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Undercover ISIS: Why a lack of women scholars puts us at danger


Posted by Shereen Malherbe on 07 Jan 2016 / 2 Comments
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  I was shocked to read recently about evidence of women who were filmed giving two-hour lectures in London in secret closed women-only meetings in community centres ‘glorifying’ ISIS to women and children. Hannah Stuart, a counter-terrorism expert with the Henry Jackson society, labelled the presence of young girls and children “particularly worrying,” in regards […]

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Review of Brick Walls by Saadia Faruqi


Posted by tasnim on 21 Jul 2015 / 0 Comments
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Brick Walls by  Saadia Faruqi is a collection of seven short stories set in Pakistan, featuring a diverse cast of characters, from Asma, a widow struggling to feed her child, to the priveleged Rabia, who finds that wealth does not always protect women, to the precocious ten year old Nida, an aspiring cricketer who is […]

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Al-Shamikha: Not Your Average Ladymag?


Posted by eren on 11 May 2011 / 0 Comments
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A new magazine is “making waves” in Europe and North America—or so it would seem from the media coverage. Al-Shamikha, a publication directed to women and published by Al-Fajr Media Centre (Al-Qaeda’s online propaganda distributor), has been defined as “Al-Qaeda’s Cosmopolitan” or “Jihad Cosmo.” The magazine, which is roughly 30 pages long, covers a variety […]

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From Bikinis to Burkas: How to Write Another Clichéd Tell-All Exposé


Posted by malika on 20 Jan 2010 / 0 Comments
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It’s hard not to judge a book by its cover, or in this case, an article by its headline, when the first words that scream out at you are: From bikinis to burkas: A Yemeni memoir. If your first thought is, “Not again. Haven’t we been down this cliché-littered road before?” then you’re not alone. […]

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