Author Archives: Shereen Malherbe

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,Continue reading “Roundtable on Spiritual Abuse and Gendered Violence: We Believe You”

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 MuslimContinue reading “Roundtable: Rohingya Muslim Genocide”

Muslimah Media WatchRecently, The Independent reported on a study finding that discrimination in the job market adversely affects employment prospects for young Muslims. The Independent reports on the study as if the information is new, but three years ago Roger Dobson wrote an article on a study with similar findings for the same periodical. TheContinue reading “A Summary of Several Unsurprising Reports on Islamophobia in the UK and US”

Originally posted on Myrihla:
Iman and Samiha are two photographers and filmmakers who recently created a mini documentary entitled ‘Where I Am’ which was submitted for a UN Film Festival. The documentary is in the form of an interview series featuring Immigrant parents being interviewed on their experiences by their children. Below is an exclusive interview…

Dear Readers, Jasmine Falling is now available to preview for free on Goodreads. Join the other 752 people in the community talking about it. I am also now answering questions posted by the Goodreads community ahead of my first book tour. Looking forward to engaging with you. Shereen Malherbe  

Reposted from Muslimah Media Watch, written by fellow MMW Writer, Nicole  One of the rare books I didn’t read in French first (and as such cannot vouch for the translation), Asma Lamrabet’s Women in the Qu’ran: An Emancipatory Reading is a short (just under 170 pages) and uplifting read.  The book is definitely an interestingContinue reading “A review of Asma Lamrabet’s “Women in the Qu’ran” via MMW”