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Sexiness for Everyone (even Muslims)


Posted by Krista Riley on 02 Nov 2009 / 0 Comments
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Liaison Dangereuse, a German online lingerie store, recently released a new video advertisement.  With Arabic-sounding music in the background, a woman is shown getting out of the shower (we can see, from the back, that she has no clothes on), putting on her make-up, then walking (wearing nothing but high heels–to each her own, I […]

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Book review: The Secret Life of Syrian Lingerie – Intimacy and Design by Malu Halasa and Rana Salam


Posted by Guest Contributor on 06 Jan 2009 / 0 Comments
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This was written by Cycads and originally published at her blog. Syria’s unlikely notoriety for racy underwear collides head on with the stereotyped image of the veiled and prudish Muslim woman. In a way, ‘The Secret Life of Syrian Lingerie‘ (2008, Chronicle Books) had come at an opportune time to dispel these fossilised images, but […]

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Salamu Alaikum. I’ll take the beaded nipple tassels please.


Posted by yusra on 10 Dec 2008 / 0 Comments
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The authors ask why a society known for sheltering women, would design and sell the kinkiest styles of lingerie. Of course all women need bras and panties, but the lingerie described in this book is more Frederick’s of Hollywood than it is Hanes Her Way.

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