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October 2015

October 15, 2015

Book Review: Faïza Zerouala’s Voices Behind the Veil

I am apparently on a book review kick for MMW, with my last post being...

July 2015

July 31, 2015

Friday Links

Seven Muslim women from around the world are bicycling across Iowa as a way of...

March 2015

March 02, 2015

Review – Yasmin Alibhai-Brown’s Refusing the Veil

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown’s Refusing the Veil, part of the Provocations series by Biteback publishing, is a...

October 2013

October 30, 2013

Take Off Your Veil to Rock the World

The daughter of a close friend recently turned 10, and I went to a children’s...

December 2011

December 01, 2011

“An Exotic Veiled Woman”: An Honest Look at the Experience of Muslim Women in Activism

An article recently published in Bekhsoos magazine is a jarring and honest reflection of a...

April 2011

April 12, 2011

Wiam Wahhab’s Trash-Talking Politics

Wiam Wahhab is the leader of the Tawhid Movement in Lebanon. A former MP and...

August 2010

August 23, 2010

A Woman Without Hijab is Like a Chair with Three Legs

If you still haven’t figured out that wearing black chadors will save your worldly soul...

July 2010

July 22, 2010

What Not to Write: More on Bad Veil Headlines

Noorain Khan's piece on bad burqa puns, which MMW reposted yesterday, came as I have been...

July 21, 2010

Your Complete Guide To Bad Burqa Puns

This post was written by Noorain Khan, and originally published at Jezebel. Every time news...

May 2010

May 05, 2010

J’adore Chador: Majida Khattari’s Art

Le Monde, France 24 and Le Nouvel Observateur covered Franco-Moroccan artist Majida Khattari's Parisian runway show/art exhibit...

March 2010

March 15, 2010

Bérengère Lefranc’s “Un voile, Un certain moi de juin”

Un voile, Un certain moi de juin is the story of French artist Bérengère Lefranc's...

February 2010

February 08, 2010

The Headscarf as Cultural Barometer: Emma Tarlo’s Book on Hijab

In her new book, entitled Visibly Muslim: Fashion, Politics, Faith, Emma Tarlo captures the diversity...

December 2009

December 17, 2009

The Science of Beating a Dead Horse: The Christian Science Monitor’s Hijab Series

Recently, The Christian Science Monitor published a series of articles centered around the hijab. While...

October 2009

October 12, 2009

Questioning the Veil, Questioning the Questioner

Today we witness postcolonial Orientalism coming to grips with its obsession with the hijab. While...

March 2009

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...

December 2008

December 11, 2008

Princess Hijab

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