Archive for November, 2009

• Beauty and the Media Beast: the 2009 Miss Arab World Pageant

  November 30th, 2009 Let’s cut to the point: no matter how hard anyone tries to make it deep and philosophical, the...

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• Upcoming MMW Changes

  November 29th, 2009 Salam waleykum, readers! First of all, we’d like to send a big thank you to all of our...

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• Eid Mobarak!

  November 27th, 2009 Muslimah Media Watch would like to wish our readers a happy and blessed Eid al...

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• Friday Links — November 27, 2009

  November 27th, 2009 ABC’s Lama Hasan reports on her abaya issues from Hajj. Couldn’t think of anything more pressing related to...

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• Ask Me Anything: Conversations on Niqab

  November 25th, 2009 The new CBC weeknight show Connect with Mark Kelley recently aired a segment on niqab as part of...

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• Conversion Perversion: Gaddafi’s Attempt at Dawah

  November 25th, 2009 While in Rome for the U.N. World Food Summit last week, Libyan leader Muammar al Gaddafi engaged in...

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• Driving Force: the n7nu Campaign in Saudi Arabia

  November 24th, 2009 The advertisement begins with a short video of a woman moving from the back seat to the front...

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• Female Muftis Aren’t Making Headlines. What a Surprise.

  November 23rd, 2009 This was written by Sara Elghobashy and originally published at the elan blog. Whenever a story breaks that...

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• Friday Links — November 20, 2009

  November 20th, 2009 Lebanon has appointed Raya Haffar Hussein as the country’s finance minister. Women’s eNews covers the politics surrounding the...

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• One Afghan Woman’s Words: Malalai Joya’s Book Tour

  November 18th, 2009 Malalai Joya, an Afghan activist for women’s rights (and many other things), was in Toronto tonight on a...

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