Author Archive
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Those Who Live in Glass Houses: Hamid Rahmanian’s The Glass House
October 15th, 2009The Glass House, directed by Hamid Rahmanian, is a documentary of the lives of a group of young...
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Sisterhood of the Hot Pants: the Media's Coverage of Lubna al-Hussein
August 20th, 2009Lubna al-Hussein’s recent trial for wearing pants has received a lot of attention in the media. Most of...
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Milke-ing it: Another Paternalistic Editorial
August 12th, 2009Looking at the title of Mark Milke’s editorial, “The 21st century-style subjection of women” I have to admit...
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CNN FAIL on Honor Killing Coverage
August 5th, 2009This past week a woman was murdered in an apparent honor killing in the Gaza Strip. She was...
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Asra Nomani's Big Fat Muslim Wedding
July 28th, 2009Whenever I encounter Asra Nomani’s works or see her in an interview, I usually wonder,“What is her point?”...
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Dreyfuss and Iran's "Women Commandos"
July 20th, 2009If you’ve been following coverage of the fallout from the recent Iranian elections, you have been bound to...
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Hide No More: Dutch Ad Campaign Targets Discrimination Against Hijabis
July 8th, 2009A recent anti-discrimination campaign in the Netherlands is using a poster of a hijabi, whose face is hidden...
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Authority, the Media, and Muslim Women
June 18th, 2009I have begun to read Khaled Abou El-Fadl’s Speaking in God’s Name: Islamic Law, Authority and Women again....
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Girls Just Wanna Get Married: On Hamas, Matchmaking, and Femininity
June 10th, 2009It seems as of late, the media has taken a very keen interest in the personal details of...
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The Message International says NO! to Domestic Violence
June 3rd, 2009In the past, I have been critical of Muslim organizations for their relative silence on issues affecting women....
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