‘Daesh’
Paul Iddon, Arab News, Why Daesh is still not a spent force despite facing terminal decline in Iraq, 23 March 2023 “Joel Wing, author of the “Musings on Iraq”...
Grindr Egypt Warning
Joe Ali, Pink News, Grindr sends every user in Egypt warning about police tricking and arresting queer men, 23 March 2023 “LGBTQ+ dating app Grindr has urged all users...
Iran’s ‘Cyber Army’
Arian Khameneh, Wired, The Scorched-Earth Tactics of Iran’s Cyber Army, 21 March 2023 “Amid ongoing protests, the Iranian regime has lost control of its image, pushing it to employ...
Copenhagen All-Female Mosque
James Jackson, Hyphen, The Nordic imama leading the fight for gender equality, 22 March 2023 “Sherin Khankan’s all-female mosque in Copenhagen has drawn support from a range of faiths...
Shamima Begum Case
BBC News, Friend who inspired Shamima Begum to join IS mocks her as non-believer, 22 March 2023. “Shamima Begum’s best friend, who she says inspired her to join IS,...
Transgender Pakistan
Ayesha Le Breton, gal-dem, How Pakistan’s Khwaja Sira and transgender communities are fearing and fighting for their futures, 21 March 2023 Social media elements associated with this story. “There...
Middle East Digital Archive
Middle East Eye, Dusting off the family album: A personal history of the Middle East, 21 March 2023 “Photographs collated in a new digital Middle East archive shed new...
Iraq: 20 Years On
Jeremy Bowen, BBC News, Iraq war 20 years on: How invasion plunged country into decades of chaos, 20 March 2023 “It is a sign of how bad the past...
Podcast: The News Agents: Anoosheh Ashoori
The News Agents, Global, 20 March 2023 – this is a powerful and important interview by Emily Maitlis and Jon Sopel with Anoosheh Ashoori and his daughter Elika –...
Research Articles: Muslim Instagram + Smartphones and Muslim ‘Dating’
A couple of related articles: Farah Hasan, 2022. “Muslim Instagram: Eternal Youthfulness and Cultivating Deen” Religions 13, no. 7: 658. “This article argues that Muslims have created a specific...