‘Now needs to be the time when media outlets are called to account for negative, misrepresentative stereotypes that are impacting on the increasing abuse of a group in society, a group Baroness Cox says she is trying to protect.’
Article by Shereen Malherbe for Muslimah Media Watch
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A concise and informative history of the Rohingya, an evidence-based denunciation of Myanmar’s ethnic cleansing campaign, and an impassioned plea for recognition and human rights for the Rohingya. Before reading this book, I knew little more about the Rohingya than that something awful was happening to them and that it had…
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A Treasury of Ghazali is a beautiful collection of quotations by Imam al-Ghazali with commentary by Mustafa Abu Sway. The tiny, digestible chapters are each based on one quote of the Imam: the original Arabic, an English translation, and a commentary by the author. Meant to be read in small…
Educational Bookstore, Salahaddin Street, Jerusalem. Voted as the 18th top attraction to do in Jerusalem, Educational Bookstore is located in Salahaddin Street, Jerusalem. Follow the bookstore or subscribe here to keep up to date with Shereen’s events. For more information about Educational Bookstore and for its location please visit TripAdvisor. Image Sources The historic American Colony Hotel. […]
“Being part of the art and literature scene in Jerusalem, Palestine has been a rewarding, insightful experience. The El-Hakawati Theatre was a perfect location and it was an amazing experience to discuss the book with Jerusalem’s literary elite and to discover their experience of a novel that was inspired by their country.” Literary critic Abdallah […]
This book is described as, ‘…a book for us all: to raise awareness in the male population of their divinely prescribed role as protectors and maintainers of women; to highlight the devastating impact of domestic abuse for members of the public…’ (Ta-Ha Publishers) Reading this description made me understand the title a bit more. ‘Qawwamoon’ […]
The Palestinian Book Tour begins next week with author, Shereen Malherbe returning to Palestine since the publication of her debut novel. To celebrate the author’s return, Jasmine Falling e-book is now on sale (in all territories) for $0.99. Join the other 792 people in the Goodreads community about it. Buy a sale copy here.
Shereen is returning to Palestine in December 2017 to discuss her novel, Jasmine Falling. “I am looking forward to being able to share my novel and what better place to do this, than in the land that inspired it.” This trip is especially poignant for the author, who returns to Palestine, two years after the novel’s […]
Friday Features I had to share with you all since my home town of Leicester is featured in MMW’s news! For more Muslimah news, follow MMW to stay up to date. Things to Know About! Muslim women from Leicester have formed the Falcons team, an all-Muslim women Basketball team, since FIBA lifted its ban on hijabs […]
Reposted from Muslimah Media Watch Trigger warning: gender-based violence, spiritual abuse, victim-blaming, misogyny On September 23, 2017, Omer M. Mozaffar published a Facebook post in which he wrote about “predatory behavior” on the part of Nouman Ali Khan, a Texas-based Muslim scholar and founder of Bayyinah Institute with millions of online followers. Since then, […]
Muslimah Media WatchTrigger and Content Warning: Colonial Violence, Racism, Anti-Blackness, Anti-Indigeneity, Gender-based Violence, Militarized Violence, Islamophobia, anti-Refugee Rhetoric. In the past year Rohingya Muslims have been constantly featured by Western media outlets, particularly as their persecution in Burma/Myanmar has been deemed to be “ethnic cleansing” by the United Nations. The Rohingya community, which is primarily Muslim […]
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