Posts Tagged ‘sexism’

• An Open Letter to Maureen Dowd

  July 13th, 2010

  Dear 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, 2010

  The 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, 2010

  As 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, 2010

  New 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, 2010

  Rima 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, 2010

  This 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, 2010

  The 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, 2010

  At 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, 2010

  In 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, 2010

  In a reversal of Egypt’s recent trends regarding women in the judiciary, Egypt’s State Council voted this month...

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