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	<title>Muslimah Media Watch &#187; French Muslims</title>
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	<description>Looking at Muslim women in the media and pop culture</description>
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		<title>Behind the Burqa Ban: The Problem with France’s Muslim Feminists</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2011/07/behind-the-burqa-ban-the-problem-with-france%e2%80%99s-muslim-feminists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 07:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Contributor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[burqa ban]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fadela Amara]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[French Muslims]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[horizontal hostility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ni Putes Ni Soumises]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article was written by Peter Gray. France’s decision to outlaw face veils sparked a robust debate about religion and women’s rights. In response to concerns that the law will negatively impact Muslim women, its advocates frequently mention that it enjoys the approval of several prominent French Muslim feminists. What is not mentioned, however, is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Republic Lives its Islamophobia Openly: France&#8217;s Newest Anti-Niqab Campaign</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2011/03/the-republic-lives-its-islamophobia-openly-frances-newest-anti-niqab-campaign/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2011/03/the-republic-lives-its-islamophobia-openly-frances-newest-anti-niqab-campaign/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 07:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nicole</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[La Republique se vit à visage découvert]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://muslimahmediawatch.org/?p=7867</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In France, they really don’t like any type of head coverings.  After decades of one headscarf affair after another, where generations of young women who wear hijab are forced to stop their education (way to go in liberating women, France), things got serious when France woke up in recent years to the threat of illegal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ni Putes Ni Soumises: Experiments in Online Activism</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2011/03/ni-putes-ni-soumises-experiments-in-online-activism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2011/03/ni-putes-ni-soumises-experiments-in-online-activism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 07:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Contributor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[French Muslims]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ni Putes Ni Soumises]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This was written by Lobna Hadji and originally appeared at OWNI.eu, Digital Journalism. I wasn’t meant to die so young… My name is Sohane Benziane. I was born in France to Algerian parents. On October 4th, 2002 my life came to a sudden end when my ex-boyfriend NoNo set me on fire. I remember the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swiss Miss: Temps Present&#8217;s Mixed Bag of Information</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2011/01/swiss-miss-temps-presents-mixed-bag-of-information/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2011/01/swiss-miss-temps-presents-mixed-bag-of-information/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 08:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nicole</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Television]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Egyptian women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Muslims]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[French Muslims]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Le Temps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Swiss Muslims]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Switzerland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Temps Present]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Swiss political and media landscape is charged with loaded images of Muslim women.  The French side of Swiss media (namely, in newspapers like Le Temps) usually presents a balanced view of Muslim women, and television shows are of a decent quality, especially compared to television in the U.S. So I had no reason to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discussions About Muslim Women Should Include Them: To the Contrary!</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2010/09/discussions-about-muslim-women-should-include-them-to-the-contrary/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2010/09/discussions-about-muslim-women-should-include-them-to-the-contrary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 07:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Yasin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Television]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[burkini]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[burqini]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[French Muslims]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[To the Contrary]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://muslimahmediawatch.org/?p=6964</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In July, two women in France were asked to leave a holiday camp because of an attempt to swim while wearing burqinis, because of “hygiene” issues. While such an incident occurred last summer, this time around it comes hot on the heels of the ban on the burqa and niqab. The PBS program, To The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow: A Young Woman&#8217;s Portrait of Muslims in France</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2010/09/kiffe-kiffe-tomorrow-a-young-womans-portrait-of-muslims-in-france/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2010/09/kiffe-kiffe-tomorrow-a-young-womans-portrait-of-muslims-in-france/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 07:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Krista</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books/Magazines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Faiza Guène]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[French Muslims]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://muslimahmediawatch.org/?p=6944</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been working on a curriculum project involving novels and memoirs about Muslim women, so the next few posts from me will probably be focusing on some of the books I’ve come across, even if none of them were published especially recently.  So, for those of you who like following our posts about literature (some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bérengère Lefranc&#8217;s &#8220;Un voile, Un certain moi de juin&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2010/03/berengere-lefrancs-un-voile-un-certain-moi-de-juin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2010/03/berengere-lefrancs-un-voile-un-certain-moi-de-juin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nicole</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Culture/Society]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[burqa]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[French Muslims]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://muslimahmediawatch.org/?p=5841</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Un voile, Un certain moi de juin is the story of French artist Bérengère Lefranc&#8217;s decision to wear a &#8220;burqa&#8221; (although she hesitates to define it as such) for one month and write about it.  I was skeptical about this book after reading an initial review of it in Swiss daily Le Temps. Not normally [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Politics as Usual: France Gets Riled Up About a Candidate&#8217;s Headscarf</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2010/02/politicsasusual/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2010/02/politicsasusual/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nicole</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[French Muslims]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hijab]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ilham Moussaïd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islamophobia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laïcité]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Headscarves are the hot talking point in French politics again. But on this occasion, we aren’t talking about girls getting kicked out of high school or women getting kicked out of mayors’ offices. No, the latest uproar comes about Ms. Ilham Moussaïd, a candidate from the New Anti-Capitalist Party (NPA) in France’s upcoming regional elections [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The French Connection: France&#8217;s Newest Muslim Women&#8217;s Magazine</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2009/01/a-new-muslim-womens-magazine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2009/01/a-new-muslim-womens-magazine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Krista</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[French Muslims]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[magazine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Muslim women]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Muslimah Media Watch thanks Hijabtrendz for the tip! Those of you who speak French should go check out MWM, a new magazine for Muslim women, published in France.  It&#8217;s first issue is free and currently online.  It seems like future issues will require a subscription, but their subscription section isn&#8217;t up yet. The magazine introduces [...]]]></description>
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