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Revealing Democracy: A Conference on Bill 94 (Part I)


Posted by Krista Riley on 01 Dec 2010 / 0 Comments
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Quebec’s Bill 94, which would deny access to public services to women who wear niqab, is back in parliamentary hearings and, by all accounts, likely to pass.  This past weekend, an international conference entitled “Revealing Democracy: Bill 94 and the challenges of religious pluralism and ethnocultural diversity in Quebec” was held at Concordia University in […]

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The Doha Debates on The Burqa Ban


Posted by fatemeh on 25 Nov 2010 / 0 Comments
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Last month, the Qatar Foundation’s Doha Debates took on the French niqab ban, discussing the motion: “This House believes France is right to ban the face veil.” Since the niqab ban (or the “burqa ban,” and we’ve dubbed it) has been a big media issue on MMW,  a few of MMW’s ladies decided to get […]

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Black Polyester: Nuance and Niqab?


Posted by tasnim on 27 Oct 2010 / 0 Comments
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“I wanted to own the article of clothing that was being talked about,” Jonas Otterbeck says, explaining his reasons for buying a niqab. Otterbeck, who teaches Islamic Studies at Lund University in Sweden, spoke of his view on the niqab on the documentary Black Polyester, the sixth in a sixteen part series broadcast on SVT1 […]

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M.I.A.’s Niqab: Costume or Comment?


Posted by fatemeh on 20 Oct 2010 / 0 Comments
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For Spike TV’s “Scream 2010” Awards, M.I.A. wore a niqab. There’s another image here. Discuss. Thanks to Jezebel for the tip.

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Does NiqaBitch Enrich the Burqa Ban Debate?


Posted by fatemeh on 05 Oct 2010 / 0 Comments
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With articles in Der Spiegel, Rue89, The Telegraph, and a YouTube video in recent weeks, the two self-described web-activists called Niqabitch are making a splash in the French (and European) media landscape. As they said themselves in the Rue89 article, throwing on a burqa in protest of France’s burqa ban would be “too simple.” They […]

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Last Say on Niqab Should be From a Woman Who Wears It. Obviously.


Posted by alicia on 01 Sep 2010 / 0 Comments
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I took the a brief moment from work to watch a 12-minute segment on BBC’s Newsnight about why British women choose to wear the niqab and why more women are wearing it in unprecedented numbers. Like any Muslim feminist, I hung onto every word and hoped nobody said something that has already been said before, […]

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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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Niqabs, Media, and Taking Action


Posted by Krista Riley on 18 May 2010 / 0 Comments
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Today is the Day of Action on Quebec’s Bill 94, which I wrote about last week. In honor of this, I wanted to share a video of a community dialogue on the bill, which took place in Toronto in early May.  It was a really impressive event, with a very engaging panel and over 150 people […]

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Action Alert: Quebec’s Bill 94


Posted by Krista Riley on 13 May 2010 / 0 Comments
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The provincial legislature of Quebec, Canada, is currently considering a bill that would refuse key social services to anyone wearing a face covering if made into law.  Political discussions around this bill have made it clear that the law specifically targets women who wear niqab, a face veil worn by some Muslim women. As Muslim […]

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More on Muslim Teens in Young Adult Fiction: Bifocal


Posted by Krista Riley on 06 May 2010 / 0 Comments
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In March, MMW ran a guest post by Özlem Sensoy and Elizabeth Marshall about representations of Muslim women and girls in young adult literature (part one, part two, and part three.)  The article focuses on stories, written by non-Muslim Western authors, of Muslim girls living in places like Afghanistan, and the kinds of images that are created through these novels.  In […]

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