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Salam alaikum, readers! We’d like to wish all of you a blessed and peaceful Ramadan!

On July 10, El País reported on the case of Chadia (a pseudonym to protect her identity), a 15-year-old girl, born and living in Spain. According to El País, she is the one of the very few women and the only minor in Melilla who wears the niqab. Chadia’s story is unique.  She has decided […]

Until the early 1990s, Egypt’s domination of the Arab film and television industry had won it the title  of “Hollywood of the Arab East”.   In significant ways, Egyptian drama productions, featured on television screens and in movie theatres, were believed to have been quite vital in promoting traditional Arab and Egyptian-specific lifestyles and experiences. In […]

Salam alaikum, readers! We’re finally back up and running after an unplanned hiatus! We apologize for the lengthy delay—our server was having some major issues, and then I got really sick, and…well, when it rains, it pours! But we’re back and happy to report that you can look forward to regularly scheduled programming starting Monday! […]

Muslimah Media Watch is proud to be among the sponsors to Banana 2: The Second Annual Gathering of Asian/Pacific Islander American Bloggers! The conference will take place in Los Angeles tomorrow, February 26, 2011. It’ll cover a wide range issues; you can check out all the panels at their website. If you’re in the area, […]

We are very excited to announce that Muslimah Media Watch is a proud sponsor of the Women’s Voices Now film festival! We’ve been profiling submissions to the film festival all week; you can see all submissions at the WVN website. The short film festival will be held in Los Angeles on March 17-19, 2011. Currently, […]

Happy Eid Al Adha, everyone! May it be a blessed time for you and those you care about.

On Thursday, Eren published a great piece on the marginalization of lesbians in Indonesia. As with all MMW pieces, it received mixed feedback. Because we are fairly diligent regarding comment moderation, no comments that violated MMW’s comment moderation policy were approved. On our Facebook page, however, there is no initial comment moderation. Thus, several hurtful […]

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