Friday Links — May 28, 2010

• In Egypt, female candidates for the mid-term Shura Council elections want more support.

• Shazia Awan has been named the U.K.’s best female Asian entrepreneur.

• Saudi Arabia’s religious police have arrested 10 “emo” women for allegedly causing a disturbance in a coffee shop.

• A Nigerian blogger responds to the Yarima-polygyny debate.

• The Washington Post writes about mosque “pray-ins” against gender segregation.

• Bahraini women married to foreigners have vowed to step in during parliamentary elections to pressure the government to amend the nationality law.

• Gulistan Mahmud takes gold and silver medals in the Arab Track and Field Championships.

• Women are likely to account for more than 35 percent of the Turkish workforce within the next decade, according to the country’s labor ministry.

• The Sydney Morning Herald reviews The Stoning of Soraya M.

• Al-Ahram interviews Egyptian women’s rights activist Nehad Abul-Qomsan.

• It’s that time of year again! Iran’s religious leaders get all huffy about “bad hejab.” More from IPS and Payvand.

• More on Miss USA: The Guardian, AltMuslimah, NPR, Patheos, Houston Chronicle.

• Al Masry Al Youm interviews Egypt’s first headscarf model.

• Qantara profiles Aravane Rezai, a Muslim French tennis player.

• A woman in Saudi Arabia opened fire on morality police. At The Guardian, Nesrine Malik explains the shift in female violence against the country’s morality police.

• Tunisia’s fourth annual film festival opens with a female-centered theme this year.

• Malalai Joya is touring the U.S.

• More on the Kuwaiti woman sentenced to death.

• The American Academy of Pediatrics has reversed its decision regarding the practice of female genital cutting.

• The Sydney Morning Herald profiles designer Neda Mirzadeh.

• In Banda Aceh, a tight clothing ban has gone into effect. More from NPR and AFP.

• Women’s rights are gaining a foothold in Saudi Arabia.

• The father who raped and murdered his daughter has been charged this week. May Allah give her peace and justice.

• A Saudi man has been sentenced to jail for marrying an Egyptian minor.

• When Hadise Acikgoz sung the Turkish national anthem, she got an unexpected reaction from her countrypeople.

• On the state of Jordan’s women.

• In Australia, Muslim women will work together with authorities on a state-first government task force established to tackle abuse and cultural misconceptions.

• In the Kuwait Times, Muna Al-Fuzai argues against granting unemployed Kuwaiti women an allowance.

• A mother comes to terms with her daughter wearing the headscarf.

• The BBC looks inside Egypt’s “Divorcee Radio.”

• More than 100 women from Bermuda’s Muslim community turned out to hear international Muslim motivational speaker Ieasha Prime.

• Today’s Zaman reports on Ria Oomen-Ruijten’s statement that Turkey must change its mindset about women to catch up with its laws.

• A school in Jerusalem dismisses a teacher for wearing a headscarf.

• The Huffington Post asks whether Afghan women are being heard in the media.

• The war on Baloch women in Pakistan.

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