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The Crimes and Punishment of Apostasy and Adultery


Posted by tasnim on 22 May 2014 / 3 Comments
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Meriam Ibrahim, a Sudanese doctor who married a Christian man in 2011, was convicted last week on charges of apostasy.  While Ibrahim has a Muslim father, she appears to have been raised Christian. Apostasy implies conversion, but as Ibrahim reportedly told the judge, “I am a Christian and I never committed apostasy.” By her account, […]

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How Not to Discuss Sexual Violence against Third World Women


Posted by eren on 16 Dec 2013 / 4 Comments
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Last week I was invited to the Dutch embassy to celebrate the launching of the Nobel Women’s Initiative’s report on sexual violence against women in Sudan. The report is titled “Survivors Speak Out: Sexual Violence in Sudan,” and it is meant to address the situation of “mass rape” and other forms of sexual violence against […]

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Fashion

The Colourful Hijab of the African Muslimah


Posted by anike on 22 Apr 2013 / 0 Comments
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The Darfur Sartorialist is an exhibition launched by Portuguese urban engineer, humanitarian and photographer Pedro Matos to showcase the colourful clothing and trendy fashion sense of women in Darfur, Sudan. Matos was in Darfur for three and a half years with the World Food Programme when he started taking these photographs in a country where […]

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Sisterhood of the Hot Pants: the Media’s Coverage of Lubna al-Hussein


Posted by faith on 20 Aug 2009 / 0 Comments
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Lubna al-Hussein’s recent trial for wearing pants has received a lot of attention in the media. Most of the attention has been focused on the “backwardness” of indecency law that apparently prevents women in Sudan from wearing pants in public. The law itself doesn’t actually describe what is “indecent” but it seems to be understood […]

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Minaret by Leila Aboulela


Posted by faith on 16 Dec 2008 / 0 Comments
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In spring 2006, I was in a Barnes & Nobles in downtown Philadelphia looking for a book to read, when Minaret caught my eye. It was in a display of books recommended by the staff. The front cover wasn’t that intriguing (usual woman with a veil on her face that often shows up on books […]

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