The Finding Bibi Blog

Each Wednesday, we’re posting images or videos that we think speak loudly for themselves, with little commentary needed. We want to hear from you: What do they say to you? What do you see in them, and what feelings do they bring about?

As the Oscars slowly fade as news this week, we’re sharing a selection of clips and trailers from films made by women. A special thanks to Women Make Movies and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis for featuring the good work that female filmmakers do and for posting these clips.

We Want Roses Too (Vogliamo Anche Le Rose)
Note: This trailer contains some content that may not be suitable for the little ones.

The Sari Soldiers

Salata Baladi (Egyptian Salad)

35 Shots of Rum

My Israel

Say My Name

World marks International Women’s Day / Photos: 11 women who are changing the world / NATO Secretary General: Women’s Rights: A matter of peace and stability / The world’s best countries for women / Awareness rises, but women still lag in pay / Women’s Day: Faith in Action / Waging a worldwide feminist jihad

Afghanistan’s Sikh heroine fights for rights / Opinion: Why I am proud to wear the burqa / Girl wrestler conquers the mat / Muslimahs doing it for themselves / Iranian women skier aims to be first of many / Bollywood’s ‘bad girls’: Jewish actresses lit up screen in Indian cinema’s early years / Saudi Arabia could allow women lawyers in court: reports / And More…

Hit shows like “Mad Men” depict an era when being smooth and being sexist were, to many people, one in the same. While things have certainly improved, some industries seem blind to the changes. Take advertising. A gander at the Super Bowl ad cycle this season shows much of the same: real men are violent; they eat whatever tastes good; they care primarily about the TVs or cars; they are tamers of women. While the images are different, the message in those ads and those of the “Mad Men” era aren’t.

Below, you’ll find some of the most blatantly sexist ads from yesteryear…

Lifting the veils from our own eyes / Beautiful Ummah blog marks first year with contest /
The Taqwacores at Sundance, aka the Love that is Taqwacore / The worst sexual assault prevention tips ever / Young Somalis in Minnesota beating the odds / Iranian opposition calls for mass protests / Turkish man faces life for burying daughter alive

Each Wednesday, we’re posting images or videos that we think speak loudly for themselves, with little commentary needed. We want to hear from you: What do they say to you? What do you see in them, and what feelings do they bring about?
Eve Ensler, the famous creator of “The Vagina Monologues,” has gone [...]

Muslim feminists deserve to be heard / WTFatwa Literally! Media’s Love Affair with “The Fatwa” / The boy who cried “witch”: Saudis investigate domestic workers for witchcraft / 68% of Saudi girls drop last name on Facebook / Director Kathryn Bigelow wins first female top director’s award for Iraq film / Women Artists from the Islamic World / Why aren’t the networks picking up more pilots created by women? /
Define Yourself: Discussions of Women, Feminism and the Arab World

Much has been said over the past couple of years about the making over of iconic girls’ cartoon characters like Rainbow Brite and Dora the Explorer. There’s a reason behind the outrage. In a country where girls are exposed to increasingly homogenized images of beauty and trained to wear high heels as quickly as to read, the transformation of what were once some of the least sexualized characters into lush-eyelashed, long-legged fashionistas is troubling, to say the least.

Why am I not German? / From Bikinis to Burkas: How to Write Another Cliched Tell-All Expose / Women Behaving Badly in Mosques / Feminist Elitism: Trading one hierarchy for another / Judging an Emcee by Her Cover / Wajeha Al-Huwaider, a Feminist in Saudi Arabia / She works. They’re happy.

The 10 figures are looking into the sunrise, pensive and optimistic. A young woman and child stand facing the figures, in front of an abstracted Brooklyn skyline, also optimistic. The young, Muslim girl holds a dove in her hand hoping that it is indeed, a new day.