Here are some links for 09/13/2007:
- Barbie or Fulla? I’d prefer neither. The Brunei Times has a great piece on how Fulla can be just as harmful to young girls’ ideas about women as Barbie.
- Muslim women work out, too! But I’m confused; if they’re all in a women-only studio with floor-length drapes shielding them from outsiders…why are they still wearing headscarves?
- “Birminghamabad” in Britain offers British Muslim women different role models: among them a politician and a pop singer.
- Safif Mahmoud Osman, a Sudanese human rights lawyer, is nominated for the Andrei Sakharov prize for Freedom of Thought. Barikallah!
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Oh, I saw the exercise article in my local paper a few days ago! Here’s the version I saw. (It’s a little longer.)http://www.insidebayarea.com/search/ci_6850934I liked the Birmingham article.
Also: I was interested in reading the Fulla/Barbie story, but the link led to a page with the error message “No valid page.” The same happened when I googled it.
Yeah, sorry. I went to the page and it said it wasn’t valid, either. I guess with certain news outlets you need to read them quickly!
I know that fitness article can’t be the whole story, but that’s just silly. I used to belong to a Curves gym in Brooklyn and there was at least one Muslim woman who worked out there in a regular Tshirt and stretch-pants and then put her loose top and scarf back on. I’d have thought any women-only gym would be okay…?