Archive for February, 2010
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Friday Links — February 26, 2010
February 26th, 2010Saudi Arabia is planning to bring in a new law to allow female lawyers to argue cases in...
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Politics as Usual: France Gets Riled Up About a Candidate’s Headscarf
February 25th, 2010Headscarves are the hot talking point in French politics again. But on this occasion, we aren’t talking about...
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An Interview with Emma Tarlo, Author of Visibly Muslim
February 24th, 2010Last week, I reviewed Emma Tarlo’s book Visibly Muslim: Fashion, Politics, Faith. This week, I got the chance...
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Portrait of The Grey Lady: Aafia Siddiqui’s Construction in the Media
February 23rd, 2010Following a long trial, this month Aafia Siddiqui was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon and attempted...
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Malaysia’s Newest Cane Campaign
February 22nd, 2010In Malaysia, where we are swamped with mixed messages from religious authorities and pop song lyrics, those of...
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Friday Links — February 19, 2010
February 19th, 2010Daily Nation profiles the gender issues that a Muslim woman man has been living with since he was...
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Honoring Aminatou Haidar
February 18th, 2010Sahrawi activist Aminatou Haidar has recently been awarded the first annual International Jovellanos “Resistance and Freedom” Prize, bestowed...
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Maher’s Muddled Muslim Dior Mockery
February 17th, 2010Based on his über-liberal political views, I assume Bill Maher has an open mind, and therefore understands that...
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Abeer Esber: For Wrong Reasons, Easier for Arab Women to Publish
February 16th, 2010This was written by M. Lynx Qualey and originally appeared at Arabic Literature (In English). After all the kerfuffle...
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Muslims are Speaking Out Against Domestic Violence…But is Anybody Listening?
February 15th, 2010In February 2009, Aasiya Hassan, co-founder of Bridges TV, was murdered by her husband. Thanks to a groundswell...
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