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So I guess I\u2019m the newbie to MMW, and I\u2019m really, really excited about it! I guess you can tell by the title that this is my first post. I\u2019m looking forward to sharing my critique and analysis on Muslim women in the media, and I hope you, as readers, will be interested in whatever […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":164,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nIt's My Very First One!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"So I guess I'm the newbie to MMW, and I'm really, really excited about it! I guess you can tell by the title that this is my first post. 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