Continuing our tradition of sharing reflections on Eid (see our posts from Eid-ul-Adha last year, in two parts, and from Eid-ul-Fitr this year), today we’ll be posting four reflections from Eid last week, written by Eren, Izzie, Krista, and Shireen. It’s becoming a tradition for me to travel from Montreal to Toronto each Eid.  The women’s spaces in […]

Continuing our tradition of sharing reflections on Eid (see our posts from Eid-ul-Adha last year, in two parts, and from Eid-ul-Fitr this year), today we’ll be posting four reflections from Eid last week, written by Eren, Izzie, Krista, and Shireen. All my life, I have enjoyed Eid. As a child, it used to be about waking up early […]

Continuing our tradition of sharing reflections on Eid (see our posts from Eid-ul-Adha last year, in two parts, and from Eid-ul-Fitr this year), today we’ll be posting four reflections from Eid last week, written by Eren, Izzie, Krista, and Shireen. I have a love-hate relationship with Islamic holidays, and this Eid was no exception. While […]

Editor’s note: Malala Yousafzai has been extensively covered in media lately, and several MMW writers wanted to weigh in on the way she is being portrayed. Yesterday, Amina wrote about portrayals of Malala as an exception, and today Nicole Hunter Mostafa looks at the focus on Malala being a child.  Stay tuned for a final Malala […]

Editor’s note: Malala Yousafzai has been extensively covered in media lately, and several MMW writers wanted to weigh in on the way she is being portrayed.  Today’s post is by Amina; stay tuned for reflections from Nicole and Eren later this week. Just a couple of months ago, Lady Gaga wore a ridiculous, sheer pink burqa. […]

Last week Muslims worldwide celebrated the Feast of Sacrifice, or Eid-ul-Adha, which also is the last day of the annual Muslim pilgrimage or hajj to various sites in and surrounding Mekka and Medina, Saudi Arabia. In Himachal Pradesh, India, Muslim women were allowed to travel for free within the state on state buses for the holiday. Many Bangladeshi women turned […]

My cousin’s daughter is smart. She recently summed a deeply rooted societal problem in few words. The little girl is relatively chubby and her mom, my cousin, keeps giving her remarks on her weight and looks. At one point, she responded: “Don’t you see that you are fat too! Plus, you are the one who […]

All of us at Muslimah Media Watch send our best wishes to all of our readers this Eid-ul-adha (whichever day/s you are celebrating it!)  Have a happy and blessed holiday!

After reading the synopsis of Torn , a film written by Michael Richter and directed by Jeremiah Birnbaum, I thought: Oooh, this might be yet another film on the post 9/11 era, blaming the Muslim community for all evil things that happened, and echoing  all sorts of stereotypes that have defined America’s perceptions of Muslims […]

One year ago, Malala Yousufzai was shot in the head for speaking up for the education of girls and this week she received the prestigious Sakharov human rights prize, which is award by the EU, for her work. A spokesman from the Taliban stated that she has done “nothing” to deserve this prize, and once […]