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A Woman Without Hijab is Like a Chair with Three Legs


Posted by nicole on 23 Aug 2010 / 0 Comments
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If you still haven’t figured out that wearing black chadors will save your worldly soul and that wearing lipstick and heels will get you sent to the hellfire, Iran’s “Cyber Group for Promoting Chastity and the Veil [Ifaf]” is here to clear that up for you.  They are sponsored by the Iranian government and have […]

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What Not to Write: More on Bad Veil Headlines


Posted by Krista Riley on 22 Jul 2010 / 0 Comments
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Noorain Khan’s piece on bad burqa puns, which MMW reposted yesterday, came as I have been coincidentally trying to pull together an explanation of exactly what is wrong with headlines that use these puns.  (For those unfamiliar with the structure, here’s an easy formula:  “behind/beneath/under/beyond” +”the” + “veil/hijab/burqa/niqab.) Read her piece first for a great list […]

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Unveil FAIL: The Backlash Against Fariba Davoodi, Part II


Posted by Guest Contributor on 08 Jul 2010 / 0 Comments
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This post was written by Sara Khorshid Doost. You can read Part I here. The reactions to Davoodi’s “de-jabbing” have not been as much as you’d expect. There are the usual suspects, those who praise Davoodi for the courage to free herself from the chains of the veil, some while expressing their general dislike for […]

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Unveil FAIL: The Backlash Against Fariba Davoodi, Part I


Posted by Guest Contributor on 07 Jul 2010 / 0 Comments
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This post was written by Sara Khorshid Doost. Fariba Davoodi Mohajer is an Iranian women’s rights activist. She moved to the United States a few years ago after things got tough for her in Iran. Recently, she has decided to no longer wear hijab. Most notable among Iranian media reactions is a surprising interview with […]

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Hijab-Gate, Literally


Posted by safiyaoutlines on 03 Mar 2010 / 0 Comments
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There are certain stories newspapers here in the U.K. love. Anything that can be classed as “a waste of taxpayer’s money” is guaranteed to find its way into print, even more so if it involves something “frivolous” like artwork. And, as has been noticed previously at MMW, the media also has a fascination with Muslim […]

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Politics as Usual: France Gets Riled Up About a Candidate’s Headscarf


Posted by nicole on 25 Feb 2010 / 0 Comments
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Headscarves are the hot talking point in French politics again. But on this occasion, we aren’t talking about girls getting kicked out of high school or women getting kicked out of mayors’ offices. No, the latest uproar comes about Ms. Ilham Moussaïd, a candidate from the New Anti-Capitalist Party (NPA) in France’s upcoming regional elections […]

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An Interview with Emma Tarlo, Author of Visibly Muslim


Posted by sarayasin on 24 Feb 2010 / 0 Comments
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Last week, I reviewed Emma Tarlo’s book Visibly Muslim: Fashion, Politics, Faith. This week, I got the chance to speak with her further about the book and her experiences writing it. Sara: Was there any inter-generational tension involving “newer” hijab fashions? Emma Tarlo: With most of the people I interviewed, their mothers did not wear […]

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The Headscarf as Cultural Barometer: Emma Tarlo’s Book on Hijab


Posted by sarayasin on 08 Feb 2010 / 0 Comments
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In her new book, entitled Visibly Muslim: Fashion, Politics, Faith, Emma Tarlo captures the diversity in the way that Islam is practiced against the backdrop of multi-cultural Britain. Refreshingly, the book did not aim to answer whether or not covering was a part of Islam, and neither did it represent the views of Muslim women […]

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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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Take this Hijab and Love It


Posted by Guest Contributor on 13 Jan 2010 / 0 Comments
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This post was written by Jillian C. York, and originally published in the Winter 2009 issue of Bitch magazine. Muslim women, as a group, don’t lack for media attention, but to say their representation in mass media is lopsided would be an understatement: They’re the subject of political, religious, and feminist debates, but their own […]

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