Muslimah Media Watch
By Catherine Redfern | 18 November 2008, 20:28
I recently discovered a fantastic blog that I think deserves more attention: Muslimah: Looking At Muslim Women in the Media and Culture
Muslimah Media Watch is a forum where we, as Muslim women, can critique how our images appear in the media and popular culture. Although we are of different nationalities, sects, races, etc., we have something important in common: we’re tired of seeing ourselves portrayed by the media in ways that are one-dimensional and misleading. This is a space where, from a Muslim feminist perspective, we can speak up for ourselves.As Muslim feminists we aim to locate and critique misogyny, sexism, patriarchy, Islamophobia, racism, and xenophobia as they affect Muslim women. Furthermore, we believe in equality — regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, nationality, religion, and ability.
The blog also has an extensive list of Muslim female bloggers.
Check it out!
Have your say
In order to keep this blog as a feminist and friendly space, comments will be subject to some rules. We do not seek to censor debate: the beauty of the internet is that anyone can set up their own blog or website to express their views.
- This blog is a safe and friendly space for feminists and feminist allies. Debate and critique are welcome where it is constructive and deepens analysis or understanding. Anti-feminist comments will not be approved. We get to decide what's anti-feminist.
- All comments must be approved by one of the bloggers. For this reason, there may be a delay before your comment appears.
- No sexist, racist, homophobic, transphobic, classist, ablist comments, comments which make personal attacks on any blogger or commenter, or comments that are otherwise deemed offensive by us will be posted.
- Trolls will be banned from commenting. We get to decide who is a troll.
- No anonymous comments - please feel free to use your real name or make one up, though.
- Be nice.
Feeds
tom hulley said:
Muslimah is an excellent resource for anyone living in a diverse society. It offers a consistent, fairly traditional, feminist analysis. I like to balance it with:
http://www.irshadmanji.com/
A Canadian feminist looking for a more reformed Islam and:
http://apostate.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/death-out-of-iran-and-obamas-muslim-liais
This is from a changed Saudi Arabian Muslim woman now living in USA and challenging Islam. These two are less likely to be mentioned by Muslimah which otherwise provides many links to various sources of understanding
Posted on 19 November 2008 at 9:09 AM
Anne Onne said:
Tom, those look really good!
I admit to having a soft spot for Muslimah Media Watch. It's too easy to forget that White, Western, Middle-class feminism isn't the only kind that's out there, and it's really, really good to see issues affecting Muslim women from their own perspective.
Posted on 20 November 2008 at 6:35 PM
bobby said:
we respect your views and believe them too
Posted on 26 January 2009 at 11:15 AM