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‘Halal speed dating’: bringing together Muslim (professional) couples


Posted by syahirah on 26 May 2016 / 0 Comments
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A few days ago, Malaysian online news platform Malay Mail Online reported on how some married Muslim men in Malaysia are using “halal speed dating” to find a second wife. Halal Speed Dating (HSD) is a matchmaking platform for Muslims, co-founded by Malaysian couple Munirah Tunai Shamsidi and Zuhri Yuhyi. Together they run matchmaking events […]

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Reconsidering Muslim Dating & Expectations


Posted by eren on 26 Mar 2015 / 0 Comments
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One of my very first projects at Muslimah Media Watch was to review dating sites. The experience of discussing how we use technology to find a mate (here, here, here and here) baffled me a little because of the gendered and racialized aspects that I found while doing research. Later on, I also discovered that the […]

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Sabah: Not My Big Fat Muslim Wedding


Posted by fatemeh on 09 Feb 2011 / 0 Comments
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Netflix offered Sabah: A Love Story, a story about a devout Muslim Canadian woman who falls in love and has to deal with the subsequent culture clashes that result. Arsinée Khanjian stars as Sabah, a Muslim woman in her forties who has never been married and dutifully takes care of her mother, while her controlling […]

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