Author Archive

• Cultural Cartography: Randa Jarrar’s A Map of Home

  October 4th, 2010 A Map of Home by Randa Jarrar is a book that does not fall into a category easily....

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• 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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• A Principled Pageant?: Saudi Arabia’s Miss Beautiful Morals

  May 28th, 2009 News media reported at the beginning of the month that Saudi Arabia will hold its first beauty pageant,...

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• Surprise! FOX News Reports are Islamophobic and Sexist!

  May 12th, 2009 If FOX News does anything well, it's make its bias clear. A recent article entitled "Muslim Women in...

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• Does My Head Look Big in This?: A Look at Muslim Women in Young Adult Fiction

  December 19th, 2007 If you’re looking for Muslim teenagers in young adult fiction, you’ll be hard-pressed to find many good examples....

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