This was written by Shelina Zahra Janmohamed and originally published at Comment is free. The last few weeks have been particularly eventful for Muslim women on Comment is Free. We would have felt extremely exhausted by all the excitement, were it not for the fact that – with the notable exception of Samia Rahman and […]

Ramadan Mubarak everyone! I spent the first day of Ramadan at the Republican National Convention in the Twin Cities protesting the 2,342,343,253 ways (roughly) that our lovely ruling party has screwed over the world. But maybe that’s another story for another blog. This post might be a little shorter than usual because, honestly, marching all […]

First, Ramadan mubarak to all MMW readers! I know that Fatemeh said that already, but I wanted to wish you a happy Ramadan myself too : ) We’re about a month late on this, but I wanted to cover an interview with Muna Abu Sulayman that was aired on One on One with Riz Khan. […]

We here at Muslimah Media Watch would like to wish all of our readers a blessed and happy Ramadan! The last time we wished you Ramadan mobarak was about one year ago, when we were just starting out. It was just me back then, and I was bustin’ my oves to start up the site […]

Justin Podur interviews a representative from the Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan. Mohamed Elmasry examines the idea of liberation for Muslim women in the west. Kashmiri women protest against India. Dr. Qanta Ahmed seeks to clear up misconceptions about Muslims with her book In the Land of Invisible Women. Women in Egypt attempt to […]

It’s always encouraging to see magazines for Muslims, especially for Muslim women, in parts of the world in which Muslims are the minority. Currently in North America, we have magazines like Azizah Magazine and Muslim Girl, both catering to the female, Muslim population of the region. Now the U.K. has Sisters Magazine, with the tagline […]

“Mohannad is a hottie” is the answer I got when I asked my tween cousins why they watch the 175 episode Turkish soap opera Gümüş (‘silver’) that was renamed Noor (‘light’), dubbed in Syrian colloquial Arabic, and consequently spread like wildfire in the Arab world. It’s true that the Turkish ex-basketball player who won the […]

Sometimes I wonder why I even browse CNN.com anymore. However, it does tend to make for a good story for MMW each week 🙂 This story about an Iraqi woman being detained because she is an alleged suicide bomber is pretty ridiculous….more so than what I’m used to seeing on there. Anytime mainstream news sources […]

Last night, as I was flipping through the channels, I stopped on the Spike network, which is geared toward a male audience (well, most television is geared toward a male audience, but that’s a different soapbox). Perhaps I should say heavily geared toward a male audience. I mean, between the James Bond marathons, Axe commercials, […]

Here’s my interview with The Pakistani Spectator. It’s brief, and a little all over the place, but enjoy!