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Muslim Women and Graffiti: Taking Art, Politics and Gender to the Streets

Posted by eren on 30 May 2013 / 0 Comments

When I was a teenager, my dad and I used to enjoy looking at the graffiti painted all over Mexico City. While my dad was a critic of the graffiti that was just scribbles and swear words and obscene signs, we enjoyed those graffitos that were not only truly artistic but also political. Graffiti was, […]

Online Activism: Can it Work?

Posted by muslimahmediawatch on 16 Dec 2008 / 0 Comments

MMW thanks Ali Eteraz for The Huffington Post tip. Last week, Peter Daou at The Huffington Post wrote about the use of the internet’s growing and powerful use as an activist medium. He stated that “[o]ne universal aspect of effective activism is raising awareness and there’s no doubt that the web is an ideal tool […]