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MMW Weekly Roundup 11.298.08

Fatemeh — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:49:05 +0000

This week on MMW, we praised Natasha Bakht’s new book, discussed media representation of domestic violence, bitched about Iran’s car “especially designed for women,” drooled over Saudi Arabia’s all-girl band, and rolled out the Friday Links.

MMW Weekly Roundup 11.21.08

Fatemeh — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 03:20:39 +0000

This week on MMW, we looked at a sexist Egyptian beer commercial, ripped Toronto Life magazine for its coverage of Aqsa Parvez, questioned Tarek Fatah on domestic violence and honor killing, and interviewed Sahar Ullah from The Hijabi Monologues. We also published a very special Friday links this week, along with a few announcements.

Fatemeh — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:50:28 +0000

When honor killings aren’t honor killings.

Speaking of honor killing

muse — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:28:55 +0000

Speaking of honor killing, front page on CNN right now. Sigh.

Burned Alive was the shocking memoir of …

aziz — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:19:10 +0000

Burned Alive was the shocking memoir of an Arab woman who survived a horrific “honor killing” attempt on her life. It garnered immense praise and plaudits, as an example of a truly courageous woman who spoke out against evil despite the risk.

It also seems to have been a fake. http://tinyurl.com/6ctgsh