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Dots, dashes and hotnots
A word like hotnot says more about who utters it than about who is on the receiving end.Offensive? Maybe. Illegal? Ridiculous.
Khadija Bradlow
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Loverboy presidents are the bomb
There is something more than slightly patronising in the assumption that alternative lifestyle choices are contrary to good morals.
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The bridesmaid of Timbuktu
The griots adjusted their robes and began some leg stretches in anticipation of the tremendous leaps they would soon be performing.
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Wanted: PR for Palestine
How many more Palestinians have to die before their suffering becomes a cause célèbre?
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The Kleenex option a cardinal rule, Wilf
Hoping you’ll pardon the familiarity, taking liberties with your first name and all. But in my business, as you know, everyone is on a first name basis. You know, "Leonardo", "Angelina", "Paris". Though I haven’t yet been graced with the pleasure of having you on my couch, I feel like we really know each other. For one, we have more in common than you’d believe …
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The real black man’s new balls: egg-shaped
If there is one certainty in turbulent times in good old Mzansi, then it’s the black male’s fascination with white balls. For such an oft-studied species, one wonders why the social anthropologists don’t include this crucial racial marker in their monographs. Yet it’s been there all along — right up there with inyama (and bringing it home), writes Khadija Bradlow.
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‘Hookahs’, Hunters and holy days
‘It’s no use — the women are in eruption. And those who have until now been simmering quietly in the backseats of the sedans are now steaming furiously …" Though DH Lawrence surely wouldn’t mind adding that bit of a modern twist to his lines, the phalanx of muftis, <i>shayks</i> and religious personages of Mayfair and Fordsburg surely would.
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Out of the ‘Muslim ghetto’
Tariq Ramadan has an abundance of labels. And for the most part, he is reluctant to dismiss any of them outright. Because to the Swiss professor and self-styled Islamic reformer, they somehow always fit. In an interview with Khadija Bradlow, Ramadan stresses the need for Muslims to engage with broader society.
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The same song and (belly) dance
Does traditional marriage spell misery for Muslim women or is it a convenient fiction? Khadija Bradlow reviews two mainstream movies on the subject.
