Archive for April, 2010

• Friday Links — April 16, 2010

  April 16th, 2010 Salam alaikum, readers! Sorry for the silence all week! But don’t worry–we’ll be back to our regular schedule...

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• MMW’s Newest Contributor, Diana

  April 13th, 2010 Asalaamu Alaykum everyone! My name is Diana and I will be joining the lovely ladies of MMW. I...

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• Friday Links — April 9, 2010

  April 9th, 2010 The Saudi Arabian Department of Civil Affairs will begin issuing ID cards for women that do not require...

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• Out of Sight, Out of Mind: the Niqab Debate and Ableism

  April 8th, 2010 The Quebec niqab thing keeps going and going (ugh), and I’m still avoiding talking about media coverage of the...

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• Jihad Jane & Co.: Brainwashed or Hell-Bent?

  April 7th, 2010 The phrase “homegrown terrorist” is being thrown around a lot these days. ABC News used it in reference...

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• On the brink of reductionism

  April 6th, 2010 This was written by Azmat Khan and originally published at AltMuslimah. After years of critique from local female...

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• Homeland Insecurities: Nel Hedayat and Afghanistan

  April 5th, 2010 The BBC documentary Women, Weddings, War and Me follows 21-year-old British Afghan Nel Hedayat (pictured below) as she...

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• It’s My Very First One!

  April 2nd, 2010 So I guess I’m the newbie to MMW, and I’m really, really excited about it! I guess you...

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• Friday Links — April 2, 2010

  April 2nd, 2010 Belgium moves towards public ban of niqab and burka after a city bans headscarves and drafts a law...

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• Saudi Poet Has Rhyme and Reason

  April 1st, 2010 I’d like to give it up to Hissa Hilal, a Saudi woman who’s caused some controversy for slamming...

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