miriam cooke

Deploying the Muslimwoman (2008)

The roles and restrictions for Muslim women have been controversial for years and years to the point where Muslim women have been lumped into a single identity: “the Muslimwoman.” The Muslimwoman has come to represent the entire Muslim community and therefore must appear to be pure and moral, leading Muslim men to further regulate women’s […]

The Muslimwoman (2007)

In the 6 years since the events of 9/11 Muslims have become the Other and veiled Muslim women have become their visible representatives… So intertwined are gender and religion that they have become one…This essay asks how women can derive agency from an ascribed identity that posits their invisibility and silence. The Muslimwoman