The latest issue of TIME features a photo essay and article on American Muslims. From a magazine that featured a cover “Should Christians Convert Muslims?” (June 30, 2003) and headlines like “Does the Koran Condone Killing?” (Sept. 13, 2004), this latest coverage is markedly different. There’s nothing shocking, and it gives a hint to why […]

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 […]

On fashionable head scarves. The Conservative Party in the U.K. has elected a Muslim woman as a prospective Parliamentary candidate. Muslim women in West Bengal are treated as unequal citizens, says the State Minority Affairs Minister. An unusually insightful (for a college newspaper, anyway) article about hejab and religious patriarchy. The American Islamic Congress (AIC) […]

Ammar from Little Mosque on the Prairie said “Muslims around the world are known for their sense of humour.” Unfortunately the sarcasm of this comment escapes no one because, in fact, Muslims are not known for their sense of humour. Quite the opposite. However, recent years have seen efforts to change this image. Muslim comedians […]

I recently came upon the film Daughters of Afghanistan in my local library. I wasn’t sure of what to expect, but upon watching it I was pleasantly surprised. The 2004 documentary is a refreshingly clear look at the lives of Afghan women following the fall of the Taliban after the 2001 American invasion. Canadian journalist […]

This is going to be a quick post, because I’m still sick, it’s the first week of school so I have a lot of other things on my mind, and I’m defending my piece of crap thesis in three weeks and am freaking out about it. Because of all this, I’m having a hard time […]

MMW thanks Carmen for the tip! The Shameless blog recently covered The Burka Band, a group of Afghan women who sing punky songs about the burqa. There are some pretty funny and poignant lines. And it’s a catchy beat! Here’s their song/video. Discuss.

The New York Times and Women’s eNews look at an often-profiled woman and her women’s shelter, the City of Hope, in Dubai. May Allah bless her for the work she does. Muslim women in India rally to push the government into implementing recommendations for improving Muslim issues made by a committee over a year ago. […]