April 2013
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“Essentially, if our secrets are secrets because we are told to be ashamed, then...”
–  Warsan Shire (via cannibalesqueappetite)
Apr 29th
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Apr 28th
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Apr 27th
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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…
Apr 25th
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Apr 17th
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Apr 16th
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“Not everyone is okay with living like an open wound. But the thing about open...”
– Warsan Shire (via laughterandhope)
Apr 14th
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Apr 13th
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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...
Apr 12th
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Apr 11th
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Apr 6th
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Apr 5th
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Apr 4th
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Apr 4th
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Apr 3rd
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Apr 2nd
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“You can’t make homes out of human beings. Someone should have already told you...”
–  Warsan Shire (via arabarabarab)
Apr 1st
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March 2013
27 posts
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Mar 29th
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Mar 28th
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Mar 27th
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Mar 25th
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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 (via kawrage)
Mar 24th
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Mar 23rd
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Mar 22nd
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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)
Mar 21st
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Mar 20th
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Mar 19th
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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...
Mar 18th
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Mar 17th
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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 (via kawrage)
Mar 16th
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Mar 15th
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Mar 14th
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Mar 10th
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Mar 9th
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Mar 8th
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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. (via kawrage)
Mar 7th
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Mar 6th
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Mar 5th
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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)
Mar 5th
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Mar 4th
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Mar 3rd
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Mar 2nd
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Mar 1st
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Mar 1st
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February 2013
31 posts
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Feb 27th
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Feb 26th
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Feb 25th
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Feb 24th
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Feb 24th
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“‎later that night i held an atlas in my lap ran my fingers across the whole...”
– Warsan Shire (via happychild)
Feb 23rd
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