CNN shows us Nujood’s life after her divorce. The Feminist School keeps us updated on imprisonments, releases, and an interview with Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani. Al Jazeera highlights a Lebanese citizenship case that could affect whether Lebanese women pass their citizenship to their children. Two police officers in Karachi have been sentenced to death for the […]

When I first saw the book Muhajababes by Allegra Stratton in a bookshop in Beirut, I was intrigued enough to buy it. The cover boldly claims to have found, “the new Middle East–cool, sexy and devout”. I happily forked out the $14. On closer inspection however, the cover of the book is quite problematic (featured […]

This piece was written by Guest Contributor Asma T. Uddin. Asra Nomani’s recent piece in Marie Claire, “My Big Fat Muslim Wedding”, underscored everything that is wrong with Marie Claire’s coverage of Islam and Muslim women.  Nomani’s piece was a confused narrative at best, conflating culture with religion and individual bad experiences with larger truths […]

“Sara, I could never get with a Muslim girl, how do they make you guys so unattainable?” a womanizing co-worker once asked me in all seriousness. There is nothing that I love more than a man that sees “ethnic” women as another check mark on an international bingo card.  I’ve heard a number of men […]

Dear Muslimah Media Watch Readers, I’m princesse de Clèves, a new contributor based in Paris, France. As a long-time MMW reader, I have enjoyed the articles as much as the challenging dialogues involved by your comments. As a writer, I will hopefully cover the stories and discourses related to the representation of women and Islam in the European media landscape. Deconstruction in prospect! If you have any suggestion, please […]

Who would have thought that sexuality rights were being celebrated in the historical and cultural heart of the Malaysian capital two weeks ago? Malaysia, like anywhere else (Muslim-majority or not) has long suffered from homophobia and transphobia in the most public of places: unsubstantiated accusations of homosexual behaviour landed one of the most influential politicians […]

Hello, I’m Eman Hashim. An Egyptian ophthalmologist, a writer and a blogger. Born and living in Cairo, Egypt, I grew up watching how women are being treated, what is expected from them and how women deal with all this. I intend to share my observations, impressions and interpretations with you. It’s not an opinion; it’s […]

Can Faisal al Yafai asks why haven’t Arab women broken the glass ceiling? On the popularity of plastic surgery in Saudi Arabia. Na’ima B. Robert offers her portrait of a Muslim marriage. Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno’s caning has been postponed for Ramadan. AltMuslim examines the situation further. School girls in Gaza are being told to […]

This was written by Zehra Rizavi and originally published on AltMuslimah. An attractive Arab woman in her mid-30s, wearing a silver silk hijab and high-collared matching silver blouse, looks into the camera and says, “Recently, in Qatar there has been talk of providing sex education to the youth. Subjects [would] include dealing with sexual desires, […]

At the heart of many of the problems plaguing Muslim women in developing nations is a dollar bill, not a Qur’an. That was the overall impression I received from reading last Sunday’s Times Magazine. The issue of women in developing nations may not appear to be an impending issue for the Muslim community. In fact, […]