April 2013
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“Essentially, if our secrets are secrets because we are told to be ashamed, then...”
– Warsan Shire (via cannibalesqueappetite)
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انا قلبي مساكن شعبية: oppressed(?) hair →
tansheer:
the moon was full of himself today: stingy with his allure hemisphere transparent in the maghreb sky a silken hijab scarcely encrusted with flickering stars over a vista of calm greed— they say that I must surely miss the breeze on my faint scalp or through my writhing…
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“Not everyone is okay with living like an open wound. But the thing about open...”
– Warsan Shire (via laughterandhope)
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“I am against [it]. Every[one] will think that I encouraged their actions. They...”
– Amina Tyler, a woman from Tunisia who received threats after posting topless images of herself, responds to FEMEN’s recent actions, which included protesting topless outside mosques
Their leader Inna Shevchenko earlier responded to heavy criticism from Muslims, saying:
[Muslim Women Against...
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“You can’t make homes out of human beings. Someone should have already told you...”
– Warsan Shire (via arabarabarab)
March 2013
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“In a war justified at least partly to “liberate” Muslim women, the fact that...”
– From “Veil in the Time of War” or “Veilin’ the Time of War”
Yes, yes, YES! Now read the essay
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“One of my key arguments in this book is that we need to be vigilant against...”
– LILA ABU-LUGHOD IS WRITING A BOOK CALLED ‘SAVING MUSLIM WOMEN’ (she revealed in an interview)
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Smoke & Mirrors: Attacking the Muslim Brotherhood... →
kawrage:
Over at Muftah, the brilliant Sara Salem has a piece up on the critique directed towards the Muslim Brotherhood for their policies on women’s rights being decontextualised, dehistorisised and exploitative.
If the aim is to understand the situation of women in Egypt, how is it possible that so many analyses focus on religious and cultural problems (which are blamed on the Muslim...
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“Islamic feminism on the whole is more radical than Muslims’ secular feminisms...”
– From “Islamic Feminism: What’s in a Name?” by Margot Badran
Badran’s article was my introduction to the Islamic feminist movement back in 2002 and I have pretty much been obsessed ever since
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“By persisting in advocating secular feminist arguments that are intolerant of...”
– From “Is Western Patriarchal Feminism Good For Third World/Minority Women?” By Azizah Al-Hibri
Repeating for emphasis:
By persisting in advocating secular feminist arguments that are intolerant of important religious values, secular feminists run the risk of turning patriarchal.
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“To accept feminism as a Western concept is in the last analysis to concede the...”
– Sa’diyya Shaikh, “Transforming Feminisms: Islam, Women, and Gender Justice“ (via hkubra)
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February 2013
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“later that night
i held an atlas in my lap
ran my fingers across the whole...”
– Warsan Shire (via happychild) 