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The Virtual Killing of Muslims: Digital War Games, Islamophobia, and the Global War on Terror
This article argues that digital war games communicate misleading stereotypes about Muslims that prop up patriarchal militarism and Islamophobia in the context of the US-led Global War on Terror.
Tanner Mirrlees, Taha Ibaid
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Muslim women as ‘ambassadors’ of Islam: breaking stereotypes in everyday life [PDF]
This article explores the efforts of Dutch Muslim women who try to break the ‘oppressed Muslim woman’ stereotype by monitoring their own behaviour in everyday interactions with members of the non-Muslim ethnic majority. In representing themselves as modern and emancipated, they try to change the dominant image of Muslim women in Dutch society, and thus
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Postcolonial politics and Muslim women in Hollywood cinema; Narrative analysis of "In the Land of Blood and Honey" [PDF]
This article seeks to show the representation of gender and Muslim women in Hollywood cinema with a narrative analysis approach. Thus, using the approach of postcolonial theory in the critique of Orientalism discourse and the construction of gender in ...
Majid Soleimani Sasani
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American imperialism and the war on terror loom large in today’s popular romances. Military romances featuring spec-ops warriors and their terrorist enemies appeal to, reflect on, and sometimes critique patriotic ideals.
Kecia Ali
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Muslim Women’s Experiences of Higher Education in Britain
I explore British South Asian Muslim women’s experiences of higher education and how it impacts identity construction and negotiation. Through semi-structured interviews with thirty-five undergraduate and post-graduate Muslim female university students ...
Fauzia Ahmad
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Glocalizing’ the Hijab: A Malaysian Perspective
This article examined the hijab, or the act of veiling as a transformative socialization agent for Malay-Muslims in Malaysia’s multicultural state. Through the media, the hijab was purported as a progressive lifestyle with representations of veiled ...
Hassim Nurzihan
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Reframing Muslim Identity: Representation and Power in Islamic Diasporic Narratives
Muslim authors who depict Islam or Muslim societies in a critical light are frequently accused by fellow Muslim critics of being cultural intermediaries (compradors) who perpetuate neo-Orientalist narratives and reinforce negative stereotypes of Muslims ...
Amir Al-Azraki
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URDU-ROLE OF MUSLIM WOMEN OF 21ST CENTURY IN DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE
Islam is unique in providing equal opportunities for both women and men. Women in Muslim societies have historically played pivotal roles in advancing society across various fields.
Abdul Hameed Arain +1 more
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Representing Muslim Women Converts in Algerian Newspaper’s discourse
Women representation in media has been a hot debate for many years. More specifically the debate about Muslim women converts. Their cases represent a fertile ground to be investigated as belonging to a community that has been discussed for a long time in
Meriem ZERIFI, Abdelhay BAKHTA
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We describe the evolution of a stereotype as it emerged in tweets about the Charlie Hebdo terrorist attack in Paris in early 2015. Our focus is on terms associated with the Muslim community and the Islamic world. The data (400k tweets) were collected via
Yousri Marzouki +4 more
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