Something Fabulous: Zeid and the Wings
Something awesome and unique via Roba, via Beirut and by Zeid and the Wings: Another album to be yearned over …
Monthly Archives: June 2011
The Flimsy Ban on Hijabs (and T-shirts)
I am commencing this post with a yawn. A long, lock-jaw inducing soporific-soaked expulsion of weariness. For this: FIFA bans …
Pola-Joy
A veer away from current affairs for a moment and a meander into (beloved) geek territory as I enthuse about …
Chauvinism, Insecurities and the Real Anchormen
I don’t usually have favourite journalists, but if I do, they are generally on Al-Jazeera. The channel has a happy …
The Mystery of Amina
Or not so. The media has been whipped into a frenzy twice this week: first, by the news that the …
The Last Jew of Kabul
A glimpse into a dwindled and nigh-lost Jewish community of Kabul: Zebulon Simentov, who chose to stay behind when his …
And God Made Woman…
This was dedicated to me earlier this evening: Zia Mohyeddin‘s voice is divine – almost usurps Stephen Fry in my …
Eman al-Obeidi Returned to Libya
I am going to go against the trend of quotations marks and be blunt: rape survivor Eman al-Obeidi is to …
Mikel Nabil, Incarcerated and Maltreated
Since there seems to be limited coverage on Egyptian blogger Mikel Nabil, here’s the facts: An Egyptian military court on …
Islamic Feminism Conference, Shimla
Since I love Islamic feminism and because events such as ‘Indian Muslim Women’s Struggles for Equality, Justice and Empowerment,’ hosted …
