Posted by Nabil Echchaibi on Tuesday, March 30, 2010,
Here is another way to talk about Muslims in the West in creative ways. The BBC recently aired My Name is Muhammad documentary in which it featured nine British Muslims whose name is Muhammad, including Shelina JanMohamed, a female blogger (Spirit 21). Muhammad is Britain's second most popular name after Jack, and the producers of the show wanted to defy some rampant stereotypes about Muslims. I applaud this initiative from the BBC, but It would have been more accurate to find British Muhamma... Continue reading ...
I was born and raised in Morocco. My research focuses on the intersections between Islam, Arab popular culture and the media. I'm currently an assistant professor in the School of Journalism at the University of Colorado-Boulder.
