Comments on: The liberating catwalk http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2008/10/the-liberating-catwalk/ Looking at Muslim women in the media and pop culture Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:20:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: dianna http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2008/10/the-liberating-catwalk/#comment-2225 dianna Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:07:21 +0000 http://muslimahmediawatch.wordpress.com/?p=1121#comment-2225 Fatima Mernissi, in Scheherazade Goes West, after a trip to a New York department store where she could not find a skirt in her “non-standard size,” wrote, “I realized for the first time that maybe ‘size 6’ is more a violent restriction imposed on women than is the Muslim veil” Fatima Mernissi, in Scheherazade Goes West, after a trip to a New York department store where she could not find a skirt in her “non-standard size,” wrote, “I realized for the first time that maybe ‘size 6’ is more a violent restriction imposed on women than is the Muslim veil”

]]> By: sumaya http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2008/10/the-liberating-catwalk/#comment-2229 sumaya Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:48:01 +0000 http://muslimahmediawatch.wordpress.com/?p=1121#comment-2229 I loved what Karen Armstrong said in her book 'ISLAM- A short history": "Veiling can also be seen as a tacit critique of some of the less positive aspects of modernity. It defies the strange Western compulsion to 'reveal all' in sexual matters. In the West, people often flaunt their tanned, well- honed bodies as a sign of privilege; they try to counteract the signs of ageing and hold onto this life. The shrouded Islamic body delares that it is orientated to *transcendence,* and the uniformity of dress abolishes class difference and stresses the importance of community over Western individualsim." I loved what Karen Armstrong said in her book ‘ISLAM- A short history”:

“Veiling can also be seen as a tacit critique of some of the less positive aspects of modernity. It defies the strange Western compulsion to ‘reveal all’ in sexual matters. In the West, people often flaunt their tanned, well- honed bodies as a sign of privilege; they try to counteract the signs of ageing and hold onto this life.

The shrouded Islamic body delares that it is orientated to *transcendence,* and the uniformity of dress abolishes class difference and stresses the importance of community over Western individualsim.”

]]> By: rchoudh http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2008/10/the-liberating-catwalk/#comment-2228 rchoudh Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:49:55 +0000 http://muslimahmediawatch.wordpress.com/?p=1121#comment-2228 Great article! Good to see how you pointed all the Orientalist concepts at play here. Orientalism is still alive and well here within the Occident and it's not about to go away anytime soon. The only difference between past and present stereotypes is that they have a little more knowledge about Muslims and Islam but not enough to fully understand our way of life. Great article! Good to see how you pointed all the Orientalist concepts at play here. Orientalism is still alive and well here within the Occident and it’s not about to go away anytime soon. The only difference between past and present stereotypes is that they have a little more knowledge about Muslims and Islam but not enough to fully understand our way of life.

]]> By: Fatemeh http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2008/10/the-liberating-catwalk/#comment-2226 Fatemeh Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:47:39 +0000 http://muslimahmediawatch.wordpress.com/?p=1121#comment-2226 It starts with a woman removing the burqa? (rolling eyes) Barf. It starts with a woman removing the burqa? (rolling eyes) Barf.

]]> By: naseema salam http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2008/10/the-liberating-catwalk/#comment-2227 naseema salam Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:56:52 +0000 http://muslimahmediawatch.wordpress.com/?p=1121#comment-2227 excellent article! excellent article!

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