Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category
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Rock the Vote: Media Coverage of Women in Iraqi Elections
February 11th, 2009Last week’s Iraqi elections received lots of media coverage, but at MMW we were mostly fascinated by women...
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The CIA and Rape: Media Representations of the Victims
February 10th, 2009Various news organizations have reported that a CIA officer stationed in Algeria, identified by CBS News as ...
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Disorder in the Court: the Niqab and the Courtroom in Canada
February 9th, 2009A Toronto judge has recently ruled that a complainant in a sexual assault trial – who happens to...
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Rachida Dati's Rise and Fall
February 5th, 2009French politician Rachida Dati has been in and out of the headlines since taking office as France’s Minister...
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Hope from Whom and for Whom? Palestine as a Muslim Cause
February 3rd, 2009Israel’s war on the Palestinians may be over for now, but the conflict remains. About a week and...
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From the Outside Looking In: What Does Not Need Reporting
January 27th, 2009* Asian and South Asian will be used interchangeably to refer to those of Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, etc.,...
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Truth or Propaganda: Muslim Women Need to Be Saved
January 21st, 2009With so much of American foreign policy being focused on various Muslim countries, it is no surprise that...
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OMG, it's a Muslim! Call the terrorist police!
January 19th, 2009Okay, good news first: Dr. Ingrid Mattson, president of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) and professor...
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For the millionth time, "Muslim" and "American" are NOT mutually exclusive
January 13th, 2009I’ve been doing some research lately on spaces where “Muslim” and “Canadian” are talked about as if the...
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Debating the morality of Rachida Dati
January 12th, 2009Ms. Rachida Dati, France’s first female Muslim minister, has been criticized for returning to work only five days...
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