Muslimah Media Watch
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Steven James (director of the classic American documentary Hoop Dreams) and Alex Kotlowitz’s The Interrupters (2011) looks at the work of a group of violence preventers—the Interrupters—in Chicago. Inspired by an article on CeaseFire—the violence prevention organization the Interrupters work for—that ran in the New York Times Magazine by Alex Kotlowitz in 2004, the film follows three of CeaseFire’s violence interrupters for a year. Dr. Larry Slutkin, an epidemiologist at the University of Illinois-Chicago, created CeaseFire as a way to... Read more
Success magazine looks at Moroccan Olympic runner Nawal El Moutawakel. Nazish Noorani was murdered after finishing iftar, allegedly under the authority of her husband. May God give her justice. Read more on domestic violence and Nazish at AltMuslimah and MuslimVoices. In the Philippines, several Muslim religious groups and organizations have signed a manifesto advocating Muslim women to breastfeed their children. The All India Muslim Women Personal Law Board backs Anna Hazare’s anti-corruption campaign and hunger strike. Russia’s first women-only beach... Read more
This was written by Peter Gray and originally appeared at his blog. Wouldn’t it be amazing to zigzag across the country, visiting mosques and writing about the people that use them? Aman Ali and Bassam Tariq thought so. Now they are on the second leg of a Ramadan road trip fueled by faith, food, and good old-fashioned male privilege. Recently, in an attempt to explore the gender divide in Muslim places of worship, the duo documented the women’s area of a... Read more
This is an edited version of the post that originall appeared at Tasnim’s blog. Google’s doodle today celebrates Nazik al-Malaika, on the occasion of the 88th anniversary of her birthday. The famous Iraqi poet is known as one of the first Arabic poets to use free verse. As Salih J. Altoma puts it: Nazik al-Mala’ika occupies a prominent position in modern Arabic literature not only because of her innovative, experimental poetry, but also because of her well-known systematic critical efforts and her views... Read more
When a Chinese company manufactured a line of women’s T-shirts with the words “For Hire” on them, Al-Watan published its disapproval at their availability in Riyadh stores. At first, Al-Watan’s comment was on point when they described the T-shirt as “One more way to disrespect women.” But then they featured opinions against the T-shirt: “The truth this is very unfortunate,” Kattan, a Saudi citizen commented, “what is left is just adding the price on the T-shirt as well, where is... Read more
Okay, so our readers have spoken! Our original Friday link format is back! We’ll do our best to keep it this way! Somali women face immense battles: famine, political instability, and rape. An interview with Anjum Zamrooda Habib, a prominent Kashmiri resistance fighter. The Washington Post profiles an Egyptian woman who’s gaining fame by teaching Egyptians how to prepare food they can actually afford. A Muslim schoolgirl in Mangalore, India, is fighting for the right to wear hijab at school.... Read more
As most people reading this probably know, it’s Ramadan, which brings some combination of fasting, iftars, overeating, praying, partying, and so on. In the world of online media, many of us have come to expect the yearly collections of photographs (such as those from the Washington Post and the Boston Globe), as well as written reflections on the meanings and practices of Ramadan. Below are some selections of Ramadan writing from the blog world, for your reading pleasure. Over at... Read more
…comes outstanding wisdom! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7gAcn4Idow This young lady rants about something we’ve all had enough of: comparing women to precious objects or food or in order to convince us to wear hijab. We’ve written about this before, but it’s refreshing to see it put together in another way. Preach, sister! Read more
The Eight Annual Brass Crescent Awards are upon us! In case you’re new to the Brass Crescent Awards, they’re “an annual awards ceremony that honors the best writers and thinkers of the emerging Muslim blogosphere (aka the Islamsphere). Nominations are taken from blog readers, who then vote for the winners.” Nominate your favorite blogs here. Nominations close September 6! Read more
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