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A Profile of Yasmin Choudhury, Founder of Lovedesh


Posted by Shereen Malherbe on 24 Feb 2016 / 1 Comment
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This week I interviewed Yasmin Choudhury, winner of the Entrepreneur of the Year at the British Muslim Awards for her social entrepreneurship business, Lovedesh. Waking up early to talk to me on a Saturday morning, Yasmin was full of energy, despite the time. She jumped straight in with the background on how Lovedesh started. During […]

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Bangladeshi Women, Media and the “Helpers of Allah”


Posted by Guest Contributor on 12 Nov 2015 / 0 Comments
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This post is written by guest contributor, Sarabi N. Eventide (@SarabiNEventide) Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), the extremist group in Bangladesh responsible for the deaths of numerous secular and liberal bloggers, is once again attempting to dictate what is and is not acceptable in Bengali media. In its most recent move, the group issued a threat to media companies employing women […]

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Making Sense of “the Other”: A Review of Without Shame by Katherine Russell


Posted by eren on 28 Sep 2015 / 0 Comments
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I am not going to lie, I started reading Without Shame with some skepticism – and I have to confess that skepticism stemmed at least in part from the author’s background and previous writing. Katherine Russell is a non-Muslim, white Western writer with a background in poetry and love stories. In 2006 she published a […]

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Books/Magazines

Book Review: Lajja, by Taslima Nasrin


Posted by izzie on 06 Feb 2013 / 1 Comment
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I have been hearing about Taslima Nasrin from the time I was a child. The Muslim Bangla woman was accused of writing blasphemous anecdotes about Islam in her 1993 novel  Lajja, which drew a number of protests, including at least one group calling for her death and offering a reward; Lajja was banned in Bangladesh […]

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Culture/Society

Are We So Different: A Documentary Short Film That Falls Short of Telling Women’s Stories


Posted by diana on 19 Jun 2012 / 0 Comments
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Taking the title of “Best Documentary Short Film 2012” in the third Mumbai International Queer Film Festival is the telling documentary, “Amra Ki Etoi Bhinno.” The KASHISH – Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, an annual event held in Mumbai, India since 2010, screens films related to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, and queer issues India and […]

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Islamophobia in Transnational Feminist Discourses


Posted by sharrae on 11 Apr 2012 / 0 Comments
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Around 4,000 academics, scholars and activists gathered from March 16-18th at Pace University’s annual Left Forum conference. As a recent Occupy activist, I was ecstatic to come across a conference that centers on issues of capitalism and imperialism, along with panels that focus on the importance of feminist discourse to envision an alternative world. The […]

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The price women leaders pay


Posted by Guest Contributor on 14 Nov 2008 / 0 Comments
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Salam waleykum, readers! Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to put together Friday Links for this week because I’ve been traveling and have some serious jet lag. But here’s a great article instead! Try not to be too disappointed, mkay? Friday Links should return next Friday, enshallah. This was written by Bina D’Costa and originally appeared […]

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Stand Up WITH Muslim Women, Johann


Posted by sobia on 28 Oct 2008 / 0 Comments
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Muslimah Media Watch thanks Thabet for the tip. In Thursday, October 23rd’s edition of The Independent, journalist Johann Hari asked the question “Dare we stand up for Muslim women?” Hari (pictured below right), a young British journalist with left leanings and who has defended Muslims against the fear mongering of Canadian right-wing writer Mark Steyn, […]

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