Archive for June, 2009

• Smell of Success: a Review of Skunk Girl

  June 30th, 2009 Skunk Girl is Sheba Karim’s first novel. It is told from the point of view of 16-year-old Nina...

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• Sarkozy to the Rescue! France, Burqas, and the Question of “Choice”

  June 29th, 2009 As I’m sure many of you have seen already, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said last week that he...

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• Friday Links — June 26, 2009

  June 26th, 2009 On the death of a young Iranian woman named Neda: analysis from Time, Jezebel, the Los Angeles Times,...

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• There Will be Blood: Neda Agha Soltan’s Post-Mortem Image in the Media

  June 25th, 2009 Neda Agha-Soltani was fatally shot during a protest in Iran on Saturday, June 20, 2009. May God give...

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• The Burkha Rapper: Sophie Ashraf

  June 24th, 2009 Sophie Ashraf, also known as The Burkha Rapper, is an Indian Muslim female rapper for whom Muslim identity...

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• A Journalist Remembers Kamala Suraiyya

  June 23rd, 2009 I wrote last week about a positive portrayal of a Muslim woman who had recently been voted president...

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• This House Stands Alone on Muslim Women’s Marriages

  June 22nd, 2009 There is already a consensus amongst Islamic scholars that makes this debate illegitimate based on the Quran and...

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• MMW Message

  June 19th, 2009 Salam waleykum, readers! I’ve been so buried under things this week that I haven’t had any time to...

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• You Say You Want a Revolution (in a Loose Headscarf)

  June 19th, 2009 This was written by Mimi and originally published at threadbared. Because this is a fashion plus politics blog,...

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• Authority, the Media, and Muslim Women

  June 18th, 2009 I have begun to read Khaled Abou El-Fadl’s Speaking in God’s Name: Islamic Law, Authority and Women again....

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