Category Culture and Ideology
Religious female Muslim athletes trying to find a way of dressing modestly while still competing in high-level sporting events like the Olympics are getting a new and surprising ally: Nike. The American sportswear giant announced the “Pro Hijab,” a head covering… Continue Reading →
Maziyar “Maz” Jobrani is an Iranian-American comedian and actor who is part of the “Axis of Evil” comedy group. The group appeared on a comedy special on Comedy Central. Jobrani has also appeared in numerous films, television shows, including… Continue Reading →
In order to unpack the culture and power of costumes that I saw in Ms. Marvel, I had to go back to Riz Ahmed’s article in The Guardian on being “Typecast as a Terrorist”. I was quite drawn to costume… Continue Reading →
Here is a speech Riz gave recently to the British parliament about a topic we’ve all been discussing in our course: the politics of representation. Take a look at the speech, and see if anything he says inspires you to… Continue Reading →
(Note about picture – I really hate it when shalwar kameez are taken up by non-south asian people and made to look more like a tacky bed sheet than anything else) When I heard Red Baarat was coming to AD,… Continue Reading →
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose. Your quote on the current state of Muslim popular culture, to generalize for a brief moment, glued itself to my thoughts and… Continue Reading →
Today’s discussion in class on Sufi poetry and its branches in revered Sufi temples across South Asia made me dig deeper into the written trails of Bulleh Shah and the message he preached centuries before I was born. The short… Continue Reading →
I recently came across an article by Hissa Hilal from 2011 on a particular idea of Islam that has come to dominate society. Hissa Hilal may not be famous outside of the Gulf region, however she is the first female… Continue Reading →
An unchallenged notion that seems to exist not only among individuals in the Global North, but also among elites and some of us in class, as well, is that the Muslim-majority societies, especially those in the Arab states, are largely… Continue Reading →