December 2007 - Muslimah Media Watch

December 31, 2007

Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones: On Name-Calling, Part I

The names we call ourselves has been on my mind a lot lately. It started...

December 28, 2007

Friday Links — December 28, 2007

More Moroccan women are taking classes to become religious female guides (mourchidates). Mashallah! Women in...

December 27, 2007

Horrible News

Benazir Bhutto, former prime minister of Pakistan, has been murdered. May Allah grant her and...

December 27, 2007

Cold Hearted Muslim Men

In very recent times it seems that news about violence against Muslim women is everywhere....

December 25, 2007

Ask Me No Questions: Tell Me No Stereotypes

This post continues my look at the portrayal of Muslim women in young adult fiction....

December 25, 2007

Sexy Arabs Exposed!

Muslimah Media Watch thanks Safiya for the tip! The U.K.’s Channel 4 is airing a...

December 24, 2007

Great Review from Washington Post

Via the Washington Post. This was originally written by Jessica Dawson; you can see the...

December 21, 2007

Friday Links — December 21, 2007

Khalilah Sabra writes a very interesting essay about sexual violence and Muslim communities. Dr. Asad...

December 20, 2007

Moulding Our Own Facebooks

By now it seems there is no one who has not heard of Facebook. This...

December 19, 2007

Does My Head Look Big in This?: A Look at Muslim Women in Young Adult Fiction

If you’re looking for Muslim teenagers in young adult fiction, you’ll be hard-pressed to find...

December 18, 2007

Eid Mobarak!

Muslimah Media Watch wishes all of its readers a happy Eid al-Adha!

December 18, 2007

‘A’ is for Avant-gard

Browsing in Barnes & Noble yesterday, I came across a magazine I so desperately wanted,...

December 17, 2007

Some Good News!

Salaam waleykum, dear readers! It’s looking like a good week for us, alhamdulillah! Muslimah Media...

December 14, 2007

Friday Links — December 14, 2007

Salaam, loyal readers! I hope you’ve gotten your votes in and confirmed for the Brass...

December 13, 2007

A Real Tragedy

This past week the death of Pakistani-Canadian teen, Aqsa Parvez, has been in the news...

December 12, 2007

Persepolis: Explaining Iran in Black and White

This originally appeared on the blog epiphanies, written by Tasnim. Persepolis, the animated film based...

December 11, 2007

The Veil Does Not a Prison Make

Who’s Danielle Crittenden? She writes a blog for The Huffington Post and recently, she decided...

December 10, 2007

The Desert and the Dancing Girls: Penguin’s Orientalist Book Cover

Readers, I'm traveling today, and so I'm just putting up a quick post. But tomorrow,...

December 07, 2007

Friday Links — December 7, 2007

States in Nigeria adopt a softer side of shari’a, and thousands of young women reap...

December 06, 2007

What are they trying to tell us?

Television commercials and print ads have fascinated me for some time as these messages are...

December 05, 2007

Muslim Women Learning to Defend Themselves? What a Joke!

Muslimah Media Watch thanks Modern Muslimah for the tip! According to Reuters, scores of Muslim...

December 04, 2007

Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Me a Match: MTV Looks at Arranged Marriages

I usually avoid MTV because of its basic lack of programming that interests me. This...

December 03, 2007

War of the Roses: Amnesty International’s Newest Campaign against Female Genital Mutilation

Amnesty International has run a new campaign to raise awareness about female genital mutilation. These...