Posts Tagged ‘hijab’

• Had You Been A Muslim: Joumana Haddad and the Liberated Arab Woman

  January 2nd, 2012 When Lebanese writer and poet Joumana Haddad’s I Killed Scheherazade: Confessions of An Angry Arab Woman was published...

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• MMW 2011 Year in Review: Head Coverings and Head-Shaking

  December 30th, 2011 As 2011 draws to a close, we at MMW are looking back at our year of posts.  For...

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• An Update of Sorts on the Sura al-Shawk Case

  December 13th, 2011 Almost a year ago, for my very first MMW post, I wrote about Sura al-Shawk, a professional Swiss...

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• Hijab: As Seen on TV

  December 5th, 2011 This post was written by wood turtle and originally published at her blog. Introducing the Hijab 5000! Your...

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• Proving Muslim Women Are (wait for it) Normal

  November 29th, 2011 The Huffington Post’s coverage of Islam and Muslims has sometimes missed the mark, and at other times has...

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• Halloween Costumes, Gender, and Patriotism

  November 3rd, 2011 Last week, as Halloween approached, searching for Halloween costumes online was interesting. Once more, like every year after...

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• Out of the Mouth of Babes

  August 16th, 2011 …comes outstanding wisdom! This young lady rants about something we’ve all had enough of: comparing women to precious...

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• The Mohawk Hijab and the Chanel Abaya

  July 4th, 2011 Kecya Felix, a Brazilian stylist/designer, wore a fake Chanel niqab and abaya and an iPad around her neck...

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• Right 2 Wear: Muslim Women in Sports

  June 27th, 2011 The world of hijabs and soccer (or football, if you prefer) has been making the news a lot...

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• NPR’s Dejabbing Sideshow

  April 25th, 2011 Is it just me, or has this spring seen a lot of de-jabbing articles lately?   As a “dejabi”...

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