SAL.AM magazine is “a freely distributed, quarterly lifestyle magazine, targeted at Muslims”, according to the magazine’s website. The original idea was to have a paper magazine, which is why there’s a mock-up featured on the site. I am not comfortable with this woman’s body on the front of the magazine, with her head cut off. If a non-Muslim magazine does this to a woman’s body, it’s sexist objectification. If a Muslim magazine does it, it’s halal? No, ma’am! Since I... Read more
The Times Online reports on Britain’s only Muslim women’s cycling club. The Philadelphia Inquirer profiles Pray the Devil Back to Hell, a documentary about Muslim and Christian Liberian women joining together to stop Liberia’s civil war. Amid backlash, Malaysian authorities back down on the yoga ban. More analysis from The Star Online and Sun2Surf. On activism against violence against women in the Muslim community in South Africa. The Muslim News reports on a conference addressing women in Islamic resistance. Indian... Read more
A week ago, Heba Akad, the daughter of famous Moroccan singer, Laila Ghofran, was brutally murdered while sleeping over at the house of one of her girlfriends. Her girlfriend, Nadine Gamal, was also murdered and died from stab wounds and a slashed neck. Heba, who was stabbed half a dozen times, called her husband as soon as the murderer left and told him what had happened. It took her husband two hours to drive over to the apartment at Sheikh... Read more
Before I begin. I just want to apologize for getting this post up late. Travelling always takes a lot out of me, especially when travelling on train. This past weekend, I went to the second annual Muslim Alliance in North America (MANA) conference in Philadelphia. I did a lot of vending with my husband this time around, so I didn’t get a chance to go to as many workshops. However, I did manage to get into a couple. One thing... Read more
This post was written by Cycads and originally appeared on her blog. ‘Animalistic lust’ (nafsu buas) is a common spice in Malay tales of adulterous wives, transgender paramours, and homosexual men and women. ‘Animalistic’ or ‘buas‘ here is a blanket term for all that is unbridled and transgressive. Though derived from the Arabic word to mean ’soul’, ‘nafsu‘ is often accompanied with pejorative connotations, and it is used a lot by the Malay media to demonise sexual minorities in Malaysia.... Read more
The Western fascination with the burqa has crept up again in a new and mind-boggling way. A few months ago, I wrote about the Charming Burka, an art piece that used Bluetooth technology to take people “behind the burqa” by showing them a photo of the woman underneath. Now? Just in time for the Christmas season, you can buy little decorative burqas for your wine bottles. Yes, I just used the words “burqa” and “wine” in the same sentence. But... Read more
The Brass Crescent Awards final round of voting is now open! This year’s nominations boast a lot of great and thoughtful blogs, so the awards should be interesting. Unfortunately, we didn’t win a nomination for Best Female Blog… But we are nominated for Best Group Blog! 😀 Voting ends December 19th, so please show us some love! You can vote here. Read more
It look my lazy ass awhile, but I’ve updated our Voices of Muslim Women pages. If you are a Muslim woman who has a blog or a website that isn’t on our list, please let us know so we can link up! Email us at [email protected] or post your blog in the comments section. Read more
Xpress News profiles traditional Emirati burqa makers (and wearers). Via Izzy Mo. The New York TImes interviews a Saudi rock band–made up of girls. Rock on, ladies! Via Progressive Muslima News. More from MidEast Youth. On women’s fashion in Malaysia. And speaking of Malaysia, the Sisters in Islam of Malaysia is pushing back against a fatwa by Malaysian clerics against tomboys. More from Malaysia Today. An Australian sheikh argues that men and women should pray together. More from The New... Read more
The internet is abuzz with talk about an all new rock band, The Accolade. Nothing special, you would think, until you realize that not only are the members all women, but all Saudi women. On the day the band made the front page of The New York Times (NYT), their ‘friends’ on their MySpace page went from 17 to 584. Today, only four days later, they have almost 1,000 friends, over 130,000 profile views, and comments from people in Italy,... Read more
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