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December 2009

December 01, 2009

Questioning Marnia Lazreg’s One-Way Correspondence with Muslim Women

Reading Marnia Lazreg’s new book Questioning the Veil (Princeton University Press, 2009) was at the...

October 2009

October 28, 2009

The Pink Ladies: Islamic Activism meets Breast Cancer Awareness with Pink Hijab Day

Today is Pink Hijab Day, a day to encourage awareness of breast cancer in conjunction...

October 27, 2009

What Fatima Didn’t Do: British Play Discusses Identity and Hijab

A thin square of shiny polyester is the main player in Atiha Sen Gupta’s play,...

October 26, 2009

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Women’s Rights in Kuwait

Two constitutional court cases in Kuwait raise questions of a paradigm shift in women's rights.

October 20, 2009

Visiting the Hijab…Again

This was written by Farah Banihali and originally published at Nuseiba. Last month a forum...

September 2009

September 14, 2009

The Fight of the Century: Chesler vs. Wolf

This was originally published at my personal site. Phyllis Chesler and Naomi Wolf have gotten...

September 07, 2009

A Misleading CNN Article About Hijabs

This originally appeared at AltMuslimah and was written by Uzma Mariam Ahmed. A recent headline...

September 03, 2009

Babes in Toyland: Stratton’s Fantastick Muhajababes

When I first saw the book Muhajababes by Allegra Stratton in a bookshop in Beirut,...

July 2009

July 08, 2009

Hide No More: Dutch Ad Campaign Targets Discrimination Against Hijabis

A recent anti-discrimination campaign in the Netherlands is using a poster of a hijabi, whose...

July 06, 2009

GSU vs. Hijab: the (Mis)Education of Slma Shelbayah

The state of Georgia, which just last year infamously jailed a woman for wearing a...

June 2009

June 19, 2009

You Say You Want a Revolution (in a Loose Headscarf)

This was written by Mimi and originally published at threadbared. Because this is a fashion...

May 2009

May 18, 2009

Non-Issue or New Islamist Threat? Headscarves and the FFQ

The Fédération des femmes du Québec (Federation of Quebec Women; abbreviated as FFQ) recently had...

April 2009

April 27, 2009

Soft Serve: Time’s Article on Islam’s “Soft Revolution”

The March 2009 issue of Time magazine carried an extensive article about Islam, called “A...

April 20, 2009

Mugshot VS Murder: the Media’s Angle on Bhia Hadid’s Murder

A two year old girl, Bhia Hadid, has been killed. The police have arrested and...

March 2009

March 24, 2009

From Bikinis to Hijabs: Using Psychology to Your Advantage

My eyebrows raised when I read this article on IslamOnline. The article, entitled Study: Men...

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 05, 2009

What’s Love Got to Do With It? Amours Voilees’ Representations of Love and the Veil

There's a new Moroccan movie out that, on the surface, seems to tackle the issue...

February 2009

February 26, 2009

Love in a Headscarf: A Review

Okay, I'll admit it. When I first heard the title, my immediate reaction was to...

February 18, 2009

OH NOES! Hijab will make you sick!

The results of a new study on Arab women in Dearborn, Mich., have been released....

December 2008

December 30, 2008

Reviving our Islamic Spirits

I spent this past weekend at the Reviving the Islamic Spirit convention in Toronto. In...

December 24, 2008

Lisa Valentine: hijab and expletives

American hijabis often have a lot to think about when they step outside their doors....

December 11, 2008

Princess Hijab

I admit, the title put me off a little. Princess Hijab? But when I looked...

November 2008

November 05, 2008

The Struggle to Wear Hijab on Egyptian TV

Ghada El-Tawil (pictured below) is an Egyptian anchorwoman who just recently returned to television. Six...

October 2008

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 24, 2008

Everywoman: Hijab Fashion

It seems that lately there is a lot of focus on hijab fashion. Not too...

September 23, 2008

Shame on You: Shame Cartoons

They're popping up everywhere in harmless-looking packaging: shame cartoons. A quick search online will turn...