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June 2015

June 19, 2015

Friday Links

British Pakistani Azi Ahmed has written a book called 'Worlds Apart', about her experience as...

June 11, 2015

A Letter to Mona Eltahawy on “Headscarves and Hymens”

Dear Mona, Some of my fellow Muslimah Media Watch writers put together a roundtable about...

May 2015

May 14, 2015

A Roundtable on Mona Eltahawy’s Headscarves and Hymens

We will soon have a full review of Mona Eltahawy's Headscarves and Hymens: Why the...

March 2015

March 17, 2015

A proposed headscarf ban in the Swiss Canton of Valais

So apparently Swiss politicians, lacking in creativity, have nothing better to do than copy...

March 03, 2014

Unintended Consequences: Minority Rights and Policy Making in the West

For many years now, countries around the world have been faced with the question of...

March 04, 2013

Rise of the Niqabi Criminal: Balaclavas, Burkas and Bank Robberies

On December 30 of last year, someone wearing a niqab threw acid in the face...

May 2012

May 22, 2012

Change Is Now? No, Not Yet: Manuel Valls as France’s New Interior Minister

I was rather excited about Francois Hollande winning the French elections this month. I hoped...

April 2012

April 18, 2012

The French “Niqab Ban,” One Year On

A year ago this week, a French law came into effect banning face veils for...

May 2010

May 18, 2010

Niqabs, Media, and Taking Action

Today is the Day of Action on Quebec's Bill 94, which I wrote about last...

May 13, 2010

Action Alert: Quebec’s Bill 94

The provincial legislature of Quebec, Canada, is currently considering a bill that would refuse key...