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April 2014

April 16, 2014

Negotiating Muslim Steampunk

This post was originally published at wood turtle. Goggles and gears, corsets adorned with brass...

March 2014

March 11, 2014

MMW Roundtable: Responding to Randa Jarrar’s “Why I Can’t Stand White Bellydancers”

Last week, Salon published Randa Jarrar’s “Why I Can’t Stand White Bellydancers” as part of...

February 2013

February 04, 2013

Talking to White People (According to “Mike”)

A parody of Sex With Egyptian Women (According to “Mike”). Hat tip to Sara Salem...

October 2012

October 09, 2012

Jellyfish Fantasies: The Creature with the Black Niqab Fetish

Like a horrific scene from a 1960s monster movie: unbeknownst to scientists on a fossil-hunting expedition...

November 2011

November 02, 2011

Self-Conscious Orientalism in Craig Thompson’s Graphic Novel Habibi

Editor's note: A longer version of this post is available on Tasnim's personal blog. Craig...

July 2011

July 27, 2011

In your local bookstore…

This great picture from Kawdess is one reason why MMW needs to exist. Thanks to...

June 2010

June 29, 2010

A Danish Scheherazade: Suzanne Brøgger’s The Veil

The prolific and eclectic Danish writer Suzanne Brøgger has more than twenty works to her...

June 02, 2010

Sex and the City 2: Orientalist Boogaloo

SEX AND THE CITY 2: ORIENTALIST BOOGALOO Sara, Yusra, Safiyyah, and Fatemeh are here for...

April 2010

April 28, 2010

Desert Romance: Exoticization and Interfaith Marriage

"I got married secretly in a mosque," says Elisabeth Elhazza. Her words are the title...

April 22, 2010

Cómo Orientalista: Telemundo’s El Clon, Part II

Yesterday, we introduced you to Telemundo’s El Clon, its premise, and two of its prominent...

April 21, 2010

Cómo Orientalista: Telemundo’s El Clon, Part I

Spanish soap operas (telenovelas) are just like any other serial dramas, with all the conventional...

August 2009

August 17, 2009

To read is to travel: The rise of the Muslim woman’s memoir

This was written by Tasnim, and originally published at AltMuslimah. The post-9 /11 period has...

July 2009

July 06, 2009

WTF picture of the week.

I saw this on Bitch magazine's blog. Kjerstin Johnson posted a great takedown of Dina...

June 2009

June 11, 2009

Let the Funky Arabs Turn you On!

Sexy Girls. Arab Beauty that'll rock your world. Sea, sex and sun. Let the funky...

May 2009

May 19, 2009

Nahid Persson’s “Prostitution Behind the Veil”

This post was written by Farah Banihali and originally published at Nuseiba. For another perspective...

May 13, 2009

The Sound of a Broken Record: Alibhai-Brown’s Essay for The Independent

Reading Yasmin Alibhai-Brown's commentary in The Independent reminded me a bit of a group of...

April 2009

April 02, 2009

Blast from the Past: Dissecting Alison Moyet’s “Love Resurrection”

As we all know, pop culture can't get enough of the mysterious 'Orient' and its...

February 2009

February 12, 2009

Alo Again: News Lifestyle Magazine is More of the Same

Last summer saw the launch of ALO Hayati, “America’s Top Middle Eastern Lifestyle Magazine.” Thanks...

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...

October 13, 2008

Who’s Your Daddy?: Media Images of Yasmin Fostok

Muslimah Media Watch thanks Ali Eteraz for the tip! A few weeks ago, several Western...

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...

October 01, 2008

The liberating catwalk

This post was written by Sahar and originally published at Nuseiba. Last week was ‘Fashion...

September 2008

September 18, 2008

Unveiled: Hollywood’s Orientalist Fantasy

Guess what? Hollywood is making a film with a female Muslim protagonist! Yes, that's right....