Muslimah Media Watch is our blog of the week, and if you don’t already read it, head over now. Their tagline is “Looking at Muslim women in the media and pop culture,” and they carry out that goal with much-need skepticism, valuable experience and cutting intellect. In the past few days, they’ve had posts about the Western media’s shocked response to the successful public career of a Pakistani bisexual transwoman; a cartoon “cheat sheet” for the different types of Syrian hejab styles (watch heads explode as some Westerners learn that there’s more than one?!) and the various implications therein; and the art that Muslim women are creating and speaking.
Muslimah Media Watch is updated nearly every day and it presents an essential but often-silenced perspective on media, culture and politics, so add it to your blogroll, bookmarks or RSS feed and enjoy.
I *heart* Muslimah Media watch, and I’m glad it’s getting some love. It’s all too easy for us as Western feminsts to dominate the feminist blogosphere and unintentionally ignore Muslim women’s truths, or focus more on our interpretations than their actual words.
Thanks for the love–It makes us feel all warm and gooey inside! It’s an honor to be recognized by a prestigious western feminist blog like you ladies!
That cartoon cheat sheet made me laugh so hard! Trademark glare! Saudi style wahhabe! Irani tourist!
Comedy gold, ladies. Kudos. I will be reading regularly.