Over the past decade, MMW has been dedicated to analyzing and critiquing media representations of Muslim women around the world. MMW has spearheaded a movement for and by Muslim women countering Islamophobia, sexism, racism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia and  gendered violence in its various forms. MMW’s work is recognized across the board and often cited in […]

Six years ago, almost to the day, I became Editor-in-Chief of Muslimah Media Watch. I was nervous and excited to follow in the footsteps of MMW’s founder, Fatemeh Fakhraie. Being able to lead such an incredible team of women has been a huge privilege. I am so proud of the work that MMW does in […]

All of us at Muslimah Media Watch wish our readers all the best this Ramadan! We’ve been quiet with our posts over the last few months, but we’ll be back for Ramadan with our usual series of personal stories and reflections. Stay tuned, and watch this page for links to the posts in our 2017 […]

Some of our MMW readers might remember Nicole Hunter-Mostafa, who wrote several posts for MMW in 2013.*  The MMW team was deeply saddened recently to learn that Nicole passed away of cancer about a week ago.  She leaves her husband and two young daughters, as well as a wide network of family and friends around […]

Salaams dear MMW readers, We’ve missed you!  After taking a couple months off, the MMW team is excited to be back in action, ready to share more of our analysis of Muslim women and media that you have come to know and love. I also wanted to share some good news – in fact, some […]

Salaams and hello, dear MMW readers, Welcome to our new site! I’m excited to announce to you that Muslimah Media Watch has moved as of today.  You can now find us here at http://www.muslimahmediawatch.org/.  Our archives will stay up at our old Patheos site, but after today, all new content (as well as our archives up to this point) […]

Salaams and happy 2015, dear MMW readers! The MMW team will be taking a break for a couple months as we deal with other commitment in our lives and work outside of the blog.  We may have a few posts here and there over the next little while, and Eren will be sharing past posts through […]

All the best Eid wishes to you and your loved ones from the MMW team!  If you missed any of our Ramadan posts, you can find them all here. Muslimah Media Watch will be going on hiatus for the month of August, as several of our writers are traveling or otherwise in need of a […]

All of us at Muslimah Media Watch send our best wishes to all of our readers this Eid-ul-adha (whichever day/s you are celebrating it!)  Have a happy and blessed holiday!

As you may know, nominations for the Brass Crescent Awards are currently open.  According to their website, “The Brass Crescent Awards is an annual awards ceremony that honors the best writers and thinkers of the emerging Muslim blogosphere (aka the Islamsphere).”  If you enjoy the work that Muslimah Media Watch does, we would be honoured to be nominated.  Nominations […]