Step One – Read Amina Yaqin, “Islamic Barbie: The Politics of Gender and Performativity”

Step 2: Identify and read an additional se condary source (or sources) on a related topic that you find interesting (perhaps looking at comparable experiences of females and males from another ethnic or religious group or another nation outside the US).

Step 2: Write a 300-400 word response analyzing the reading.
Use a word processor (like MS Word) to write your response to one the following questions (please don’t all pick the first question – the discussion will be much richer if we have a variety of topics to discuss):

1.What stereotypes does Yaqin identify regarding Muslims?  Based on your research, have these stereotypes changed in recent years?

2.Why was Razanne created?  How does it compare with Barbie, for example?

3.What role does the internet play for Noorart?  Why is this significant?