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Ramadan Karim!


Posted by Krista Riley on 28 May 2017 / 0 Comments
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All of us at Muslimah Media Watch wish our readers all the best this Ramadan! We’ve been quiet with our posts over the last few months, but we’ll be back for Ramadan with our usual series of personal stories and reflections. Stay tuned, and watch this page for links to the posts in our 2017 […]

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“What Will They Say About Me?”: Nike Middle East’s New Ad


Posted by shireen on 07 Mar 2017 / 10 Comments
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Brown women fiercely running, jumping and giving championship level side-eye. All of this is set to intense music and certainly an effective method of drawing in viewers- particularly from a corporate giant like Nike. The Nike brand has reached all corners of the earth and the Middle East and North African (MENA) region is no […]

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Book Review: God Smites and Other Muslim Girl Problems


Posted by Fatin Marini on 01 Mar 2017 / 0 Comments
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When the opportunity arose to review Ishara Deen’s God Smites and Other Muslim Girl Problems, I jumped at the chance. My interest in YA fiction and overall NEED for #ownvoices made the choice an easy one. The book did not disappoint. I finished it in one day. I just couldn’t put it down. The overall […]

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Friday Links

Friday Links


Posted by samya on 17 Feb 2017 / 0 Comments
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Bodybuilder Shirin Nobahari is Iran’s first female bodybuilder. Recently, she was arrested for posting “nude pictures” of her training. In this video, she shares her experience while arrested, and the social taboos that surround her in Iran. These Muslim women aren’t about to let someone harass them or anyone else. They are the creators of […]

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Yusra Khogali Called Justin Trudeau a ‘White Supremacist’ When Few Dared


Posted by eren on 15 Feb 2017 / 0 Comments
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I will start this post positioning myself as a cissexual and heterosexual Binizaa–Latinx woman who converted to Islam about ten years ago. I am also an immigrant: a settler to the territories of the Algonquin, Cree, Anishinabe, Haudenosaunee and Métis nations, among others. The positioning is important because to discuss white supremacy is not only […]

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Posted by samya on 10 Feb 2017 / 0 Comments
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In the wake of President Donald Trump’s executive order banning immigration from seven majority-Muslim countries (including Iran), Hoda Katebi, a 22 year old fashion blogger, finds herself in the position of having to explain her culture to people all over again. Three queer women from North Carolina discuss how the Trump administration is affecting their […]

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Friday Links


Posted by samya on 27 Jan 2017 / 0 Comments
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Huda Quhshi, 37, is opening the city’s first female-only beauty parlor catering to hijab-clad clients. Her beauty parlor, on Fifth Avenue in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, is called ­Le’Jemalik Salon — “for your beauty” in Arabic. Recently, Waad al-Kateab won two awards from Amnesty International for her films documenting life in the rebel-held area of eastern […]

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Friday Links


Posted by samya on 20 Jan 2017 / 0 Comments
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When Brooklynite Linda Sarsour comes to Washington inauguration weekend as the co-chair of the Women’s March on Washington, it will be another landmark moment in her 15 years of public service fighting for Muslim rights. A controversial Melbourne billboard depicting two Muslim girls celebrating Australia Day that was taken down due to threats from far […]

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Friday Links


Posted by samya on 13 Jan 2017 / 0 Comments
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In Lebanon, Syrian refugee girls participate in Girls Got IT, a weekend workshop that engages young women in technology and science. Despite all efforts to improve the life of young girls in Afghanistan, and enact protections for Afghan women and girls, invasive virginity tests are still being ordered by officials, compounding the trauma for women […]

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The Privilege of the Benefit of the Doubt


Posted by Fatin Marini on 10 Jan 2017 / 0 Comments
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I have a confession to make. When I was a teenager, I lied to my parents. This may not seem like a shock. I was definitely not the only teenager to have done it. My reasons for lying usually were to hang out with friends. I never really saw it as a big deal. I […]

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