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Fashion as Resistance: The Case of Mali


Posted by eren on 04 Jul 2012 / 0 Comments
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Two weeks ago, I wrote a post discussing the attempt among Muslim leaders in Russia to prove that Russian Muslim women are modern and fashionable, unlike Muslims elsewhere. Soon after, fashion made headlines again, this time in the case of Mali, with Yahoo! News reporting on Darkar Fashion Week 2012. The event, which takes place […]

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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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Truth or Scare: Raheel Raza’s Fear Mongering


Posted by sobia on 11 Nov 2008 / 0 Comments
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She’s at it again. No too long ago Krista covered Raheel Raza’s critique of a supposed Islamist* threat in Canada. Well, Raza’s published another piece, but this time in the right-wing American Thinker. And this time her claims have become even more questionable, and to be honest a little ludicrous. Now it seems Raza, through […]

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