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The Intersections of Latinx Identities, Islam and Gendered Narratives


Posted by eren on 15 Apr 2019 / 0 Comments
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I have written extensively about media coverage of Latinx Muslims (here, here and here). My interest on the topic lays on my frustration regarding the amount of misunderstanding and erasure that goes on when people discuss Latinx Muslims. Most folks who address the issue do not understand Latinidad or the ways in which racial, class, […]

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Culture/Society

No Country For Travelling Women


Posted by Guest Contributor on 02 Aug 2018 / 0 Comments
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This post was written by Guest Contributor Saira Mahmood. Follow Saira at @sairamhmd and through her personal blog. Pakistan has problems when it comes to safe, reliable and affordable transportation. In 1947, the country gained independence from British imperial rule and inherited a sprawling network of tram and railway lines that allowed reasonable public mobility for […]

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Culture/Society

Saudi Arabia lifts the ban on women driving, and it is not the feminist achievement we think it is


Posted by Guest Contributor on 28 Jun 2018 / 0 Comments
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This post was written by Guest Contributor Aisha Jamal. Aisha is a former features editor of the Saudi Gazette, and graduate of the London School of Economics. Last year, Saudi Arabia announced that it was finally going to allow Saudi women to drive. It was hailed as a watershed moment, the result of Saudi female […]

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Culture/Society

Filling in the Gaps: Working Towards Inclusive Education


Posted by Guest Contributor on 15 May 2018 / 0 Comments
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This post was written by Guest Contributor Habeeba Husain. Habeeba blogs at My Future is at My  Finger Tips and tweets at @HabeebaHusain.    When a Rutgers University student finally found a seat on the campus’s usually overcrowded bus, she witnessed the Caucasian man next to her shoot her a dirty look and abandon his seat. “That […]

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Books/Magazines

Noor Tagouri, Playboy and the Porn Industry


Posted by Guest Contributor on 08 May 2018 / 0 Comments
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This post was written by Guest Contributor Saira Mahmood. Follow Saira at @sairamhmd and through her personal blog.   Noor Tagouri became the first Muslim woman in a hijab to be featured in Playboy in October of 2016. This was viewed by some people as a radical decision for a magazine that had earned its fame […]

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Culture/Society

Discrimination against Hijab-Wearing Women in Trinidad


Posted by Guest Contributor on 03 May 2018 / 0 Comments
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This post was written by Guest Contributor Saffiyya Mohammed. Saffiyya tweets at @saffiyyam. Living in the Caribbean has its perks; and believe it or not, it also has its drawbacks. With our colonial past, it’s become a melting pot for people over the world, with societies comprised of African, Indian, Chinese, Middle Eastern, European and Indigenous peoples. […]

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Remembering the Quebec City Mosque Shooting, One Year Later


Posted by Krista Riley on 29 Jan 2018 / 1 Comment
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Today marks the first anniversary since six men were killed in a shooting at a mosque in Quebec City. Memorials are being held across Canada to remember the men and to resist ongoing expressions of racism and Islamophobia. This is a talk I gave yesterday at a neighbourhood memorial in Montreal. Assalaamu alaikum – peace […]

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Muslim Women who Suffer Family Violence in Singapore can Seek Recourse ­


Posted by syahirah on 25 Dec 2017 / 0 Comments
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In the article “Domestic violence is more than just physical abuse” published in Malay language newspaper Berita Harian on December 1, 2017, the executive director of local ulama (religious scholar) organisation Pergas, Mohd Yusri Yuhbi Mohd Yusof, looks at several aspects of abuse and neglect in Muslim families: financial, psychological and emotional, physical, sexual and […]

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Do Muslim Sportswomen Really Need Nike to Save Them?


Posted by shireen on 11 Dec 2017 / 0 Comments
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Three years ago, Tasnim, Eren and I wrote reviews of “Do Muslim Women Need Saving?” by Columbia University Anthropologist, Dr. Lila Abu-Lughod. After reading the book, we all felt it was an intelligent and necessary analysis of how Western societies often perceive Muslim women, not only in the Global South but in the West, too. […]

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It’s Time to Stop Acting Like Women are the Reason Islamophobia Exists


Posted by Guest Contributor on 01 Dec 2017 / 1 Comment
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Editor’s Note: This piece was  originally posted by AltMuslim and written by Guest Contributors Nahida S. Nisa (@haraammermaids), Shehnaz Haqqani (@qrratugai) and Darakshan Raja (@DarakshanRaja). For past MMW pieces on Asra Nomani, see here, here, and here. After accusations of rape were made against Tariq Ramadan, Asra Nomani wrote an article for the New York Times parading an […]

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