Media Representations of Muslim Women Wearing the Burka

Al-Fartousi, May; Mogadime, Dolana

doi:10.1007/978-94-6091-743-1_11

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“…More importantly, the use of hijabs and burqas as cultural props in Churails holds significant implications in the Pakistani context. In a society, where the wearing of hijabs or burqas is often a hotly debated and contested issue (Noor, 2007), their portrayal in the series serves to highlight the diversity of Muslim women's experiences and challenges the monolithic portrayal of Muslim women in the media (Al-Fartousi & Mogadime, 2012;Navarro, 2010). By showcasing Muslim women who choose to wear hijabs or burqas as powerful, independent, and capable, the series challenges the dominant narrative that sees these women as passive and oppressed.…”

Section: Cultural Propsmentioning

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Hollywood comes to Pakistan: Churails’ appropriation of Hollywood detective genre

Salam-Salmaoui,

Salam

2023

ONLINE J COMMUN MEDIA TECHNOL

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This research study employs Bordwell, Thompson, and Staiger’s classical Hollywood narrative framework to investigate how the Pakistani web series Churails appropriates and redefines the conventions of the traditional Hollywood detective genre by incorporating local cultural and social contexts. The study’s findings provide significant insights into the emergence of new narratives in Pakistani media that draw inspiration from global genres while also reflecting local realities. The analysis contributes to the larger discourse on the global impact of the genre on contemporary media and has the potential to inform and influence media production and consumption practices, both in Pakistan and beyond.

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Section: Cultural Propsmentioning

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Hollywood comes to Pakistan: Churails’ appropriation of Hollywood detective genre

Salam-Salmaoui,

Salam

2023

ONLINE J COMMUN MEDIA TECHNOL

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“…Critical accounts of media representations of women wearing the niqab (Al-Fartousi and Mogadime, 2012; Hebbani and Wills, 2012; Khiabany and Williamson, 2008, 2010) stress that the narratives of the niqab/burka have undergone a transformation in the recent years; Khiabany and Williamson (2008) trace this shift to the Jack Straw controversy; they argue that his comments have provided The Sun and other tabloids ‘with a new approach to Muslim women; one which shifts the construction of Muslim women from that of “victims” to their being a central part of the Muslim “threat”’ (p. 84). They also note that in 2006 the number of articles about the niqab grew exponentially; in The Sun , it increased from 6 in 2005 to 150 in 2006 (Poole in Khiabany and Williamson, 2008).…”

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How do Muslim women who wear the niqab interact with others online? A case study of a profile on a photo-sharing website

Piela

2016

New Media & Society

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This article identifies a gap in extant literature on women who wear the niqab and their representations in 'traditional' media: there are few academic sources that draw from these women's own narratives. In order to address this gap, this article highlights niqabis' self-representations in the form of photographic self-portraits published in new media and demonstrates a variety of positive ways in which these self-portraits are received by the audiences. The article is based on a case study of a profile of a prolific author who posts and discusses her work on a popular photo-sharing website. It throws light on contextualised and relational interpretations of the niqab and its meaning and at the same time challenges a common perception that non-Muslim audiences are uniformly critical of women who wear the niqab. Data analysis of the data so far indicates that women who wear the niqab exercise their agency by making visual references to the everyday and successfully establish dialogue and intimacy with their audiences. It is suggested that new media settings are particularly important in researching 'niqab experiences', as they foster a variety of relevant data types and narratives driven by participants, rather than researchers.

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Read Her Lips: The Ban on Wearing the Niqab and Burqa at the Canadian Citizenship Ceremony 2011–2015

Alibhai

2020

Migration and Stereotypes in Performance and Culture

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Media Representations of Muslim Women Wearing the Burka

Cited by 4 publications

References 17 publications

Hollywood comes to Pakistan: Churails’ appropriation of Hollywood detective genre

Hollywood comes to Pakistan: Churails’ appropriation of Hollywood detective genre

How do Muslim women who wear the niqab interact with others online? A case study of a profile on a photo-sharing website

Read Her Lips: The Ban on Wearing the Niqab and Burqa at the Canadian Citizenship Ceremony 2011–2015

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