A 16-year-old schoolgirl has been banned from classes in Spain after refusing to remove her headscarf at school. File this under “Duh”: The Washington Post reports that Afghan women believe European countries’ efforts to ban niqabs and burqas are appalling. European dress code link dump! The Associated Press, Bikya Masr, AFP, Al Jazeera, CNN, ThinkSpain, […]

Yesterday, we introduced you to Telemundo’s El Clon, its premise, and two of its prominent female characters. Today, we’ll look at two more female characters, some of their male counterparts, and examine how the telenovela uses the Qur’an. Zoraida is the maid in Uncle Ali’s house. She is responsible for protecting Latiffa and Jade, and […]

Spanish soap operas (telenovelas) are just like any other serial dramas, with all the conventional characteristics: star -crossed lovers, dramatic music, a flair for the outrageous and a seemingly never-ending plot. This is exactly what can be expected from Telemundo’s telenovela, El Clon (The Clone). A remake of a Brazilian soap opera that aired in […]

I was hit by a case of déjà vu when reading two recent articles discussing the work of Makan Emadi, which MMW has discussed before. In a piece posted at the Daily Beast, Betwa Sharma boldly claims that Makan’s work is part of a rise in “Islamic Erotica.” Sharma says that Muslim artists are depicting […]

Despite her story being told in a series of media alerts posted a few weeks ago on Racialicious, Katha Politt’s blog at The Nation, and here at MMW, Nazia Quazi’s problem is not making the headlines it should. Dual Indian-Canadian citizen Quazi has been held in Saudi Arabia for the past two years due to […]

Salam alaikum, readers! Sorry for the silence all week! But don’t worry–we’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, and we didn’t forget about the Friday Links! A female suicide bomber killed herself after fatally shooting a police officer in Russia. The National reports that Oman’s government will grant free land to women to […]

Asalaamu Alaykum everyone! My name is Diana and I will be joining the lovely ladies of MMW. I have been following MMW for some time now and I am amazed at what a wonderful job everyone has done so far. It is truly a blessing to join a group of women with such talent and […]

The Saudi Arabian Department of Civil Affairs will begin issuing ID cards for women that do not require male guardianship. In Pakistan, the family of a woman murdered by her husband’s family is seeking justice at the national level. May Allah give the victim and her family peace and justice. The Media Line asks whether […]

The Quebec niqab thing keeps going and going (ugh), and I’m still avoiding talking about media coverage of the issue head-on, mostly because I think I’ll explode if I think more about the absurdity of it all, and I’ve written on niqab so much already that there’s not a lot else to say.  This post at […]

The phrase “homegrown terrorist” is being thrown around a lot these days. ABC News used it in reference to Colleen LaRose, a Pennsylvania woman who has been charged with using the Internet for terrorist recruitment. She has also been accused of planning to kill Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks, who drew cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed […]