This was written by Shelina Zahra Janmohamed and originally published at Comment is free. The last few weeks have been particularly eventful for Muslim women on Comment is Free. We would have felt extremely exhausted by all the excitement, were it not for the fact that – with the notable exception of Samia Rahman and Reefat Drabu – we were spared the ignominy of having to participate in the debate ourselves. AC Grayling started us off by equating the headscarf... Read more
Ramadan Mubarak everyone! I spent the first day of Ramadan at the Republican National Convention in the Twin Cities protesting the 2,342,343,253 ways (roughly) that our lovely ruling party has screwed over the world. But maybe that’s another story for another blog. This post might be a little shorter than usual because, honestly, marching all day and holding up signs (‘Stop Hating Brown People!!!’) in the hot sun with robocops on the sidelines definitely takes a lot out of me.... Read more
First, Ramadan mubarak to all MMW readers! I know that Fatemeh said that already, but I wanted to wish you a happy Ramadan myself too : ) We’re about a month late on this, but I wanted to cover an interview with Muna Abu Sulayman that was aired on One on One with Riz Khan. Abu Sulayman is a Saudi woman and one of the hosts of the show Kalam Nawaem, which is apparently similar to the American show The... Read more
We here at Muslimah Media Watch would like to wish all of our readers a blessed and happy Ramadan! The last time we wished you Ramadan mobarak was about one year ago, when we were just starting out. It was just me back then, and I was bustin’ my oves to start up the site and begin my master’s thesis. Now look at us! We’re celebrating a one-year anniversary! We’ve grown into a new site and new media watchers, alhamdolillah!... Read more
Justin Podur interviews a representative from the Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan. Mohamed Elmasry examines the idea of liberation for Muslim women in the west. Kashmiri women protest against India. Dr. Qanta Ahmed seeks to clear up misconceptions about Muslims with her book In the Land of Invisible Women. Women in Egypt attempt to fight against female genital cutting with grass-roots activism. Holy crap! How did I forget to post this?! The Muslimahs Speak Up! Carnival has been up... Read more
It’s always encouraging to see magazines for Muslims, especially for Muslim women, in parts of the world in which Muslims are the minority. Currently in North America, we have magazines like Azizah Magazine and Muslim Girl, both catering to the female, Muslim population of the region. Now the U.K. has Sisters Magazine, with the tagline “The Magazine for Fabulous Muslim Women.” So how fabulous is the magazine itself? I decided to take a look see at the free sample they... Read more
“Mohannad is a hottie” is the answer I got when I asked my tween cousins why they watch the 175 episode Turkish soap opera Gümüş (‘silver’) that was renamed Noor (‘light’), dubbed in Syrian colloquial Arabic, and consequently spread like wildfire in the Arab world. It’s true that the Turkish ex-basketball player who won the 2002 Best Model of the World award is hot (though too pretty for my liking). But as media outlets all over the region have found... Read more
Sometimes I wonder why I even browse CNN.com anymore. However, it does tend to make for a good story for MMW each week 🙂 This story about an Iraqi woman being detained because she is an alleged suicide bomber is pretty ridiculous….more so than what I’m used to seeing on there. Anytime mainstream news sources cover the ‘phenomenon’ of female suicide bombers, they regard it just as such: a PHENOMENON. Like it is impossible for women to be violent? Like... Read more
Last night, as I was flipping through the channels, I stopped on the Spike network, which is geared toward a male audience (well, most television is geared toward a male audience, but that’s a different soapbox). Perhaps I should say heavily geared toward a male audience. I mean, between the James Bond marathons, Axe commercials, and ultimate fighting programs, it starts to get a little, uh, over-done. The same way the Lifetime network’s pregnancy test commercials and movies about victimized... Read more
Here’s my interview with The Pakistani Spectator. It’s brief, and a little all over the place, but enjoy! Read more
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