Salam alaikum, readers! Today is Muslimah Media Watch’s third anniversary! On this day, waaaay back in 2007, we first appeared in the blogosphere! On our third anniversary, we’ve got something new for you: you’ll notice there is now a “Like” button for Facebook and a sharing button for Twitter at the bottom of each of […]

Shiva Nazar Ahari has been arrested for “causing unease in the public mind.” Here’s how you can help. How the the Pakistan floods disproportionately affect women. A Muslim woman who sued Disney for refusing to let her wear a  headscarf at her job at Disneyland says she has been suspended without pay for turning down […]

On the barriers that female Shariah judges face in Malaysia. More from 50.50. Women in Kashmir are becoming a larger part of local protests against authorities. The Independent profiles Gaza’s only fisherwoman. Sakineh Ashtiani’s former lawyer speaks about her case after gaining asylum in Sweden. A Muslim woman who works at a Disneyland restaurant alleged […]

A new study says that pregnant women shouldn’t fast. More from The Huffington Post. Yasmin Sajid Sheikh of India aspires to be a policewoman and a role model for “progressive Muslim women.” Campaigning against stoning is still necessary. This is a much better way to address matches with the Iranian women’s soccer team. Take note, […]

Salam alaikum, readers! We’d like to wish all of you a blessed and peaceful Ramadan! Image by El Agizy In Design, via SOME Contrast.

A South African rape survivor receives unspeakably offensive treatment while attempting to get justice. The President of Brazil has offered Sakineh Ashtiani amnesty.  Via Jezebel. On Miss California, a Muslim Bangladeshi-American, and her immigration platform. The New York Times reports on the conditions faced by migrant workers in Kuwait. Maybe someone will listen when a […]

Krista speaks with an AP reporters about Aisha’s Time magazine: Krista Riley, a sociology graduate student and contributor to a Muslim women’s website, Muslimah Media Watch, finds the photo “invasive and deeply troubling.” To Riley, the image plays into racial divides and cultural distances. Read more on the conversation here. Check it out!

  Editor’s Note: This week’s Time magazine featured an 18-year-old Afghan girl named Aisha on the cover. Aisha’s face is framed with dark hair and a loose scarf; it looks like any other portrait Time might publish. Except there is something missing: Aisha’s nose. Her nose and ears were cut off as punishment for running […]

In Pakistan, a court has freed a mentally ill woman who has been held without trial for 14 years on allegations of desecrating the Qur’an. Muslim Voices reports that a Saudi sheikh has called for only Muslim women to work as maids in Saudi Arabia. More from the Los Angeles Times. Muslim women in the […]

Muslim girls at the London School of Fashion examine faith and fashion. More on “Islamic fashion” here. Spain’s parliament rejected a proposal to ban the niqab, while Syria has banned the niqab from educational facilities. Sumbul Ali-Karamali explores the burqa ban from an American perspective. More on the Syrian ban here. On how garment factories […]