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Bin Laden’s Wife and the Stereotyping of Muslim Women |
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Monday, 16 May 2011 03:00 |
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This was originally published at The Guardian’s Comment is free. Women played an interesting role in the account of the final hours of Osama Bin Laden’s life. Three wives, as well as nine of his children, lived in the compound where he was killed, along with the families of two Pakistani brothers. Initially, it was [...] |
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The Sexy Business of Political Uprisings: Sijal Hachem’s “Khalas” |
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Tuesday, 17 May 2011 03:00 |
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I lived through a revolution. I saw my 21-year-old brother holding a gun. I slept with a knife under my pillow. I have a close friend who was shot and is now blind in one eye. I was lucky. I didn’t have thugs break into my house. I wasn’t tear-gassed. I wasn’t shot at. But I [...] |
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Arab Women: They’re in Niqabs, Gettin’ in Ur Democracy |
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Thursday, 19 May 2011 03:00 |
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The Atlantic featured this picture on its latest magazine, which includes an article about the Arab Spring and the future of democracy in the region. The article does talk briefly about women’s rights in the region, but it seems hardly fitting that there should be a woman wearing niqab on the cover with the fearmongering [...] |
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Jezebel Turns Osama bin Laden’s Daughter into a Killing Machine |
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Wednesday, 18 May 2011 03:00 |
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Though one expects a whopping media event like the death of Osama Bin Laden to produce speculative stories on an industrial scale, it is to be hoped that the speculation is at least based in reality. Blogs engage in wild speculation, but serious media blogs are still behooved to be based on facts; otherwise, we [...] |
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Shutting Down Misconceptions about Clothing & Culture’s Effect on Breast Cancer |
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Monday, 23 May 2011 03:00 |
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Earlier this month, Ms. Magazine ran an article that looked at breast cancer stigma in Saudi Arabia. The article provides breast cancer statistics in Saudi Arabia (without citation or link), breast cancer statistics in the United States, and American expat Carol Fleming’s experience with breast cancer in Saudi Arabia. Fleming suggests that promoting pink products [...] |
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