- Shabana Mir discusses the lack of eligible Muslim men for Religion Dispatches. Note to self: learn how to say “confirmed bachelor(ette)” in all major languages…
- Remember that huge deal in France about the husband divorcing his wife because she wasn’t a virgin? Well, the French courts say that virginity isn’t an issue for annulment. Via Progressive Muslima News.
- Palestinian journalist Naela Khalil wins Samir Kassir press freedom award! Barikallah!
- AKI looks at some of the conditions that “breed” female and child suicide bombers.
- Australia’s Sheikh Khalil Chami thinks that polygyny should be recognized in the country.
- A city in Indonesia warns its women against wearing lipstick, high heels, or tight clothes while working. Though this isn’t a ban, it’s not much better as a “reminder.”
- India’s Sania Mirza’s at Wimbledon!
- Pakistan remembers Benazir Bhutto.
- The female student who was harassed at Zanjan University in Iran (which we linked about last week), has been arrested. This is beyond not cool.
- A policewoman in Afghanistan has been shot dead. May Allah bring her peace.
- The wife of a man who has been incarcerated under suspicion of planning a bomb attack on an airline says that she gave a fake name to police to protect her husband’s identity.
- IslamOnline looks at Okolo Rashid, the woman who helped launch the International Museum of Muslim Cultures in Mississippi, U.S.
- MidEast Youth looks at Mother’s Day in Iran, women who used to rule the Gulf, and the horrific steps backward for women that Kuwaiti parliament members are trying to enforce.
- Labyrinth Walk talks about being a disabled Muslim woman.
- In the Fray magazine interviews editor Kyla Pasha of Chay magazine. Via Bitch blogs.
- The Turkish Daily News educates us on the first women’s shelter in Turkey. Via Talk Islam.
- The New York Times looks at a fading phenomenon in Albania: gender-bending.
- Malaysia’s government begins to build a strategic plan for Muslim women.
- Jordanian princess Wijdan al-Hashemi organized an international art exhibit that features the works of 51 female Muslim artists.
- Scholars in Pakistan want to make Hazrat-e Fatima’s birthday Women’s Day in Pakistan, as it is in Iran.
- A Moroccan imam says that Moroccan women should not marry non-Muslim European men.
- Iran bans tanning salons. Now what’s a sister supposed to do to get melanoma?
- A young girl is admitted to the hospital after extensive abuse by her father. May Allah protect her and give her justice.
- A woman is harassed by a man whose marriage proposal she declined.
- Aalia rants about unwanted public attention to her private clothing choices. Via Ijtema.
- IslamOnline profiles a Danish soccer star.
- The second Eurasian Women’s Summit is underway in Astana, Kazakhstan.
- A report on premeditated rape of Muslim women in east Africa.
- A pregnant woman in Egypt jumps to her death because she cannot afford the hospital fees required to give birth. May Allah give her and her child peace.
- Corruption in Kyrgystan is infecting infants and their mothers with HIV.
- Tradicionalista discusses barriers that family codes in Arab countries create for women.
- The New Nation gives a history of patriarchy and violence against women in Bangladesh.
This is a picture of Yemeni policewomen doing an anti-drug demonstration in Sanaa. Picture from BBC.
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That tanning bed link is interesting. When I was in Iran last (about 3 years ago), I got the impression that it was more fashionable to be fair-skinned. Too much sun could “make you black” and therefore, ugly and undesireable for marriage.
Zahra–you’re right. In Iran (like in most non-”Western” countries) fairer skin is considered prettier. The tanning trend is really more related to upper-class women, a tan is a status symbol.
Re: lack of Muslim menWhy not non-Muslim men then? The Qur’an does not say that a Muslim woman cannot marry a man of the book (Christians and Jews). That Muslim women cannot marry outside of the religion is not strict Islamic law but just an interpretation.
Re: “don’t wear heels and lipstick, it’ll get you raped”. It wasn’t in Indonesia – it was Malaysia.