Source Joins the Interwebs

Muslimah Source is a new site that is geared towards Muslim women. When I visited...

January 26, 2009

The French Connection: France’s Newest Muslim Women’s Magazine

Muslimah Media Watch thanks Hijabtrendz for the tip! Those of you who speak French should...

January 21, 2009

Truth or Propaganda: Muslim Women Need to Be Saved

With so much of American foreign policy being focused on various Muslim countries, it is...

January 15, 2009

“Chay” It Again: A Look at the Latest Issue of Chay Magazine

The latest issue of Chay magazine has come out and MMW is on it. For...

January 13, 2009

For the millionth time, “Muslim” and “American” are NOT mutually exclusive

I've been doing some research lately on spaces where "Muslim" and "Canadian" are talked about...

January 05, 2009

Asifa Quraishi on Women and Shari’a

Dr. Asifa Quraishi, a specialist in Islamic law at the University of Wisconsin, was recently...

December 2008

December 18, 2008

Egyptian Spinsters and Old Maids Sitting Happily on the Shelf

I am a 21-year-old spinster. Yes, a spinster at 21. In my country, although many...

December 16, 2008

Online Activism: Can it Work?

MMW thanks Ali Eteraz for The Huffington Post tip. Last week, Peter Daou at The...

December 10, 2008

Looking at Masjid Inequality in Australia

'Eid Mubarak to everyone! 'Eid ul'adha is a reflective time for Muslims all over. There's...

December 08, 2008

First Thoughts on SAL.AM Magazine

SAL.AM magazine is "a freely distributed, quarterly lifestyle magazine, targeted at Muslims", according to the...

November 2008

November 11, 2008

Truth or Scare: Raheel Raza’s Fear Mongering

She's at it again. No too long ago Krista covered Raheel Raza's critique of a...

November 10, 2008

Unpacking the “culture” argument

I wrote a few weeks ago about the effect of a fictional white character's Muslim...

October 2008

October 30, 2008

Girl Talk…

"Audio blogging" is the new 'it' thing in Egypt. Cheap and censorship-free in a country...

October 23, 2008

Harassment = Jail Time!

Egyptian women have something to celebrate: yesterday the first man in Egyptian history was sentenced...

October 01, 2008

Na’ima B. Robert takes us behind the veil

Normally, whenever I see anything with the phrase "Behind the veil" I automatically cringe and...

September 2008

September 30, 2008

Who Speaks for Islam?: A Debate

Disclaimer: Below is an analysis of a debate between Irshad Manji and Dalia Mogahed. This...

September 29, 2008

Whose Muslim Life?

The Guardian's Life and Style section has a biweekly series called This Muslim Life. The...

September 23, 2008

Bekhsoos: Concerning Homophobia

How excited was I when our editor, Fatemeh, emailed out a link to a new...

September 22, 2008

Muslimahs are watching you

More shameless self-promotion time! Here's my interview with Kawthar from MidEast Youth. It was originally...

September 03, 2008

Let Muslim women speak

This was written by Shelina Zahra Janmohamed and originally published at Comment is free. The...