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Asra Nomani’s Big Fat Muslim Wedding


Posted by faith on 28 Jul 2009 / 0 Comments
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Whenever I encounter Asra Nomani’s works or see her in an interview, I usually wonder,“What is her point?” I don’t say this derisively. Is she trying to speak about gender inequality among the ummah? Is she trying to deal with gender norms in her own South Asian community? These questions formed in my mind as […]

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From the Outside Looking In: What Does Not Need Reporting


Posted by muslimahmediawatch on 27 Jan 2009 / 0 Comments
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* Asian and South Asian will be used interchangeably to refer to those of Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, etc., origin. Earlier this month, BBC News ran two stories online on young Asian (read South Asian in North America) women, and both stories exposed our dirty laundry. Or at least that was the way they seemed. The […]

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