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Miss Malaysia – Not for Muslims?


Posted by syahirah on 27 Aug 2013 / 1 Comment
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Beauty pageants have gotten a bad rap over the years for objectifying women by putting them on parade and privileging their looks over their personality or brains. Some pageants have actively tried to change this idea, by including a talent segment, and making charity work an increasingly bigger part of the winners’ duties. One such […]

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Books/Magazines

Book Review: Sophia Al-Maria’s “The Girl Who Fell To Earth”


Posted by tasnim on 29 Jan 2013 / 0 Comments
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The Girl who Fell to Earth is the coming-of-age story of a self-described “Qatarican” (Qatari/American) which takes the reader on a zig-zagging journey from a farm in Washington State to a Bedouin town in Qatar, and on to a houseboat on the Nile and the hustle and bustle of Cairo. The result is something very […]

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