For many of us, the last few weeks before the start of Ramadan mark a time to prepare ourselves mentally and spiritually for gaining the benefits of the month ahead. As such, the mass email forwards began arriving in my inbox in early August, with lists prepared by various Muslim institutions gently reminding the faithful […]

Ramadan mobarak, dear readers! Muslimah Media Watch wishes all of its Muslim readers and their families a blessed and happy Ramadan! The first week of Ramadan is always a little difficult, and things around here are going to be that way, too! We’re upgrading and moving to a better server this weekend. We’re also getting […]

Emel profiles Afghan architect and clothing designer Zoleykha Sherzad. Via HijabStyle. Esha Momeni  discusses her work and incarceration in Iran during an interview. The New York Times offers a chilling portrait of one female suicide bomber-to-be named Baida in Iraq. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he will propose at least three female ministers in his […]

Salam MMW readers! My name is Malika and I’m an American journalist who recently moved to the Gulf (Persian to some, Arabian to others). It’s an incredibly interesting time to be living in a region that’s still trying to determine what kind of place it wants to be. In the meantime, there are lots of […]

My name is Sara Yasin, and I am from North Carolina. I am off to London to be a poor graduate student, studying Gender, Development, and Globalization at the London School of Economics. I have a pretty eclectic range of interests, from fashion and art, to science, and of course, politics and women’s issues. I […]

Lubna al-Hussein’s recent trial for wearing pants has received a lot of attention in the media. Most of the attention has been focused on the “backwardness” of indecency law that apparently prevents women in Sudan from wearing pants in public. The law itself doesn’t actually describe what is “indecent” but it seems to be understood […]

I spent this past weekend at a conference near Toronto, co-hosted by ISNA Canada (the Islamic Society of North America) and Reviving the Islamic Spirit.  The theme of the convention was “Serving God, Serving Humanity: Moral Basis of Effective Social Action.”  Overall, I have to say it was probably the best Islamic conference I’ve ever […]

Since 1994, South Africa celebrates National Women’s Day every year on the 9th of August, and more generally the whole month has become one in which the woes of women are highlighted and tribute is paid to their outstanding achievements. The occasion marks a march led by a 20,000-strong gathering of women on August 9, […]

This was written by Tasnim, and originally published at AltMuslimah. The post-9 /11 period has seen a proliferation of texts on the Muslim world which fall under the genre of the travel narrative. In recent years this has included a wave of personal accounts by journalists reporting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, such as […]

Muslims in England weighs in on the Burqa Ban. More from The Washington Post. Saudi Amber comments on the significance of the four female Kuwaiti parliament members elected a few months ago. the long slumber comments on sexual harassment in the Arab world. He also pointed us to a very interesting refutation of myths about […]