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Multimedia
Social media and the end of gender  By Johanna Blakley, September 13, 2011 |
Media and advertising companies still use the same old demographics to understand audiences, but they're becoming increasingly harder to track online, says media researcher Johanna Blakley. As social media outgrows traditional media, and women users outnumber men, Blakley explains what changes are in store for the future of media. ( Zero comments) |
Success Stories Brainquake: Celebrating Iranian Women By Negar Mottahedeh and Golbarg Bashi, January 23, 2011 |
Brainquake honors the accomplishments of Iranian women with a visual history of their earth-shattering contributions--Brainquake also provides a space for all women and girls to show off their abilities, their creativity, their ingenuity to empower and remind each other of women's greatness! ( Zero comments) |
Hijab Muslim women who cover in America (CNN Video) By cnn.com, December 18, 2010 |
Nadia and Aliya are Muslim American women who cover themselves in adherence to their faith's promotion of modesty. Nadia chooses to cover her face with the niqab while Aliya chooses to wear the hijab. ( Zero comments) |
The man box A Call to Men By Tony Porter, December 11, 2010 |
At TEDWomen, Tony Porter makes a call to men everywhere: Don't "act like a man." Telling powerful stories from his own life, he shows how this mentality, drummed into so many men and boys, can lead men to disrespect, mistreat and abuse women and each other. His solution: Break free of the "man box." ( Zero comments) |
Stereotypes Muslims Wearing (and Doing) Things By Anonymous , November 13, 2010 |
The blog Pictures of Muslims Wearing Things: Muslims Dressed in Their Garb is a compilation of photographs of Muslims around the world dressed in a variety of attire. ( Zero comments) |
Hijab Protesting the French burqa ban with hot pants By Altmuslimah, October 7, 2010 |
Two anonymous French women, one of them Muslim, caused a stir on the streets of Paris while dressed in niqabs and mini-shorts, reports the Montreal Gazette. Calling themselves "Niqabitches," the duo said the act was a tongue-in-cheek way of criticizing France's niqab ban. ( 1 comment) |
Fashion NISI Fashion By Anisa Noormohamed , April 10, 2010 |
Inspired by the modern day feminists of the post-colonial Muslim world, my dedication to women’s education and empowerment extends far beyond the needles and bolts of fashion. NISI also acts as a women’s empowerment project because it supports education for young women in developing countries. ( 2 comments) |
Hijab Episode Four: Headscarf By Crystal Quallo, March 19, 2010 |
In Episode Four: Headscarf, TE'A gets under the veil to dispel stereotypes associated with women who cover and their choice to wear the hijab. Then in the post-performance dialogue, one woman challenges the Company to see this issue through more than one lens. ( 4 comments) |
Photographic Campaign iCover By Sadaf Syed, November 15, 2009 |
A day in the life of an American Muslim COVERed Girl ( Zero comments) |
photographic campaign Journeying through Oman By Lucy Marryat & Yoshi (Yusuf Misdaq), October 19, 2009 |
Featuring both Lucy Marryat photographic journey of Oman and Yoshi (Yusuf Misdaq's) musical talent. ( Zero comments) |
Photographic Campaign The Domestic Crusaders By Kamran Khan & Fred Morrison, October 4, 2009 |
Wajahat Ali's The Domestic Crusaders captures the gender dynamics in one slightly dysfunctional Pakistani-Muslim family. ( Zero comments) |
Photographic Campaign Asma Shikoh, visual artist By Asma Shikoh, September 21, 2009 |
In this video: Asma Shikoh's quintessentially Muslim-American art showcasing the strength and diversity of Muslim-American women. ( Zero comments) |
photographic campaign IMAN Community Cafe By Sarah Rashid, September 7, 2009 |
Art and music bring Muslim men and women of all ages together for a good time at the IMAN Community Cafe. ( Zero comments) |
Religious identity The happy Muslims who confuse you By Mona Eltahawy, August 25, 2009 |
I love to confuse people by subverting the stereotype of Muslims that they always see and hear from. I believe that breaking the false equation between conservatism and authenticity is the best way to end the monopoly over religious thought by radicals and their supporters. ( 3 comments) |
Photographic campaign Derek Brown Photography By Derek Brown, August 23, 2009 |
Altmuslimah's photographic campaign featured select photos from Derek Brown's exhibit, Iran 2008: Faces and Places from Inside Iran. ( Zero comments) |
Muslim American culture The romance in Muslim R&B By Farid Alhadi, July 24, 2009 |
As practicing Muslims, we’re so used to a traditional separation of genders – during prayer, during conferences, and so on. In looking for mainstream art and music to mimic, hip-hop in particular is an easy one to copy, as in its nature, it can be used to express anything. So what about a genre that could arguably be seen as predominantly expressing love for women? ( Zero comments) |
Iran elections Her name is Neda By Zahed Amanullah, July 14, 2009 |
Many have died tragic - and silent - deaths in the post-election violence in Iran. But one woman, Neda Agha Soltan, became a symbol with her death caught on video. Here, Neda's fiancee, Caspian Makan, comments on her story in comments transcribed exclusively for altmuslim.com. ( 1 comment) |
Launch party Altmuslimah’s Painted Gala By Asma T. Uddin, July 11, 2009 |
Altmuslimah's Painted Gala, held on June 28, 2009 with live performances from The Kominas and Omar Waqar, was a huge success. Here are selected photos from the event. ( Zero comments) |
Challenging Stereotypes Altmuslimah’s photographic campaign By Sarah Uddin, June 26, 2009 |
Altmuslimah's photography exhibit will be on display at the annual Islamic Society of North America convention July 3-6 in Washington, DC. ( Zero comments) |
Fashion Beauty and the east By Samira Atash, June 9, 2009 |
Launched in April 2009, Beauty and the East TV is an effort by American Muslim Samira Atash to build bridges between both Muslims and the West and between Muslims in America and elsewhere around the world. ( 1 comment) |
Saudi Arabia To drive or not to drive By Maha Alkhateeb, May 18, 2009 |
Although many middle class Saudis believe that banning women from driving is a societal injustice, change and progress are often slow. Areej Khan’s new campaign, ‘We the Women’, is a creative strategy for engaging Saudis of all perspectives to foster a healthy debate on an issue that has been part of public discourse for decades. ( Zero comments) |
Film "Taken" Taken for a ride By Arafat A. Razzaque, April 27, 2009 |
What happens when you find a group of tragically victimized women who were abducted by sex traffickers? You rescue the one white American girl you were looking for and forget about the rest of them. That, basically, is the narrative achievement of the recent French action thriller, Taken, starring Liam Neeson. ( 4 comments) |
Impotency Afghanistan’s taboo By Jack Fairweather, April 9, 2009 |
Farid was diagnosed with impotency within the first few months of his marriage. In other households, the issue would be hushed up and the woman would often be blamed for this state of affairs, allowing the man to hastily divorce or take another wife. Not so with Farid. He chose to tackle the issue head-on. ( Zero comments) |
Fashion Eva Khurshid - New York By Nyla Hashmi and Fatima Monkush, March 24, 2009 |
Nyla Hashmi and Fatima Monkush struggled to find contemporary fashion that was modest until they developed their own brand of women's clothing with Eva Khurshid. But the design, religious, and economic challenges mean the two have to work twice as hard to get noticed. ( Zero comments) |
Domestic violence (Dis)honor killings By Jack Fairweather, March 18, 2009 |
Honor killings, in which women are murdered for tarnishing their family’s honor, are prevalent throughout the Middle East. In Jordan they account for one-third of all violent deaths, on the order of twenty-five a year. Although they are illegal, the murders are prosecuted leniently in a country where tribal custom and Islamic teachings often hold sway in the courts. ( Zero comments) |
Afghanistan Foreign aid, skateboards and coffee By Rahilla Zafar, March 8, 2009 |
Skateistan, a skateboarding school in Kabul that takes youth off the streets, offers some normalcy to Afghan children who more often than not experience no real childhood and are forced to find work to help support their families. ( Zero comments) |
Domestic violence Removing the silence on domestic violence By Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, March 8, 2009 |
Following the brutal murder of Aasiya Zubair, renewed attention has been paid to the position of Islam on domestic violence. In response, here is a sermon by Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, recorded on February 20, 2009 in San Jose, California. ( 1 comment) |
Polygamy Searching for a fourth wife By Rahilla Zafar, March 8, 2009 |
While many foreign correspondents based across the Muslim world are under pressure to file stories that will make headline news, Jack had the opportunity to go in-depth and focus on the day-to-day lives of everyday people across the Muslim world. ( Zero comments) |
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