- Nesrine Malik weighs in on the Saudi guardianship campaign.
- More thoughts on the German media fallout after Marwa el Sherbini’s death.
- NPR looks at the outcome of a U.S. military strategy employing women in Afghanistan.
- South African women join together to support hijab.
- A Muslim woman loses her life over tensions in Gujarat, India. May Allah give her peace.
- White, non-Muslim women start fighting over the veil. (eyeroll) More here and here.
- Double X interviews Haleh Esfandiari about her time in an Iranian prison.
- Elan reviews the movie Amreeka.
- Lubna Hussein is fined for her trousers instead of lashed, and has been jailed for her refusal to pay the fine. She has since been released. More here.
- IslamOnline highlights the establishment of the Muslim Women’s Organization in Malawi.
- The Michigan woman is suing a local judge after he ordered her to remove her hijab is getting some backup from a local lawyer.
- Discrimination in the workplace is still a fact of life for women in Turkey who wear headscarves.
- IslamOnline profiles the enterprising Indian woman who is looking to help start New Delhi’s first women-only taxi service.
- TwoCircles profiles the lady of “Women’s Jamaat.”
- More blowback for Judy Bachrach.
- The Democrat and Chronicle profiles Dr. Sarwat Malik’s work with Muslim Women’s Fund.
- Marie Claire reviews G. Willow Wilson’s new graphic novel, Air.
- Hoda Osman believes that misinterpretation of the Qur’an is holding Muslim women back.
- Merajur Rahman Baruah wins an award for his documentary about Tamil Nadu Muslim women.
- The New York Times looks at hijab fitness. More from Islam Online.
- The head of French Muslim feminist group Ni Putes, Ni Soumises pleas for a burqa ban in France.
- Euro Islam highlights Mahinur Ozdemir’s election as the youngest and first Muslim member of a regional parliament in Belgium.
- Nuseiba contemplates Princess Hijab’s work.
- Margari Aziza writes about the “practical spirituality” of Muslim women.
- Marie Claire highlights women pushing forward in Afghanistan.
- School headscarf bans in Belgium may be rescinded at some schools. Meanwhile, protests against the bans are still happening, despite the mayor of Antwerp banning them.
- Several women were held captive in Turkey when they answered a call to be reality show contestants. Via Jezebel.
- A 16-year-old girl suffered a beating and racial slurs in Ann Arbor, Michigan. May Allah give her justice.
- Times of India profiles Pakistan’s first all-female rock band. Via Jezebel.
- The BBC looks at South African Muslim women’s issues.
- A makeup artist has developed a line of pig-free cosmetics.
- The Austin American-Statesman interviews Shaila Abdullah about her book Saffron Dreams.
- The Dawn profiles a woman whose husband has been in Guantanamo Bay for the last seven years.
- Global Voices highlights The Blank Noise Project, which aims to confront and change perceptions of street harassment and “eve teasing” in South Asia.
- Shirin Neshat makes her first film.
- Female police in Afghanistan battle Taliban forces.
- Morocco has tortured a female Sahrawi human rights activist. May Allah give her justice.
- How an American Muslim mother explains the 9/11 attacks to her children.
My hubby is Mauritanian. I am sure he will love all the comparisons of the women of his country being comparable to livestock (in the views of the men of course, to which the author is obviously privy to). Maybe someday they will force their daughter’s to Weight Watchers when they are 13 instead, because you can’t be too thin! My understanding is the practice is on the decrease, the husband’s generation largely avoiding it whereas his Mother’s was subjected to it. From my husband’s perspective it is somewhat rooted in chilvalry – at least when his family had next to nothing to eat, he (as male) would be left to go find food (kill it and grill it) so his sister’s could eat what they had- becuase it shows you are a man and can take care of your women.
@Sobia: Yikes! You’re 100% correct–late nights make for lots of errors! :S
I’m looking over this site, and my question is this:
What is your reaction to people who feel the hijab was, while obviously a longtime part of the religious culture and tradition of muslims, born of a need by men to repress women?
keep in mind I’m not trying to make a point here, although I will say:
*I’m against legislation to outlaw wearing the hijab and such, and find it a ridiculous repression of rights.
*I think it’s far, far worse to outlaw *not* wearing it.
@ Chris:
That’s an interesting question. I’m not sure if you want the Fatemeh to reply on behalf of MMW or just those of us who are a part of the MMW community, however I will say that personally, I’m not opposed to that view and can see where it is coming from. And I don’t see anything wrong with believing that as long as it is not shoved down other people’s throats. But that’s all my personal opinion.
@Chris – I don’t quite get your question. Do you mean to say the Islamic concept of hijab was born of men’s need to oppress women? or the tradition of women covering and seclusion that was practised in pre-Islamic times and then later….?
or do you mean the current incarnation of hijab as it is in modern times and all the focus on it from Muslims?
Why is far far worse to outlaw not wearing it in your opinion? as someone who wears it, outlawing that would be just as bad for me as for someone who has to wear it…..