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One Book 2016-2017: How Does it Feel to be a Problem: Being Young and Arab in America: Women & Islam

Green River College News

GRC Prime Time (55+) students and young Muslim women discuss the stereotypes associated with Muslim women:

Islam and Muslim Americans: Women In Islam

Streaming films and articles

Streaming Films

Films on Demand is a great database to use to search for videos like the one featured just below: Wearing Hijab: Uncovering the Myths of Islam in the United States

  • Searching for "women AND Islam" is a good starting point in this database. 

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Searching for "women AND Islam" is a good starting point in this database. 

Featured TED Talks & YouTube Videos

Source: "What Islam really says about women" by Alaa Murabit on TED, Standard YouTube license

World Hijab Day

Source: "World Hijab Day (Nazma Khan)" by Rad Talks, Standard YouTube license
Source: "Muslim Women in New York Celebrate the Hijab" by Women's eNews, Standard YouTube license

Feminist Interpretations of the Hijab

"Professor Kumar argues that "Imperialist Feminism" (a rhetoric based on the appropriation of women's rights to justify empire) benefits neither women in the East nor women in Imperial centers. She analyzes the cultural representations of gender and sexuality in cultural products such as Orientalist paintings, early Hollywood films, and contemporary TV shows in order to deconstruct Imperialist Feminism." (description from YouTube channel)