The Inexorable March of Neo-Orientalism
The following article by Soumaya Ghannoushi insightfully addresses the media’s inability to disassociate Islam with war, instability and repression. An …
Category Archives: Islam
Mubarak’s Censorship Unveiled
Wikileaks has posted a comprehensive list of the Egyptian government’s measures against critical opinion dating from 2009. Targeting authors, journalists, …
On Ahmed Saad
Over the coming months random, short bursts of blogisms will emerge with links – though they may be the hallmark …
Burka Woman
A rather adorable parody, by Saad Haroon: Via Saudiwoman.
Hijab Haters
In 1992 the Egyptian-American writer on Islamic feminism, Leila Ahmed, observed the following in her book Women and Gender in …
Sunday Wisdom: Ibn Arabi
This week, courtesy of Muhyi al-Din Ibn ‘Arabi (1165-1240): A man madly in love with his beloved went to knock …
Best of the Rest: Saudi women sue their mahrams for forcibly keeping them single
In a break from what is certainly becoming an unhealthy obsession with the dazzling drifts of snow buffeting our vistas, I forcibly …
Eid Mubarak!
I cannot decide whether I am a very remiss blogger, or timely – accordingly to Google, yesterday was Eid al-Adha. …
What Price A Life?
Well, in Saudi Arabia the blood money price list runs as follows RS100,000 if the victim is a Muslim man …
Israel and the Burqa Ban
Part of me is riled by Kadima MK Marina Solodkin, while the remainder is surprised that Israel has not taken …
