Muslimah Media Watch earned an honorable mention at this year’s Brass Crescent Awards, alhamdulillah! We would like to thank all of you that voted! Be sure to check out the winner’s list: there are some great blogs on it. A big thanks goes to all of our readers, whether you voted or not. Your comments, […]

The Mirwais Meena girls’ school in Kandahar is still empty after the acid attacks on students. Meribeth Deen profiles a Saudi designer who specializes in women’s clothes. Indian Muslims takes a look at reactions to the Kerala Muslim Marriage Bill. Yasmeen Khan explores British desis in comedy. A photograph exhibit on hejab is in the […]

Muslim women in Jaipur, India, came out to vote in large numbers last week. Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil plans to run against Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz for the post of Wanita Umno chief in Malaysia at the party polls next March. The Guardian profiles photographer Haleh Anvari. Last week Bangladesh celebrated Begum Rokeya Day. […]

We at Muslimah Media Watch want to wish all our readers a joyous and blessed Eid al Adha!    

The Times Online reports on Britain’s only Muslim women’s cycling club. The Philadelphia Inquirer profiles Pray the Devil Back to Hell, a documentary about Muslim and Christian Liberian women joining together to stop Liberia’s civil war. Amid backlash, Malaysian authorities back down on the yoga ban. More analysis from The Star Online and Sun2Surf. On […]

The Brass Crescent Awards final round of voting is now open! This year’s nominations boast a lot of great and thoughtful blogs, so the awards should be interesting. Unfortunately, we didn’t win a nomination for Best Female Blog… But we are nominated for Best Group Blog! 😀 Voting ends December 19th, so please show us […]

It look my lazy ass awhile, but I’ve updated our Voices of Muslim Women pages. If you are a Muslim woman who has a blog or a website that isn’t on our list, please let us know so we can link up! Email us at muslimahmediawatch@gmail.com or post your blog in the comments section.

I have a bunch of announcements that I’ve been meaning to post. Please forgive the lateness. ULFAH ARTS: Mix media: radio and film making project – Missing Voices: – immediate start Have you ever though about producing a film or radio programme or wondered about kick starting a career in media? Are you female 16-19 […]

Salam waleykum, readers! The Friday Links are back, but not with much of a vengeance. It’s sort of a mish-mash of all the links I saved up from before I left on my trip, so there may be some old news here, as well as a half-assed attempt at more recent news (I got really […]

Salam, dear readers! I’m traveling this week, so I didn’t have time to do a lengthy link list. But here are the spoils from this week: Last week, we reported that a woman in Somalia had been executed for adultery. New reports show that she was 13 years old and had been raped. Via ifeminists. […]