Archive for the ‘Books/Magazines’ Category

• Will the Real ‘Carrie Bradshaw of the Middle East’ Please Come Forward?

  August 24th, 2010

  This post was written by M. Lynx Qualey and originally appeared on her blog Arab Literature (in English)....

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• State of the (Superhero) Nation: Faiza Hussein in British Comics

  August 19th, 2010

  Faiza Hussain is a British Muslim super heroine of Pakistani descent, introduced in the 2008-2009 comic series, Captain...

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• FGM in Kristof and WuDunn’s Half the Sky

  August 10th, 2010

  After watching Moolaadé, I recalled that I had come across a story several months ago of how FGM...

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• More on the Time Magazine Conversation

  August 5th, 2010

  Krista speaks with an AP reporters about Aisha’s Time magazine: Krista Riley, a sociology graduate student and contributor to...

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• Sneak Preview of Onion Tears by Shubnum Khan

  August 4th, 2010

  Yesterday, we interviewed Shubnum Khan about her book, Onion Tears. Today, we have a preview of her book,...

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• Interview with Author Shubnum Khan

  August 3rd, 2010

  Shubnum Khan is a young Muslimah from Durban, South Africa. Her book Onion Tears has been shortlisted for...

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• MMW Roundtable on Time Magazine’s Aisha Cover

  August 2nd, 2010

  Editor’s Note: This week’s Time magazine featured an 18-year-old Afghan girl named Aisha on the cover. Aisha’s...

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• An Interview with Yasmeen Maxamuud

  July 29th, 2010

  Raaz for MMW: I found Nomad Diaries a wonderful introduction to the lives of Somali women living in...

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• Smells Like Teen Muslims: The War Within Our Hearts

  July 26th, 2010

  My parents sent me to an Islamic school from the age of five to thirteen; it was their...

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• A Review of Suzy Ismail’s When Muslim Marriage Fails

  July 20th, 2010

  It is said that in Islam, marriage is half the faith.  Yet marriages are increasingly breaking down in...

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