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• Friday Links | January 13, 2012

  January 13th, 2012 The excessive use of tear gas during protests in Bahrain endangers women protesters in particular. Many miscarriages and...

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• Friday Links | January 6, 2012

  January 6th, 2012 We didn’t have our usual links last week, so this week’s list is extra long, and covers both...

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• Friday Links | December 16, 2011

  December 16th, 2011 “It’s a matter of principle.” Women have to uncover their faces during the Canadian citizenship ceremony, according to...

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• Who’s Behind Online Dating, and Why Does it Matter?

  November 30th, 2011 Online dating has become increasingly popular among Muslims and non-Muslims. Nowadays, there are not only matchmaking sites but...

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• The End of an Era

  September 19th, 2011 In August 2007, I started Muslimah Media Watch as a place to complain about the way Muslim women...

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• Eid Mobarak!

  August 30th, 2011 Image credit here. Happy Eid Al-Fitr, dear readers and...

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• Ramadan Karim!

  August 1st, 2011 Salam alaikum, readers! We’d like to wish all of you a blessed and peaceful...

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• Chadia’s Case: Between the Niqab and Appropriate Femininity

  July 19th, 2011 On July 10, El País reported on the case of Chadia (a pseudonym to protect her identity), a...

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• “The University”: Transforming Arab Women Images in Television

  July 18th, 2011 Until the early 1990s, Egypt’s domination of the Arab film and television industry had won it the title ...

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• We’re back!

  March 12th, 2011 Salam alaikum, readers! We’re finally back up and running after an unplanned hiatus! We apologize for the lengthy...

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