The True Threat Brewing Inside American-Muslim Communities: Women
I agree with leading Islamophobes that TLC's new reality show "All-American Muslim" isn't entirely harmless. Set in Dearborn, Michigan, the 8-part series follows five American Muslim families as they get married, start businesses and play football.
What's so harmful about that? According to the Florida Family Association (FFA), the Muslim cast of All-American Muslim is all too American. That this show doesn't brand Muslims with the scarlet letter T for terrorist has led FFA to organize a boycott against the network for pushing propoganda and claims that Lowe's is not the only company to pull its advertisements. More than 25 companies have done so.
Read the rest at Huffington Post Women.
Thanks as usual to Gina Misiroglu of Red Room for putting me in touch with the Huffington Post people. It’s just one of the great ways she's bringing traffic to Red Room and getting attention for Red Room's authors.
Books with buzz ... Madras on Rainy Days. Born in India and raised in Minneapolis by an overprotective mother, Layla, the feisty young heroine of Samina Ali's accomplished debut is 'like a ghost caught in cultural ruins.' Returning to India for an arranged marriage, she feels alternately trapped and fascinated by her family's Muslim traditions as she struggles with everything from her chador to her handsome new husband to the lost promise of her past.
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—Vogue Magazine
About Samina
SAMINA ALI is the first Indian Muslim woman fiction writer to be published in America. A trailblazer and visionary, she has built a career as both a successful novelist and a widely popular speaker.
Her debut novel, MADRAS ON RAINY DAYS, was awarded the Prix...
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Causes Samina Ali Supports
Women for Women International
WISE: Women's Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equity...