A few weeks ago, I wrote about my experiences at the WAM! conference in Boston. I had the pleasure of meeting Sabrina Hersi Issa during my time there, and interviewed her for MMW. Muslimah Media Watch: You spoke on a WAM! panel about investigative journalism. Can you speak a little about your experience as a […]

Via WorldPulse: I just received word from the international human rights campaign, Stop Child Executions , that Delara Darabi, a young artist who has been in Rasht prison for the last five years in Iran, is at great risk of imminent execution. A few days ago, she was told by prison authorities to prepare herself […]

Salam waleykum, readers! We made it to the finals! Click here to vote for us in the finals. Polls are open tonight until midnight, I believe. Thanks for all your support! 😀

Salam waleykum, readers! We’ve been nominated in the Canadian F-Word Blog Awards. F is for feminist, naturally. We have been nominated as Best Feminist Blog–International. A great big thank you to those who nominated us. The first round of voting starts today (April 11th) and will continue until April 14th. If we make it past […]

Salam and apa khabar everybody, I am now officially part of MMW! Regular readers may already know me as Cycads and have come across some of my articles here. For those who haven’t spotted a pattern, I write mostly about the struggles of Malaysian Muslim women, but from a feminist perspective. Now that I’ve said […]

Dear Readers Wishing you all the peace and blessings of the Universe. This is my very first post on Muslimah Media Watch. I am a proudly South African Muslimah, named Safiyyah. I am currently pursuing my undergraduate degree in Islamic Studies and Arabic at final year,  not to mention chasing a career in developmental journalism. […]

This was originally published at Hurriyet Daily News. The author is unknown. In a Fethiye beauty salon window, I saw an advertisement suggesting customers celebrate International Women’s Day, or IWD, by getting a manicure and a new hairdo. I received messages from my bank wishing me “Happy Women’s Day.” And then there were the ads […]

Salam waleykum, readers! Hot on the heels of our honorable mention for Best Group Blog at the Brass Crescent Awards, we’ve been nominated for the 2008 Weblog Awards! Thanks to those of you who tipped us off. We’ve been nominated for Best Middle East/Africa blog! Oddly enough, we weren’t nominated for Best Religion Blog. Next […]

Muslimah Media Watch earned an honorable mention at this year’s Brass Crescent Awards, alhamdulillah! We would like to thank all of you that voted! Be sure to check out the winner’s list: there are some great blogs on it. A big thanks goes to all of our readers, whether you voted or not. Your comments, […]

The Mirwais Meena girls’ school in Kandahar is still empty after the acid attacks on students. Meribeth Deen profiles a Saudi designer who specializes in women’s clothes. Indian Muslims takes a look at reactions to the Kerala Muslim Marriage Bill. Yasmeen Khan explores British desis in comedy. A photograph exhibit on hejab is in the […]