Sobia Ali

I Say Khuda Hafiz to MMW

Sobia — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:11:23 +0000

I’ve been writing for MMW since it’s inception so leaving it was not an easy decision. It was one I struggled with for a long while and eventually decided it was the best course of action for me at this point in time. I may pop up on there every now and then though.

Media Coverage of Marwa el-Sherbini’s Murder at MMW

Sobia — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:32:09 +0000

I take a look at how the media is covering the tragic murder of Marwa el-Sherbini.

Muslims in CBC Doc “India Reborn”

Sobia — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:06 +0000

Recently CBC aired a 4 part series on India entitled India Reborn. Check out analysis of the Muslim women, actually one woman, in India Reborn on MMW and my full analysis of Muslims in India Reborn at Muslim Lookout.

Scantily clad non-hijabis on altmuslimah

Sobia — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:54:28 +0000

The piece I wrote for MMW on an IslamOnline article was posted at altmuslimah.

From Bikinis to Hijabs on MMW

Sobia — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:12:31 +0000

This was my latest passionate piece on MMW. The study I critiqued rubbed me the wrong way and being a social psychologist in training I knew I had to take a deeper look at it.

An excerpt:

I am familiar with Dr. Fiske’s work, and I couldn’t help but question whether IslamOnline was misrepresenting the study in an effort to promote the necessity of hijab. As someone doing her Ph.D. in social psychology, I am familiar with how the results of social psychological studies can be manipulated through the use of language in such a way to support an argument one is trying to make and consequently taking the results out of context. And this is what seems to have happened in this IslamOnline article.

“The Other Half of the Sky” at MMW

Sobia — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:03:04 +0000

I take a look at a discussion about this Tunisian film.

LMOTP Round-Up on Muslim Lookout

Sobia — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:16:20 +0000

Krista and I round up Little Mosque on the Prairie‘s latest episode.

“How to Write About Muslims” on Racialicious

Sobia — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:52:13 +0000

Our piece on how to really write about Muslims, originally published on MMW, was also posted on Racialicious.

How to Write about Muslims (for real) on MMW

Sobia — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:00:50 +0000

Krista and I explain how to actually write about Muslims in the media.

My Take on Desi Dolls at MMW

Sobia — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:00:04 +0000

“A few weeks ago, we featured a story in our Friday links about the introduction of Muslim dolls in the U.K., created to teach Muslim children about Islam. Sounds like a great idea at first, until I saw what this picture of the dolls and realized the disturbing racial implications.”