Monday’s post Between a Rock and Hard Place: Triple Threats and Double Troubles for Muslim Women was featured on Racialicious today. And in the comments there was a really good question: “I wonder what should non-muslims do to help. I read Aaminah Hernández’s excellent post earlier today (Nadia linked to it up thread) and saw […]

Muslimah Media Watch would like to introduce Melinda, our newest contributor. Melinda is a college student. A convert to Islam, she seeks to reconcile the differences — especially the perceived differences — between “Islam” and “Western culture.” She’s also looking to see the Muslim community grow more progressive, an important factor in bridging this divide. […]

The Fourth Annual Brass Crescent Awards are here, loyal readers! According to their website, the Brass Crescent Awards are “an annual awards ceremony that honors the best writers and thinkers of the emerging Muslim blogosphere … Nominations are taken from blog readers, who then vote for the winners.”   Please show us some love by […]

This Friday, October 26th, is National Pink Hejab day. Women who wear hejab will be wearing pink hejabs to raise awareness for breast cancer. But those of you who don’t wear hejab are thinking, what about me? Well, wear a pink scarf, sisters! It’s October, and (at least where I am) it’s cold! So snuggle […]

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 […]

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

Sorry! I’ve been bi-zaaaaaaaaaaay.I’ll start posting regularly again tomorrow. While you’re waiting, check out this great post about media coverage of Ramazan from Religion Writer.com.

This letter appeared originally on Islam’s Green. It is an open letter from Muddassar Arani, a Muslim lawyer who has been singled out by the media. She needs our assistance. I have included abridged comments here, as well as her email address so that you may contact her with your prayers and/or assistance. She writes: […]