In June, a small business lawyer and politician named Farha Ahmed was in a run-off election against Harish Jajoo for a city council seat in Sugar Land, Texas. In the final hours of the election, an anonymous mailer was sent around the town proclaiming that Ahmed is connected to Al-Qaeda. The “concerned citizen” links her […]

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

This great picture from Kawdess is one reason why MMW needs to exist. Thanks to Sabina England for the tip!   We’re going to go on a little vacation until Ramadan starts. We’ll miss you a lot, but we’ll see you again next week!

This was written by Kubra. In Turkey and beyond, it is a common misconception that struggle for women’s rights is a new phenomenon. This struggle is thought of as not organic to the Muslim world, but imported from “the non-Muslim West.” This particular misconception has not only nurtured the neo-colonialist rhetoric of “liberating Muslim women,” […]

Golnaz Esfandiari writes about a cartoon by a hard-line news agency: “The cartoon suggests that women who cover their hair and body fully are perhaps as smart as Albert Einstein, while those who don’t completely observe the obligatory Islamic dress code are brainless.”

Somalia’s women’s minister, Asha Osman Aqil, has been kidnapped by Al Shabab. God keep her safe. Egyptian women take a stand against harassment with HarassMap. Emirati women will enjoy full participation in an upcoming election to be held in September; they may both vote and run in the election. How the Muslim community rose to […]

This post was written by Asifa Akbar. Since its inception, Muslimah Media Watch (MMW) has been committed to dispelling myths, stereotypes and misrepresentations about Muslim women and occupies a vital niche in the larger movement to combat islamophobia. It has succeeded in doing this through an inclusive and varied set of critical contributions canvassing a […]

This article was written by Peter Gray. France’s decision to outlaw face veils sparked a robust debate about religion and women’s rights. In response to concerns that the law will negatively impact Muslim women, its advocates frequently mention that it enjoys the approval of several prominent French Muslim feminists. What is not mentioned, however, is […]

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 […]