Here are some links for this week: I’m sure you’ve all heard about the dentist who is practicing douchebaggery instead of dentistry. Iran holds an exhibit on hejab in sports. Muslim women in India are seeking secular justice. Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned wins the Chatham House Prize for Improving International Relations. The Association for […]

MMW thanks Melinda for the tip! Australia’s TV show Kick presents Australia’s first Middle Eastern lesbian: Layla. This article touches on Kick, its history, and its newest character, Layla, and examines issues of how her sexuality is discussed on the television show. I’ve been watching this on YouTube (there are links to the different episodes […]

We’re all very excited here at MMW! Racialicious.com will be featuring posts from our contributors every other week! Racialicious is a great website that looks at race and pop culture, and we know we’ll feel right at home there. Don’t worry; this won’t affect our own posting. We’ll still be posting every day, Monday through […]

Talking about access in my post awhile ago, I touched on sexuality. Since this is one of my favorite topics, it got me thinking about sexuality in the Muslim world, and the binaries that Orientalism creates for Muslim women’s sexuality. When you think of a Muslim woman in the context of sexuality, which images come […]

Here are some great links for today: Journalism offers an exciting path for one young Iraqi girl. Senegalese women are handed brand-new cars and trained in martial arts in an effort to bolster women’s participation in the economy. Where do I sign up for a free car and karate lessons? Muslim fashion designers start thinking […]

This article talks about a new movie, Coffee & Allah. It tells the story of a Muslim refugee “who feels isolated in her new country until someone reaches out to her through a spontaneous game of badminton.” Directed by Dr. Shuchi Kothari and nominated for the best short film at the Venice Film Festival, the […]

Recently, while perusing the internet I came across a video made by DawahWorks, a production group who appear to make videos about Muslims and Islam in an attempt to conduct dawah. The host of the videos, SaadImam, speaks to various people. I actually came across the video while looking for another video made by them […]

Slate.com put up pictures yesterday for Ramadan, with pictures from as early as 1956 to as recent as 2006, from all over the Middle East and some parts of Europe. What do all these pictures have in common…other than an “othering” effect? A near total absence of women. There is only one picture that has […]

Here are some links for 09/13/2007: Barbie or Fulla? I’d prefer neither. The Brunei Times has a great piece on how Fulla can be just as harmful to young girls’ ideas about women as Barbie. Muslim women work out, too! But I’m confused; if they’re all in a women-only studio with floor-length drapes shielding them […]

Muslimah Media Watch wishes all of its Muslim readers and their families a blessed and happy Ramadan!