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Noor Tagouri, Playboy and the Porn Industry


Posted by Guest Contributor on 08 May 2018 / 0 Comments
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This post was written by Guest Contributor Saira Mahmood. Follow Saira at @sairamhmd and through her personal blog.   Noor Tagouri became the first Muslim woman in a hijab to be featured in Playboy in October of 2016. This was viewed by some people as a radical decision for a magazine that had earned its fame […]

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Under Fire: Al-Watan’s “For hire” T-shirt Article


Posted by emanhashim on 22 Aug 2011 / 0 Comments
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When a Chinese company manufactured a line of women’s T-shirts with the words “For Hire” on them, Al-Watan published its disapproval at their availability in Riyadh stores. At first, Al-Watan’s comment was on point when they described the T-shirt as “One more way to disrespect women.” But then they featured opinions against the T-shirt: “The […]

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On sexual slavery and the question of what makes something ‘Islamic’


Posted by alicia on 28 Jun 2011 / 0 Comments
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Salwa al-Mutairi, a Kuwaiti politican, gave a cold-blooded proposal for Muslim men to take female slaves, especially non-Muslim female prisoners of war, for sexual use (or rather rape). It has rather unpredictably come under fire. Slavery is one of the most abhorrent forms of abuse of power in this modern age. But the basic principles […]

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The New Pornographers: Operation Iraqi Freedom?


Posted by eren on 30 Aug 2010 / 0 Comments
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Few people would agree that pornography has hardly been an indicator of freedom or political stability. Some more would also agree that it is not a universal symbol of advancement or female empowerment. Nonetheless, this week Tarek El-Tablawy, an Associated Press writer, affirmed that pornography availability mirrors Iraq’s improvements in security and politics. More surprising, […]

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