Archive for May, 2010

• One Legacy Radio: A Mixed Bag for Women

  May 31st, 2010 New voices are invading the airwaves in Southern California. The voices of local Muslim activists, community leaders, scholars...

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• Friday Links — May 28, 2010

  May 28th, 2010 In Egypt, female candidates for the mid-term Shura Council elections want more support. Shazia Awan has been named...

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• The Stoning of Soraya M.: A Review

  May 27th, 2010 Before watching The Stoning of Soraya M., I had already formed an opinion of it as “objectifying” and...

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• Iskandar’s Republic of Concubines

  May 26th, 2010 “We have no girls here that work with their degrees. Our girls are pampered. Everything she wants is...

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• Beauty and the Beastly Pundits: More on Miss USA

  May 25th, 2010 Rima Fakih has become an unlikely member of the Islamophobic grab-bag of images. Joining the images of oppressed...

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• How Western journalists reported the ban on burqa

  May 24th, 2010 This was written by Sabria S. Jawhar and was originally published in the Saudi Gazette. Two weeks ago...

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• Friday Links — May 21, 2010

  May 21st, 2010 This is what happens when you paint niqabs and the women who wear them as evil. Cultural issues...

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• Boys are Experts, Girls are Brainwashed: the Case of Ferah

  May 20th, 2010 At the end of April, on the Swiss German-language television show Arena, one of the “rising stars” of...

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• Haters Gonna Hate: the Backlash Against Miss USA

  May 19th, 2010 Rima Fakih, an Arab Muslim immigrant, won the Miss USA Pageant Sunday night: She beat out four blondes...

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• Niqabs, Media, and Taking Action

  May 18th, 2010 Today is the Day of Action on Quebec’s Bill 94, which I wrote about last week. In honor...

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