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April 2015

April 22, 2015

Who Can Talk About Palestinian Misogyny?

Palestinian rap group Dam’s latest song “Who You Are,” featuring newest member Maysa Daw tackles...

March 2015

March 30, 2015

Farkhunda, A Long Term Vision

Guest Post by Kawsar Hosseini (@kaw_sarr), who writes at the blog East-West Bridge. The story of...

January 2014

January 06, 2014

Honor Diaries: A Real Conversation on Women’s Rights or a Scratch on the Surface?

In April 2011, Faleh Hassan Almaleki, an Iraqi immigrant to the United States, was sentenced...

May 2012

May 10, 2012

Dead Muslim Women As Opportunities

In April of 2011, 20 year-old Jessica Mokdad was allegedly gunned down by her stepfather...

November 2011

November 21, 2011

Religious and Cultural Appropriation in the Newspaper and the Courtroom

On the morning of June 30, 2009 a quadruple-murder case rocked the city of Kingston...

June 2011

June 06, 2011

The Sensational Story That Wasn’t: Reports Of ‘Stoning’ Death Of Ukrainian Girl Turn Out To Be False

This was written by Farangis Najibullah and originally published at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. RFE

August 2009

August 05, 2009

CNN FAIL on Honor Killing Coverage

This past week a woman was murdered in an apparent honor killing in the Gaza...

July 2009

July 27, 2009

“Honour Killings” and “Canadian Values”

Three family members have recently been charged in the deaths of three teenage sisters and...

February 2009

February 17, 2009

A Collection of Statements Concerning the Murder of Aasiya Hassan — Updated 3.3.09

February 04, 2009

Sandeela Kanwal: “Honor Killing”, Race and Religion

NPR did a piece on the "honor killing" of Sandeela Kanwal on January 26, 2009. Kanwal...

November 2008

November 19, 2008

How Tarek Fatah got it wrong on both “honor” killing and domestic violence

Recently, there has been much discussion in the media over the use of the term...

November 18, 2008

How to Use a Murder Victim: The Exploitation of the Aqsa Parvez Tragedy

A recent Toronto Life magazine article regarding Toronto teenager Aqsa Parvez's murder, entitled Girl, Interrupted,...

October 2008

October 09, 2008

How to make a killing in veiled cliches

This was written by Amal Awad and originally published in The Sydney Morning Herald. As...

September 2008

September 02, 2008

Mouth to Mouth: How Pakistani Senator’s Comments Overshadow the Real Story

Ramadan Mubarak everyone! I spent the first day of Ramadan at the Republican National Convention...