Posts Tagged ‘LGBT’

• Why Did Tom MacMaster Choose to be “A Gay Girl” Blogging from Damascus?

  June 15th, 2011 So the whole thing turned out to be a hoax. Throughout the last few weeks, I have been...

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• Same-Sex Muslim Marriages Coming to Mosque Near You?

  March 2nd, 2011 In the last few years, the international emphasis on locating social rights within the Qur’an has primarily been...

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• A Flash of Lightning: “Bijli”

  November 2nd, 2010 The film “Bijli” opens with an off-key rendition of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s haunting Sanu Ik Pal Chain...

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• A Letter from the MMW Editors

  October 25th, 2010 On Thursday, Eren published a great piece on the marginalization of lesbians in Indonesia. As with all MMW...

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• Out of the Closet AND Public Life: Lesbians in Indonesia

  October 21st, 2010 Debates in the Muslim world regarding the LBGT community are rare, if not non-existent. However, Indonesia’s community has...

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• On Muslim Women, Feminism, and Diversity of Experiences

  July 16th, 2009 Rabble.ca, an alternative news source in Canada, recently posted a podcast that was originally broadcast on Co-Op Radio...

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• Zine Scene: AQSAZINE’s First Issue

  March 2nd, 2009 Last Thursday, I went to the launch of AQSAZINE, a project that describes itself as “a grassroots publication...

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