Editor’s Note: A few Fridays ago, we published a link about the uproar over an Islamic studies course, entitled Women in Arabic and Islamic Literature, taught by Dr. Samar Habib at the University of Western Sydney in Australia. We at MMW believe that knowledge is power (yes, clichés and all), and institutions of higher learning […]

Summayyah Meehan’s article for the Khaleej Times starts out like this: “The headscarf, or hijab, is just a small piece of fabric but the controversy that often surrounds it is immeasurable. Muslim women who wear the hijab are often socially stigmatised, in non-Muslim and sometimes even Muslim countries, as being mindless drones who are under […]

The Muslimahs Speak Up Carnival is now up at the The Muslimah. Check it out!

Hijab Style profiles Emirati designer Rabia Zargarpur. Who I was pretty sure is of Irani descent, because of her last name. In the clip below, you can hear her and her mother speaking Farsi! YES! I love being right at the “Is s/he Irani?” game! Anyway, the clip below is a profile of the designer […]

It’s been said that for many women chocolate is better than sex. The reality of this is for each woman to judge for herself, but there is no doubt that the idea has been propagated well. Advertisers have appropriated this belief and used it to target their female, as well as male, population. A great […]

The writers of As the World Turns are getting tired of calm, obedient Ameera. The plot has taken a dramatic turn — Ameera is now plotting and untrustworthy, in addition to being calm and obedient. Since we last left off (here, here), the show has added a tone of creepiness, evident in the ever-present ominous […]

This was written by Liam Stack, and was originally published at the Christian Science Monitor. Cairo – A young woman stands under the spotlight inside a small theater at the elite American University, looking defiantly into the audience. She is “Muslim Woman,” one of four actresses performing a skit of the same name put on […]

I went to see You Don’t Mess With the Zohan this weekend. I’ve never been a huge fan of Adam Sandler’s, so it was mostly to see Maysoon Zayid make a cameo in the film (tip: at one point, she slams the phone down and yells, “SHARMUTA!” Which was worth half the cost of my […]

Holy crap! It’s June! Muslimah Media Watch would like to congratulate all of our readers who are graduating this month (or graduated next month). Including meeeeeeeeeeee! Congratulations, ladies (and gentlemen)! • Muslim women involved in Al-Qaeda challenge the group’s disassociation with its female members. Via Ali Eteraz. • French court grants a man an annulment […]

Muslim Girl magazine has been out for about a year and half and has been profiled previously on MMW. On Monday, CBC radio show, Sounds Like Canada, interviewed Ausma Khan, founder and editor-in-chief of Muslim Girl. Interviewed by host Amanda Putz, Khan talked about the magazine as well as herself and her own experiences. Putz […]