The XX Factor : Islam

Hillary vs. Tina: The Brawl Continues

Jessica Grose — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:18:00 GMT

Earlier this week, Tina Brown referred to Hillary Clinton as Obama's submissive "foreign policy wife" in a Daily Beast column. In that same space, she urged Hills to "take off her burqa." Though Brown scored some points in her critique of Clinton's invisibility...(read more)

Obama's Historic Speech in Cairo

Meghan O'Rourke — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:43:00 GMT

So Barack Obama's historic speech in Cairo is already getting rave review s . It was, indeed, vintage Obama (if that's not an oxymoron), using his biography as a point of entrance and connection, eschewing what he views as old, false dichotomies, and...(read more)

Cover or Die

Emily Yoffe — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:45:00 GMT

We often hear of the freedom from being judged by their sexual attractiveness experienced by Muslim women in traditional covering. Can we agree, however, that such freedom is compromised when it comes under threat of death? Here are two horrifying stories....(read more)