Posts Tagged ‘Art’

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…

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

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.

Given the proliferation of slideshows featuring nip slips and wardrobe malfunctions, it’s a wonder how newspapers and blogs even have time to report..you know..actual news. While these slideshows are often recycled images of celebs on the beach or musicians making unflattering limo exits, the New York Daily News this week created one with some substance.

Don’t you dare call me a cougar! / There are just no good Muslim women out there / Iranian filmmakers keep focus on the turmoil / Iraqi women, a story of injustice through decades / A Mideast bond, stitched of pain and healing / Using marriage to bring sexy back / Boyfriend pillow for Japanese singles & more

In the video below, Liza sings “Swift’s Song” from her BloomBeautiful album. Her website – lizagarza.com – has more of her work and more on the artist and her experiences with “all of the cultures that live within me.”

In the following video, renowned poet and artist Suheir Hammad performs her piece: “Not Your Erotic, Not Your Exotic.” She is a Palestinian American born in Jordan and raised in Brooklyn, New York.