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	<title>Muslimah Media Watch &#187; sexism</title>
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	<description>Looking at Muslim women in the media and pop culture</description>
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		<title>Eid Mubarak to all People&#8230;and Women</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2011/09/eid-mubarak-to-all-people-and-women/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 07:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Krista</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past Monday night found me, and many others, repeatedly checking the websites of various moon-sighting organizations and local mosques and other community groups, trying to figure out which day I would celebrate Eid al-Fitr.  Some of the moon-sighting websites were still uncertain or had declared Wednesday to be Eid, so when I saw on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In your local bookstore&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2011/07/in-your-local-bookstore/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2011/07/in-your-local-bookstore/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 07:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fatemeh</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Orientalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sensationalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sexism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This great picture from Kawdess is one reason why MMW needs to exist. Thanks to Sabina England for the tip! &#160; We&#8217;re going to go on a little vacation until Ramadan starts. We&#8217;ll miss you a lot, but we&#8217;ll see you again next week!]]></description>
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		<title>Won&#8217;t Someone Think of the Menstruating Children?</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2011/07/wont-someone-think-of-the-menstruating-children/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2011/07/wont-someone-think-of-the-menstruating-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 07:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Contributor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture/Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Muslims]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Friday prayers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jummah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[menstruation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[periods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sexism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valley Park Middle School]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By guest contributor Wood Turtle; a longer version of this post was originally published at her blog. At what point does religious inclusion become too much for a public school board to handle? Apparently, it’s when the menstrual cycles of 12-year-old girls become the center of public debate. Every week for the past three years, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obligatory Richard Dawkins Post</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2011/07/obligatory-richard-dawkins-post/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2011/07/obligatory-richard-dawkins-post/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 07:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fatemeh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[douchebaggery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islamophobia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[richard dawkins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sexism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://muslimahmediawatch.org/?p=8484</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So Richard Dawkins is an asshat. Anyone surprised? Here&#8217;s the comment he left on a thread that discussed sexism: Dear Muslima Stop whining, will you. Yes, yes, I know you had your genitals mutilated with a razor blade, and . . . yawn . . . don&#8217;t tell me yet again, I know you aren&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This shouldn&#8217;t be a surprise.</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2011/04/this-shouldnt-be-a-surprise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2011/04/this-shouldnt-be-a-surprise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fatemeh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advertisements]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Carl's Jr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miss Turkey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sexism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://muslimahmediawatch.org/?p=8047</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A sexist Carl&#8217;s Jr. ad? You don&#8217;t say! For their new turkey burger, Carl&#8217;s Jr. has rolled out an ad campaign with Miss Turkey in a bikini. You&#8217;d think this would get old, right? Ugh.]]></description>
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		<title>Just&#8230;Ugh.</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2011/04/just-ugh/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2011/04/just-ugh/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 07:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fatemeh</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://muslimahmediawatch.org/?p=7995</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[And speaking of trash bags, here&#8217;s a poster for Germany&#8217;s International Human Rights ad campaign: The translation reads: “Oppressed women are easily overlooked. Please support us in the fight for their rights.” Outrageous. Thanks to Kawthar for the tip!]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>30</slash:comments>
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		<title>MMW Roundtable: Jonah Goldberg&#8217;s Feminist Concerns</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2011/04/mmw-roundtable-jonah-goldbergs-feminist-concerns/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2011/04/mmw-roundtable-jonah-goldbergs-feminist-concerns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 07:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fatemeh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[feminism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[imperialism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Muslim feminists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sexism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://muslimahmediawatch.org/?p=8014</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, Jonah Goldberg wrote an op-ed claiming that feminism’s work in the West is “mostly done” and that’s it’s time to take feminism “overseas” to Muslim women. We disagree. Diana: Where do you begin in tearing apart Jonah Goldberg’s “Talking feminism overseas?” I can almost see Gayatri Spivak shaking her head as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Symbol of Eman al-Obeidi</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2011/04/the-symbol-of-eman-al-obeidi/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2011/04/the-symbol-of-eman-al-obeidi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 07:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tasnim</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Libya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Libyan women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sexism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Violence against women]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On March 26, Eman al-Obeidi burst into the Rixos Hotel in Tripoli and told reporters that fifteen of Gaddafi&#8217;s militiamen had detained her for two days and raped her. She named one of them as the son of a high-ranking official, and pleaded for her friends, who she said were still held captive. After a [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Red Sands&#8217; Substantial Suckitude</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2011/03/7845/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2011/03/7845/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 07:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Contributor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cinema]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[djinn]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was written by Rahela Choudhury. Red Sands is available on Netflix and claims to introduce a new character into the Western horror genre: the djinn. Instead of the lovable genie popularized by Aladdin, this movie attempts to present djinns as scary and malevolent creatures that can mess with your heads. Directed by Alex Turner [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Mannequins and Messaging in the New York Times</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2011/02/on-mannequins-and-messaging-in-the-new-york-times/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2011/02/on-mannequins-and-messaging-in-the-new-york-times/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 08:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Contributor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abaya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fashion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iraqi women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York Times]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sexism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This article was written for Muslimah Media Watch by Anny Gaul. Yesterday, The New York Times ran an article about what Iraqi women are wearing these days. It paints a picture of a once-secular society’s pluralism run amok: “Vendors around the Kadhimiya mosque in northern Baghdad sell all manner of women’s clothing, from drape-like black [...]]]></description>
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