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Muslim Women in Art: An Interview with Azzah Sultan


Posted by sarabi on 17 Feb 2016 / 0 Comments
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All too often, art relating to Muslim women blurs the lines between challenging and mimicking stereotypes. Other times, Islamic art is reduced to “calligraphy and rugs.” There are, of course, spaces that cultivate and present a diverse selection of Muslim art, but these spaces are too few. Western narratives tend to prefer to portray Muslim […]

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When Arab Women Artists “Revisit The Harem”


Posted by tasnim on 14 Apr 2015 / 0 Comments
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Originally published here.  Where does parody end and self-exoticization begin? At what point does the Arab woman artist, stepping into the so-often imagined space of “The Harem” risk pandering to an audience that seems to have a never-ending appetite for remediations of Orientalist artwork? Lebanese photographer Rania Matar’s wonderful and insightful A Girl in Her Room […]

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Culture/Society

A Thousand Shames


Posted by Guest Contributor on 06 Apr 2015 / 0 Comments
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This article was originally published at Sixteen Minutes to Palestine  by Sami Kishawi. Saying that this photograph recently resurfaced would imply that it had somehow gotten buried. But that is simply not true. Published for the New York Times just days after Israel pulled back on its most deadly assault on the Gaza Strip yet, the […]

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Culture/Society

Hijab Removal, Iranian Women, and Freedom of Dress


Posted by syahirah on 26 May 2014 / 4 Comments
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This post was originally published at Aquila Style. The liberal feminist organisation Femen and its members’ naked breasts have had their media run. Now a more modest sort of uncovering is happening, this time in Iranian social media. Last month, London-based Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad started a movement on Facebook and Twitter, translated as “My Stealth Freedom”, to highlight the […]

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Books/Magazines

Book Review: I Am the Beggar of the World


Posted by azra on 17 Apr 2014 / 0 Comments
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Last month, I looked at Eliza Griswold and Seamus Murphy’s work profiling Afghan women poets particular form of poetry, the landay. Their work, as they presented it in an article on Slate, came across as nuanced and reflective (my own words) of Afghan women’s experiences. I was eager to review their book, I Am the […]

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Art/Theater

Marilyn Monroe in a Burqa: Commentary or Cliché?


Posted by syahirah on 02 Apr 2014 / 3 Comments
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Walking home recently, I rounded the corner from my apartment and noticed a poster that was banal and startling at the same time. I had previously written about the (mis)use of images of Muslim-looking women by Dutch non-profit organisations as an attention-grabbing device, which may or may not be related to the actual work being […]

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Books/Magazines

Words and Images of Afghan Women Poets


Posted by azra on 26 Mar 2014 / 0 Comments
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Earlier this month, Slate featured a photography-poetry project, “The Secret Lives of Afghanistan’s Female Poets.” The photography-poetry collaboration stems from the work of journalist Eliza Griswold and photographer Seamus Murphy, who reported “Why Afghan Women Risk Death to Write Poetry” for the New York Times magazine in 2012. Griswold and Murphy’s work will be published […]

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Use a “Muslim Woman”: Reasserting Dutch Values 101


Posted by syahirah on 02 Dec 2013 / 5 Comments
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A few weeks ago, I went to a small, local cinema in my city to catch a film. I’ve always liked going to this particular cinema because they screen international and independent films – a fresh change from the standard Hollywood fare at the bigger cinema. The film was about to start, so I quickly […]

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Culture/Society

Privilege and Prayer Spaces: An Interview with Hind Makki of Side Entrance


Posted by shireen on 29 Aug 2013 / 2 Comments
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“I am airing dirty laundry, because it needs to get washed” – Hind Makki “Children of Adam, take your pleasantness to every Mosque.” (Qur’an 7:31) How often have we as Muslim women been enthusiastic about praying in a new space, and have attended a new masjid only to be discouraged by the lack of accommodation, […]

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Fashion

The Colourful Hijab of the African Muslimah


Posted by anike on 22 Apr 2013 / 0 Comments
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The Darfur Sartorialist is an exhibition launched by Portuguese urban engineer, humanitarian and photographer Pedro Matos to showcase the colourful clothing and trendy fashion sense of women in Darfur, Sudan. Matos was in Darfur for three and a half years with the World Food Programme when he started taking these photographs in a country where […]

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