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Survival and Shame in “Corona” by Bushra Rehman


Posted by shireen on 04 Nov 2013 / 0 Comments
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“Being free from shame is a beautiful freedom” Corona is Bushra Rehman’s riveting first novel. The first sentence of the book begins by smashing assumptions; we think “Corona” and think alcoholic beverage. Well, I certainly do. But that’s not what Rehman is writing about. “Corona, and I’m not talking about the beer. I’m talking about […]

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Shame on You: Shame Cartoons


Posted by muslimahmediawatch on 23 Sep 2008 / 0 Comments
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They’re popping up everywhere in harmless-looking packaging: shame cartoons. A quick search online will turn up a multitude of articles, op-eds and full-on rants appealing to women’s sense of shame (One particularly delightful article was titled “I appeal to your sense of shame my Muslim sister.”) And then we have cartoons. The first kind are […]

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