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The Muslimah Sex Manual: A Roundtable


Posted by eren on 12 Aug 2017 / 0 Comments
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On July 1, 2017 the  e-book The Muslimah Sex Manual: A Halal Guide to Mindblowing Sex was released. The book, written by US-based Umm Muladhat, was picked up by different media outlets, which have described the book as the “first ever Muslim sex manual”. Media coverage of the guide resurfaced discussions on Muslim women’s sexuality […]

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Friday Links

Friday Links


Posted by eren on 13 Nov 2015 / 1 Comment
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Afghanistan In Afghanistan, half of all deaths among women aged 15 to 49 are because of pregnancy and childbirth. A video by The Guardian titled, “The imams, the Taliban and the condoms” follows two imams’ project to raise awareness about birth control methods and women’s health. Australia Susan Carland, an Australian academic, who regularly receives […]

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Erotica by Muslim Women for Muslim Women


Posted by anike on 17 Dec 2014 / 4 Comments
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When I attempted entering “Islamic erotica” in a search engine, I was not sure what to expect. A few weeks before doing that, I had stumbled upon the genre while reading Afrocentric Muslimah’s blog post on the need for Muslim women to embrace their sexuality. Curious to know more about Islamic erotica, I decided to search for […]

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Culture/Society

MUSLIM WOMEN ENJOY SEX (and Other Non-Breaking News Stories)


Posted by shireen on 28 May 2013 / 0 Comments
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Mainstream media often incites rebuttals from Muslim women defending themselves against vapid stereotypes and negative portrayals. Ostensibly, these include “We are not oppressed,” ”We play sports,” “We are educated and have choices,” “We have agency and support those who do not,” and so on and so forth.  Muslim women writing about inspiring feats of Muslim […]

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Jasad: Sex, Fetishes, and the Erotic in a new Arabic Glossy


Posted by muslimahmediawatch on 09 Feb 2009 / 0 Comments
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Sex. Always an attention getter. So there’s no wonder why Jasad, or “Body,” a new quarterly Arabic magazine published in Lebanon, is making waves in the Arab world by promising to “deal with the forbidden,” the *gasp* human body. The magazine’s logo is ‘body’ spelled in Arabic and the first letter is a broken handcuff, […]

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Book review: The Secret Life of Syrian Lingerie – Intimacy and Design by Malu Halasa and Rana Salam


Posted by Guest Contributor on 06 Jan 2009 / 0 Comments
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This was written by Cycads and originally published at her blog. Syria’s unlikely notoriety for racy underwear collides head on with the stereotyped image of the veiled and prudish Muslim woman. In a way, ‘The Secret Life of Syrian Lingerie‘ (2008, Chronicle Books) had come at an opportune time to dispel these fossilised images, but […]

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