I didn’t know about this until now; I think vacation made me soft. Anyway, Aaminah is hosting a carnival for Muslim women. The rules are simple: “Write on your blog about your perspective as a Muslim woman. Anywhere in the world, any issue that is of importance to you. Poetry, short story, essay, article, standard […]

Queen Rania of Jordan has posted her own video on YouTube, entitled, “Send me your stereotypes.” Her aim is to break down stereotypes about Arabs and Muslims through YouTube (I assume she focuses only on Arabs because she herself is Arab; however, this is problematic for the majority of Muslims who are not Arab but […]

If you’re a devoted Friday Links reader, you might have noticed that the two Adn Kronos International (AKI) stories from last Friday used the exact same stock photo (pictured below) of Muslim women to accompany their stories. “Well,” you think to yourself, “maybe the stories were similar. Like from the same part of the world […]

This was written by Tami, and originally published at What Tami Said. I have always been on the fence about Jezebel, the female-focused entry into the Gawker Media family of Web sites, described as: …celebrity, fashion, and sex without the airbrushing. The witty, informative tone draws a readership that is intelligent and sophisticated, but still […]

Last week, Forbes.com featured a briefing from Oxford Analytica entitled, “Why So Many Female Bombers?” The article outlines several reasons that there seem to be so many “female bombers”, according to Forbes and the rest of the news networks: Maternal loss Nationalism Absolution from sins Exploitation I’ll get to these reasons in a minute. A […]

MEMRI has a YouTube video entitled “Iranian Police Enforces ‘Islamic Dress Code’ on Women.” As an aside, I’m kind of impressed by the use of quotation marks, because MEMRI videos (whether posted by the news organization itself or reposted by individual users) tend towards inflammatory Islamophobic phrases. The video shows the so-called “hijab police.” A […]

MMW thanks Forsoothsayer for the tip! The New York Times’ has a section for more in-depth analysis of news stories, entitled “The Lede” and authored by Mike Nizza. On February 19, 2008, writer Nadim Audi talked to some Egyptian university students about their ideas and their reaction to the Times’ earlier piece about frustrated Egyptian […]

We didn’t know about this until it was published; thanks to Andi for giving us the tip! Muslimah Media Watch was profiled in Utne magazine as part of a larger story on feminist websites! The author got our name wrong, but any publicity is good publicity, right? Anyway, go read about us. While you’re at […]

It’s Valentine’s Day and love is in the air – or at least online. It seems in recent years the number of internet dating sites has rapidly increased. With busy lifestyles people are finding it harder to meet others in person. It seems the online dating bug has bitten our Muslim brothers and sisters as […]

The Muslim American organization One Nation is hosting an online film contest about American Muslims. Sponsored by Link TV, the contest features animation, music, comedy, documentary, drama, and films by youth. The short films seek to educating people about “the American Muslim experience,” in all its forms. It’s a great idea. Of course, with twelve […]