Misogyny and Social Media
BBC News, The fury in Pakistan sparked by a misogynist minister, 2 August 2023 Social media elements to this story. “”Some years ago, there would not have been such...
خطيرة
Doana Hodali, Deutsche Welle, The ‘dangerous’ feminists behind a Lebanese media outlet, 29 July 2023 ‘A popular Beirut-based media platform is tackling some of local society’s most sensitive subjects...
Iran e-commerce crackdown
AP/click2houston, Iran targets e-commerce giant over photos of female employees without headscarves in new crackdown “Iranian authorities have shut down one of the offices of the country’s biggest e-commerce...
Afghan WhatsApp Judo Lessons
Nils Adler, AL Jazeera, How Afghan women secretly learn judo — over WhatsApp, 21 July 2023. “While Khalili and her opponent spar, in the corner of the room, a...
New & Noted: “Gender Beliefs of Muslim Facebook Users”
This looks interesting: Charles, M., Friedland, R., Afary, J., & Yang, R. (2023). Complicating Patriarchy: Gender Beliefs of Muslim Facebook Users in the Middle East, North Africa, and South...
Gershad Iran
The National, Iranian women use phone app Gershad to evade morality police, 13 July 2023 ” … tens of thousands of women are now using a mobile phone app...
Tate Update
Rasha Al Aqeedi and Lydia Wilson, New Lines, How Andrew Tate and the Far Right Made Common Cause with Islamists, 20 June 2023 “Online discussions are directly influencing how...
Tate Article
Nadeine Asbali, Glamour Magazine, As a Muslim woman, I’m disgusted by Andrew Tate’s attempts to align himself with Islam “Like any good influencer, he understands his audience: self-conscious men...
Mia Khalifa
Nadeine Asbali, New Arab, Mia Khalifa’s icon status reveals the limits of intersectional feminism “With the former porn star recently being heralded a feminist icon, Nadeine Asbali reflects on...