Muslimah Media Watch is proud to be among the sponsors to Banana 2: The Second Annual Gathering of Asian/Pacific Islander American Bloggers! The conference will take place in Los Angeles tomorrow, February 26, 2011. It’ll cover a wide range issues; you can check out all the panels at their website. If you’re in the area, […]

Tunisia might soon rescind its long-standing ban on the hijab in public institutions. On women’s rights in Brunei. The Australian government refused a council’s bid to help pay for curtains at a public pool so Muslim women can have privacy during female-only exercise classes. The British Muslim Women’s Sport Foundation has started an initiative to […]

The story of Colleen LaRose, an American citizen charged with terrorist-related crimes, made headlines last March as Americans were assured that yet another terrorist plot had been foiled. Colleen La Rose, infamously known as “Jihad Jane,” was pictured all over the news, described in most cases as a victim of brainwashing. Captivated by the fact […]

In a recent article, Nesrine Malik discusses the scrutiny placed upon the wives of Arab leaders in relation to revolution in the Arab world.  Designer-clad extensions of their husbands’ regimes, Malik points out the focus placed upon their lifestyles. Mostly, she draws upon the example of Tunisia’s Leila Ben Ali, Egypt’s Suzanne Mubarak, and Jordan’s […]

Recently, I was in a bookshop with my daughter. We were in the children’s section, enjoying the vast array of colorful books. Lift-the-flap books, tactile books, storybooks, craft books, there is a great selection available. However, this diversity only goes so far. While books now will make a small effort to have characters that aren’t […]

Google executive Wael Ghonim became one of the faces of the Egyptian revolution through the Facebook page “We are all Khalid Said,” which was a vital spark to the revolution. But another important spark was a video posted by 26-year-old Asmaa Mahfouz from the April 6 Youth Movement, where she declared that she was going […]

Monday and Tuesday, we examined some Muslim matrimonial sites. Yesterday, we conducted an experiment looking at how these sites functioned and how our subjects fared. Today, I’ll digest all this information and figure out what it means for Muslim women. Something to keep in mind when joining this websites is the fact that men tend […]

Yesterday we finished introducing you to a few Muslim dating (or “matrimonial”) sites. Today, we introduce you to our “experiment:” I set up profiles and recorded the experiences of my different “subjects.” These websites and the expectations of the participants tell us something about the conceptions of femininity and masculinity that surround marriage. Some people, […]

Yesterday we introduced you to online Muslim matchmaking world and a few popular websites. Today we look at one more. Halfourdeen.com Halfourdeen.com is a site created by Baba Ali, founder of Ummah Films and a number of different resources and products for Muslims. Halfourdeen.com is new to the Muslim matchmaking scene, but it prides itself […]

Muslimah Media Watch thanks Saad Mubarak Almutairi for his contributions to this research. As marriage remains a powerful institution in Islam, it is only normal to see marriage “technologies” advance. As traditional matchmakers become non-existent in some places in the world, the internet represents a new alternative for those Muslims who want to marry the […]