Author Archive
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Hijab-Gate, Literally
March 3rd, 2010There are certain stories newspapers here in the U.K. love. Anything that can be classed as “a waste...
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The Poor White Women: Yasmin Alibhai-Brown on White Female Converts
January 26th, 2010Yasmin Alibhai-Brown is Muslim. In her articles she often likes to tell you this in the first sentence...
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Ted Talks About Women’s Bodies at Cultural Battlegrounds
December 29th, 2009TED Talks are short lectures of no longer than 18 minutes, delivered on a variety of subjects by...
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Politics as Usual: Press TV Covers Afghanistan
November 10th, 2009A substantial amount of the media critiqued at MMW involves Muslim women being viewed as part of a...
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The Answer to Their Prayers: Pray the Devil Back to Hell
October 5th, 2009Pray the Devil Back to Hell is a documentary about the women’s peace movement in Liberia, during the...
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Judge Judy: Judy Bachrach Plays Judge, Jury, and Executioner
August 10th, 2009Some articles are fairly subtle in their Islamophobia, others less so. Judy Bachrach’s article “Twice Branded: Western Women, Muslim...
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Marwa El Sherbini Did Not Die For Her Hijab, So Please Stop Saying That She Did
July 23rd, 2009Marwa El Sherbini is in the ground away from those who love her most. She did not want to...
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How Do You Soak Yours: Burqa Apparently Soaked in Blood
July 13th, 2009This originally appeared on Safiya’s blog Outlines. A lot of the discourse of Muslim women both here and...
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Outlines Review: Women in Black, Episode 3
May 26th, 2008This was written by Safiya, and originally published at Outlines. You can see earlier reviews of this show...
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