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Does religion trump race? Yes, at least in Singapore.


Posted by syahirah on 31 Mar 2016 / 0 Comments
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One of the biggest problems that Muslim women face today is the need to deconstruct and reconstruct narratives of ourselves in the media. (That’s why Muslimah Media Watch exists, amirite?) A recent interview of  Professor Jackie Ying, a Chinese Muslim scientist in Singapore, by a Singaporean Malay language news channel shows that this need can […]

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Nur Media’s “Ask A Muslim” Series: Black Muslims Talk Islam


Posted by sharrae on 01 Jan 2013 / 0 Comments
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Finding black Muslim women in mainstream media circuits can be like finding a needle in a haystack. Most of the representations of Muslim people are confined to Arab and South Asian people, which are both the faults of mainstream producers and Muslim-owned media makers. However, it leaves other communities within the broader Muslim community to […]

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Friday Links | September 2, 2011


Posted by fatemeh on 02 Sep 2011 / 0 Comments
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It’s been a busy Eid week, readers. We’re sorry to divert from the normal Friday links, but are presenting a shortened version this week. We’ll be back to our regular programming next week! A Latina fights stereotypes in her own community about what happens when a woman converts to Islam: “As soon as I started […]

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Judge Judy: Judy Bachrach Plays Judge, Jury, and Executioner


Posted by safiyaoutlines on 10 Aug 2009 / 0 Comments
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Some articles are fairly subtle in their Islamophobia, others less so. Judy Bachrach’s article “Twice Branded: Western Women, Muslim Lands,” starts off badly and then to proceeds to elicit gasps with its sheer awfulness. It even cites Not Without My Daughter as an accurate depiction of life for most Muslim women. Yes, really. The title […]

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Muslim in America: The Experiment


Posted by muslimahmediawatch on 19 Feb 2009 / 0 Comments
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CNN recently featured a story of a social science experiment conducted by Dr. Akbar Ahmed, professor and chair of Islamic Studies at American University in Washington. …[t]he project that’s been dubbed Journey into America…is an offshoot of a 2006 endeavor that took him, and a few of those traveling with him now… into the Muslim […]

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Hope from Whom and for Whom? Palestine as a Muslim Cause


Posted by muslimahmediawatch on 03 Feb 2009 / 0 Comments
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Israel’s war on the Palestinians may be over for now, but the conflict remains. About a week and a half ago, I received an email from a wonderful organization, Jewish Voice for Peace, asking me to sign onto a letter to President Obama asking him to create a just foreign policy regarding Israel and Palestine. […]

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Looking at Sarah from Little Mosque


Posted by Krista Riley on 20 Oct 2008 / 0 Comments
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The third season of Little Mosque on the Prairie has just started up, so I figured it was time to have a discussion about it. Actually, I’ll be honest and admit that really, the reason I’m talking about it is that I wrote a paper on it for a class on popular culture last week, […]

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