This was written by Tami, and originally published at What Tami Said. I have always been on the fence about Jezebel, the female-focused entry into the Gawker Media family of Web sites, described as: …celebrity, fashion, and sex without the airbrushing. The witty, informative tone draws a readership that is intelligent and sophisticated, but still […]

“Muslim Comedy Prescribes Women’s Lib” By Bill Harris. This originally appeared here. Women’s lib is alive and well on Little Mosque on the Prairie. Think about the situations encountered by Sitara Hewitt’s character, Dr. Rayyan Hamoudi. Now think about the struggles of early-1970s sitcom characters such as Maude, or Mary Richards, or even Laurie Partridge. […]

This piece, written by Abeer Mishkhas, originally appeared at Arab News.   For the past two weeks, both Saudi and Egyptian papers have been writing about a single traffic accident. In two countries that have unusually high numbers of traffic accidents, so much attention to a single accident deserves a look. The reason for the […]

This blog originally appeared at Tariq Nelson. I feel that these types of articles are good because it shows that Muslims are being pro-active in not accepting abuse (we’re talking broken jaws and limbs here in some cases) and helping the abused find help. There is a fine line between “exposing the dirty laundry” and […]

This originally appeared as part of a larger post at the blog Pedestrian. It has been edited for length, but you can read the entire version at the original website. I don’t know whether this is considered a virtue or a vice: Laleh Sedigh’s showing up for a sports race with a face full of […]

Via the Washington Post. This was originally written by Jessica Dawson; you can see the full article at the website. Jessica Dawson writes a great review of a new photography exhibition about Muslim women in Germany which highlights tensions and Islamophobia rather than assuages them: “‘Muslim Women,’ Sans Context” by Jessica Dawson “Muslim Women in […]

This originally appeared on the blog epiphanies, written by Tasnim. Persepolis, the animated film based on Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel, will be released in the US on 25 December. The film, like the novel, is in black and white and just as visually striking. Satrapi says that she sees “images as a way of writing” […]

Readers, I’m traveling today, and so I’m just putting up a quick post. But tomorrow, we’ll have a full-length post as per usual! In the meantime, remember to give us some love at the Brass Crescent Awards—voting ends this Friday! This originally appeared on the blog Abu Aardvark. Al-Sharq al-Awsat runs a piece complaining about […]

This originally appeared as a larger post at the blog Pedestrian. It has been edited for length, but you can read the entire version at the original website. “You might have heard of Laleh Sedigh: Iran’s first female race car driver – in both circuit and rally driving. She has yet to prove herself in […]

This story originally appeared on Improvisations: Arab Woman Progressive Voice. “Al Quds al Arabi reports that 204 women are running in the Jordanian parliamentary elections. The language the paper chooses to deliver the news is … hysterical! In fact, “women’s election hysteria” appears in the title of the article. If you are not scared away […]