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October 2015

October 30, 2015

Friday Links

Afghanistan Afghan rights activist Aziza Rahimzada has been nominated for the International Children’s Peace Prize...

October 16, 2015

Friday Links

Australia Monique Toohey, a Muslim psychologist, met with Australian Labor MPs on Wednesday to discuss...

March 2015

March 09, 2015

“Amira & Sam” and the Hijab

The issue of stereotyping Muslims has been controversial throughout Hollywood’s history, and looking at American...

April 2014

April 23, 2014

The Countdown to the Jaafari Law Decision

On April 30th the Jaafari Personal Status Law will be voted on in the Iraqi...

March 2012

March 19, 2012

Hayv Kahraman: ”Telling Tales of Horror with a Demure Grace”

Hayv Kahraman is an Iraqi artist whose work reflects on issues of gender, looking at...

February 2011

February 10, 2011

On Mannequins and Messaging in the New York Times

This article was written for Muslimah Media Watch by Anny Gaul. Yesterday, The New York...

August 2010

August 30, 2010

The New Pornographers: Operation Iraqi Freedom?

Few people would agree that pornography has hardly been an indicator of freedom or political...

July 2010

July 06, 2010

Missionary Rhetoric: A Cry of Need from Lands of Darkness

When Margaret Atwood wrote The Handmaid's Tale, a feminist dystopia set in a world run...

March 2009

March 23, 2009

Pimp My Daughter: Iraqi Women and Prostitution

I saw the movie Taken with my friend and her husband the other day and...

February 2009

February 11, 2009

Rock the Vote: Media Coverage of Women in Iraqi Elections

Last week’s Iraqi elections received lots of media coverage, but at MMW we were mostly...

October 2008

October 22, 2008

NPR gives us an Orientalist romance

When I started to read a recent NPR story about an Iraqi woman married to...

September 2008

September 25, 2008

Bombs, Liberty, and the Muslimah Body

Yet another cartoon controversy has hit the Muslim world. This time it's not in the...

August 2008

August 26, 2008

Mother Knows Best: CNN’s interview with an alleged suicide bomber

Sometimes I wonder why I even browse CNN.com anymore. However, it does tend to make...