Archive for the ‘Art/Theater’ Category

• The liberating catwalk

  October 1st, 2008 This post was written by Sahar and originally published at Nuseiba. Last week was ‘Fashion Week’ here in...

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• Words out of context

  August 11th, 2008 The pen is mightier than the sword. Or the voice is mightier than the bullet, as the case...

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• In Egypt, ‘dramatic’ push for women’s voices

  June 10th, 2008 This was written by Liam Stack, and was originally published at the Christian Science Monitor. Cairo – A...

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• She’s Funny That Way: Interviews With Muslim Comedians Tissa Hami & Maysoon Zayid

  May 12th, 2008 Yesterday, PBS aired a special called Stand Up: Muslim American Comics Come of Age. Maysoon Zayid and Tissa...

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• A Fashionable Aim: MSLM Magazine

  April 14th, 2008 Attention, Muslim fashion junkies in the Netherlands: you now have a magazine that caters to you! MSLM magazine...

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• The Asexual Women of Afghanistan?

  March 12th, 2008 Last month, Zeynab commented on the portrayal of Muslim women in the Vagina Monologues, noting that there are...

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• Where My Girls At? Muslim Women in the Vagina Monologues

  February 19th, 2008 I attended the Vagina Monologues last week. This is the fourth year in a row that I’ve seen...

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• Portrait of a Lady: Paintings by Makan Emadi

  January 29th, 2008 On my post yesterday, I touched on veil fetish art. While researching, I came upon artist Makan “Max”...

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• Oooh, Baby, Put it On: Ripping up Veil Fetish Art

  January 28th, 2008 The original view of Middle Eastern/Muslim women was that of a lazily sensual harem woman reclining on a...

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• The Art of Appreciation

  January 10th, 2008 From January 3 – 26, the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center (IFCC) of Portland, Oregon, will be hosting two...

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