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Review – Leila Aboulela’s The Kindness of Enemies


Posted by tasnim on 15 Feb 2016 / 1 Comment
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Leila Aboulela’s The Kindness of Enemies, her fifth novel, explores the complexities of loyalty, religion and of nationalism, and the human yearning for belonging. The story is structured as two parallel narratives, a third person historical narrative set during the 19th century Caucasian war, and a contemporary narrative narrated in first person by Natasha Wilson, […]

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Friday Links


Posted by samya on 31 Jul 2015 / 0 Comments
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Seven Muslim women from around the world are bicycling across Iowa as a way of “promoting female sports participation as a fundamental right“. The 470-mile ride, featuring 8,500 cyclists, began July 19 and finished July 25.   In the last year and a half, as turmoil in Ukraine has dominated the news media’s attention, a […]

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Culture/Society

Fashion in Russia: “Proving” that Muslim Women are Beautiful, Smart and Fashionable


Posted by eren on 21 Jun 2012 / 0 Comments
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Earlier this month, the Russian capital held the first Islamic Style festival.  The festival was organized by the Council of Muftis in Russia and aimed to show a “correct” image of Muslim women’s clothing. The Muftis, perhaps concerned with mainstream media showing Muslim women as weak and oppressed, decided try out fashion world by encouraging […]

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News

“More Islamic than the Islamists”: Claiming the Female Body for a Nation


Posted by eren on 07 May 2012 / 0 Comments
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In the past few weeks, Chechnya has been in international news after the president of the independent republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, made few remarks supporting and justifying honor killings.  After years of war in the region, including the First and Second Chechen wars, Chechnya has undergone a challenging road to reconstruction. Although it seems that Kadyrov’s […]

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