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Her Modesty: A New Fashion Magazine for Muslim Women


Posted by muslimahmediawatch on 13 Nov 2007 / 0 Comments
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Her Modesty is a new fashion glossy created by and for Muslim women. The magazine evolved from a blog and an online magazine. The goal of the magazine’s creator is “to display how sisters can be covered but yet still feel good about themselves and how they look.” The magazine caters to Muslim women who […]

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Pretty as a Picture: Ethnic Women as Consumable Art


Posted by muslimahmediawatch on 12 Nov 2007 / 0 Comments
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Muslimah Media Watch thanks Racialicious for the tip! Moving into a new place? Or do you feel that you just need some “spice” in your old place? Well, AllPosters.com has just the thing for you to give your living space some added “color.” Posters of ethnic people! These colorful ethnic people have their own category! […]

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Friday Links – November 9, 2007


Posted by fatemeh on 09 Nov 2007 / 0 Comments
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Turkish author Selin Tamtekin publishes a fictional book that deals frankly with a Turkish woman’s sexuality, and everybody gets their panties in a twist. A review of Margot Badran’s latest book Feminism beyond East and West – New Gender Talk and Practice in Global Islam. Muslim students organize Scarves for Solidarity event to showcase hate […]

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Be My Guest: Zaynab Hifni Interviewed on Saudi TV


Posted by muslimahmediawatch on 08 Nov 2007 / 0 Comments
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Muslimah Media Watch thanks Melinda for the tip! Zaynab Hifni talks about her books, her life abroad, and the taboo of sexuality in this clip from Memri TV. I haven’t read her books, but she’s earned my respect just from this interview. She eloquently defends her views about Saudi society’s treatment of women and sex. […]

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Funky Walker, Dirty Talker


Posted by muslimahmediawatch on 07 Nov 2007 / 0 Comments
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Karrine Steffans broke up with U.S. TV pundit Bill Maher. So what does she do? She trash-talks him in Vibe magazine and the New York Post. Fine. Trash him if you want, Karrine, but don’t bring us into it! She says of Maher, “Bill wants someone he can put down in an argument… I might […]

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The Belly of the Beast: Belly Dancing as a new form of Orientalism


Posted by muslimahmediawatch on 06 Nov 2007 / 0 Comments
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As featured on Racialicious. It’s time to set the record straight, everyone. So here it is: belly dancing is not a significant facet of Middle Eastern culture. It’s a dance, not a lifestyle (not according to most Middle Eastern people, anyway). I’ve had one too many people ask me if I belly dance when they […]

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Commercial Value: Muslims in Public Service Announcements


Posted by muslimahmediawatch on 05 Nov 2007 / 0 Comments
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Here are some pretty awesome public service announcements. They’re in English, and I’m assuming for a western (possibly U.S.?) audience. Although I don’t know who made them, and I doubt that they’re actually shown on TV, I like the messages they’re sending. There’s the overt “Muslims are people, and we’re nice, too!” message, but there’s […]

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Special Friday Post: Britz Bombs


Posted by muslimahmediawatch on 03 Nov 2007 / 0 Comments
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On October 31st, British television aired the two-part drama Britz, “a fictitious drama about two young Muslim British siblings in the aftermath of the 7/7 bombings and the impact that anti-terror legislation has on their lives.” Muslima Media Watch has included viewpoints from two Muslim women on Britz’s female lead, Nasima. The following authors’ viewpoints […]

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Friday Links


Posted by fatemeh on 02 Nov 2007 / 0 Comments
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Today is a special day, and we will have another post up later today about Britz, the contraversial “docu-drama” that aired in Britain this past week. But for now, here are some links for 11.2.07″   Author Fatemeh Keshavarz talks about her book and leadership in Iran and the U.S. The founder of Canadian Association […]

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Putting Words in Our Mouths


Posted by muslimahmediawatch on 01 Nov 2007 / 0 Comments
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Buthayna Nasser, a Saudi TV broadcaster, debates excellently about her rights and equality to man under Islam. She kicks ass and takes names, in fact. So what’s the problem? How her views are interpreted. The title for the clip (played during the clip) is: “Debate on Women Appearing on Saudi TV.” But Ritter1001, the poster […]

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