It’s Halloween again here in the West, and I have to say…now that I’m a grown up, Halloween sucks. Especially because of: Slutty costumes (I just had to say it) Slutty “ethnic” costumes: Native American girl, geisha, etc. In particular: Harem girl costumes Belly dancer costumes Genie costumes Cleopatra costumes Arab sheikh costumes   These […]

The Fourth Annual Brass Crescent Awards are here, loyal readers! According to their website, the Brass Crescent Awards are “an annual awards ceremony that honors the best writers and thinkers of the emerging Muslim blogosphere … Nominations are taken from blog readers, who then vote for the winners.”   Please show us some love by […]

No matter what your feelings are on Benazir Bhutto, you have to admit this caption is really poorly-worded: If not simply in poor taste, the caption also raises the question of sexism: if the newspaper was investigating a man, would the word “booty” have been used?

Remember to wear a pink scarf/hejab today! Support breast cancer survivors and create awareness of the disease! Here are some good reads for 10.26.07:   The first Pakistani woman astronaut gets ready to blast off! Ed Husain from U.K.’s The Guardian explores Women Without Borders in Vienna, and the platform they have given to Muslim […]

The following originally appeared at the blog FreeWriters. Browsing the Guardian‘s web site earlier this week, I came across a picture of four hijabis*. I don’t know what it is about me, but as soon as I see a veil / headscarf / bearded bro / muslimah / anything related to Islam / Muslims – […]

In case you haven’t heard, it’s Islamo-Facism awareness week: David Horowitz and some other conservatives have decided that they’re going to pretend to take on the cause of the “poor, defenseless Muslim woman.” What garbage! On Monday, Nonie Darwish (pictured here on the cover of her book) spoke at Wellesley College. Darwish is the founder […]

Here’s a brief news story about an Iranian-American Muslim comedian Tissa Hami. In it, Hami describes her comedy as her way of helping combat stereotypes against Muslims. “‘Why aren’t we speaking out for ourselves?’ she said she would ask herself. ‘Why aren’t we doing something? To me this is something I could do. I know […]

This Friday, October 26th, is National Pink Hejab day. Women who wear hejab will be wearing pink hejabs to raise awareness for breast cancer. But those of you who don’t wear hejab are thinking, what about me? Well, wear a pink scarf, sisters! It’s October, and (at least where I am) it’s cold! So snuggle […]

I spend a lot of time on search engines, trying to get our readers the latest on Muslim women (still, tips are oh-so appreciated!). So if you search for “Muslim women” on Google, you’re likely to find The Muslim Woman, a blog that reports news and culture concerning Muslim women. It’s not all negative, but […]

Open wide! Here’s a hefty dose of links for 10.19.07: The world’s First Muslim Skydiving Center open in Tehran, equipped with special programs just for women. Scary. White supremacists demonstrate against niqabis’ rights to vote. A great post on exactly why all this political uproar about niqab in Canada is racist. Unique Muslimah talks about […]