Friday Links — November 27, 2009

• ABC’s Lama Hasan reports on her abaya issues from Hajj. Couldn’t think of anything more pressing related to women’s issues and Hajj? Huh.

• SAAYA hosts a program to educate Muslim women in Tamil Nadu about government welfare programs.

• Hijabtrendz reflects on her experience of reporting the news in a headscarf.

• A woman in Syria breaks gender barriers by owning a car wash.

• Muslim women at Scotland’s biggest mosque are pushing for the right to have their opinions included in the community’s discourse. Via Islam in Europe.

• The Peninsula reports that socio-cultural barriers impede women’s progress.

• Naledi Pandor felt the recent education summit in Qatar reflected the achievements of men only and ignored Africa’s education issues.

• A Muslim doctor interviewing for a job at a suburban Dallas medical clinic says officials there told her she couldn’t wear her headscarf in the workplace.

• Global Comment highlights Sheema Kermani and her part in Pakistani feminism.

• ExxonMobile Qatar Inc. supports women’s education initiatives.

• The Deseret News reports on newly graduated female police officers in Iraqi police forces.

• Hijab Style interviews designer Irna Mutiara.

• Haaretz asks why fewer Arab women work in the Israeli job market than the Saudi Arabian one.

• Saudi Arabian contestant Muwadda Nour wins Miss Arab World, but receives catty press.

• 70% of Muslims in France think polygyny should be banned in the country.

• Greater equality for India’s Muslims can mean greater equality for Muslim women in India.

• Saudi Jeans gives Dr. Fawzia Al-Bakr’s perspective on how things are for women in Saudi Arabia.

• The Washington Post profiles an American Muslim woman’s journey to marriage.

• On Fashion Week in Pakistan.

• After Lubna Al-Hussein escaped Sudan, a slew of articles have popped up about her.

• The new “burqa shades” are catching everyone’s attention.

• ReliefWeb writes about domestic abuse in Tajikistan.

• GOATMILK brings the “mystery of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui” to light.

• Hijab Style interviews the designer behind Farashati clothing in the U.A.E.

• BlogHer tries to find the lost girls of Sudan.

• Where are all the female Kuwaiti judges?

• French rapper Diam’s is still performing after her conversion.

• A consulting group believes that Islamic banks should target female consumers more.

• The wife of Malaysia’s Prime Minister, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, works on improving things for women and children in the country.

• The mixed-gender university in Saudi Arabia has riled up some of the country’s clerics. Surprise!

• The Daily Star criticizes Lebanon’s domestic violence laws.

• The ruler of the Ajman, U.A.E., stresses the importance of women in national arenas.

• Al Jazeera profiles the pilgrimage of a Kenyan Muslim woman.

• The Jakarta Post reports that Indonesian civil service laws currently discriminate against women who wear headscarves.

• The Christian Science Monitor highlights a Barbie collection that includes burqas and gets everyone’s underwear in a twist. Do. Not. Read. The. Comments.

• Know an influential European Muslim woman? Nominate her for the European Muslim Women of Influence List 2010!

• Muslim women seek an even playing field in football.

• Girls’ schools in Afghanistan attempt to survive amid attacks from the Taliban.

• The Guardian highlights how women’s rights have deteriorated  in Kyrgyzstan after the Soviet Union fell.

• Natasha Fatah writes about double standards in mosques that span the globe.

• The Huffington Post highlights why the recent attack on a woman wearing a headscarf is a hate crime.

• IslamOnline reviews The Hijabi Monologues. So does The Daily Vanguard.

• The National reports that Kuwait won’t force its female MPs to wear headscarves.

• Malalai Joy speaks with GRITtv and The Star about Afghanistan’s occupation.

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