AKI reported last week that the result of Pakistan’s elections will boost counter-terrorism efforts. This was the sole picture posted along with their story. What do Pakistani elections and counter-terrorism efforts that have to do with niqabis? There isn’t anything in the story about women or women who wear niqab. Does AKI think that niqab […]

Qatar’s Gulf Times published three different articles in its February 15, 2008 “Islam” section that have an unsettling theme: telling women how to act. The first article, by Fatima Barakatullah, is titled “Reviving Our Sense of Gheerah,” and has run in several other outlets that are specific to conservative Islamic interpretations. For any readers unfamiliar […]

When I read the Daily Mail article from the UK entitled I was forced to marry my cousin – it’s normal in my culture, but SO WRONG all I could say was ugh! Why? Let me explain. The article describes the experiences of a Pakistani-British woman, Khaleda, who was forced to marry her father’s cousin, […]

This sloppy article from CNN talks about how Saudi Arabia overreacts to Valentine’s Day every year and bans all things red in an attempt to quash any plans Saudis have to celebrate the holiday. The Saudi government considers Valentine’s Day to be un-Islamic and thus bans roses, teddy bears, and anything Valentine-related. So the article […]

Al Arabiya’s English website features a gallery that introduces soft news stories through pictorials: their recent features include Lebanese singer Fairouz and Saudi soccer player Sami Al-Jabir. Last month, they featured one about Iranians, entitled “Nose-Job Nation: Iran Goes Plastic Fantastic,” which highlights the rhinoplasty “trend” in Iran. I am so sick of hearing about […]

Check it out! MMW‘s Editor-in-Chief was interviewed in a Danish daily newspaper, Information. Here’s the original Danish version. Muslim women are blogging to challenge the stereotypes in the media which – in so far as Muslim women are even represented –picture them as passive victims or as dangerous, sexualized and nameless objects. That makes Muslim […]

According to this news story, “sexy bombers” in the Philippines seriously threaten the nation’s safety. What makes these bombers sexy? They’re Muslim women. Yeah, that’s it. The story doesn’t mention why they’re termed sexy: do they wear sensual perfume and heavy makeup to entice victims? Do they wear revealing clothes so that victims are disarmed […]

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 […]

In very recent times it seems that news about violence against Muslim women is everywhere. I was recently directed to a Boston Globe article entitled The Islamist War on Muslim Women by Jeff Jacoby. He describes the many recent incidents of violence, leading to death, against Muslim women in Muslim countries as well as in […]