Posts Tagged ‘sexism’
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An Open Letter to Maureen Dowd
July 13th, 2010Dear Maureen, I hear you’re back from your jaunt over in Saudi Arabia. Kudos to you for making it...
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Al Jazeera’s Wardrobe Malfunction
June 23rd, 2010The Short version: Time: A few months ago. Action: Eight female journalists working for Al Jazeera network signed an official...
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Rowdy Saudis: MTV’s “Resist the Power: Saudi Arabia”
June 7th, 2010As part of the True Life series, MTV recently aired an episode titled, “Resist the Power! Saudi Arabia,”...
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One Legacy Radio: A Mixed Bag for Women
May 31st, 2010New voices are invading the airwaves in Southern California. The voices of local Muslim activists, community leaders, scholars...
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Beauty and the Beastly Pundits: More on Miss USA
May 25th, 2010Rima Fakih has become an unlikely member of the Islamophobic grab-bag of images. Joining the images of oppressed...
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Kuwait’s “Arab Times” Apparently Amused by a Maid’s Rape
April 26th, 2010This was originally published at Migrant Rights. On April 10th, Kuwait’s Arab Times reported about the rape and...
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Homeland Insecurities: Nel Hedayat and Afghanistan
April 5th, 2010The BBC documentary Women, Weddings, War and Me follows 21-year-old British Afghan Nel Hedayat (pictured below) as she...
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Pray-in Weigh-in: The D.C. Mosque Protest
March 31st, 2010At the end of February, a Muslimah “pray-in” led by Fatima Thompson at the Islamic Center of Washington,...
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Muslim Daughters: Small Catastrophes?
March 10th, 2010In early February, a story broke about a briefing being given to Belgian soldiers departing for Afghanistan. In...
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The Ball in the Egyptian State Council’s Court: Female Judges
March 1st, 2010In a reversal of Egypt’s recent trends regarding women in the judiciary, Egypt’s State Council voted this month...

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