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Muslim women marrying Christian men impossible? They did in eighteenth-century India.

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in Jumbalaya | 35 Comments »

I'm watching Who Do You Think You Are with Alistair McGowan. From the BBC site:With the assistance of a local historian, Alistair finds a reference to Suetonius McGowan in a ... Read more..

The many hijabs

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 Posted in Jumbalaya | 13 Comments »

Andrea Useem has a very interesting article on loving and leaving the headscarf up at Slate. She discusses the use of hijab (covering the head and body with loose, opaque ... Read more..

Lots of Rabi’a links

Friday, February 1st, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Rabi'a al-Adawiyya is perhaps my favourite amatullah!  Lots of lovely links and resources at the index of "Other Women's Voices." Read more..

Youtube videos on how to wear hijab

Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

How to wear hijab series on Youtube.  Learn how to wrap shaylas, square hijabs, how to pin, what the underscarf is for etc. Read more..

Muslimah life-guard

Saturday, November 17th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

The first Muslimah life-guard in an article reminiscing on Cronulla. Read more..

Muslimah Power

Friday, November 2nd, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

To use an American phrase: "You go girl!"(Hijab flutter to Austrolabe)Powered by ScribeFire. Read more..

Feeling Alienated from Feminism

Friday, October 26th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | 11 Comments »

La Lubu has a post at Feministe on feeling alienated from feminism, even though she's a feminist. I commented that the lack of recognition of valid spirituality in much feminist ... Read more..