• An interview with Maryam Kershevarz about the film she directed, Circumstance, a fictional story about a relationship between two high school girls in Tehran.

• Farzaneh Milani reflects on driving bans and activism in Saudi Arabia. More on that here and here.

• A new film called Tales of the Waria looks at transgendered women in Indonesia.

• Lebanon’s government has a new all-male cabinet, which is totally okay with at least one MP, because “we welcome their opinions, my house is full of women, and I am very popular among the female population.”  Oh good.

• In Iraq, women from a feminist organization were attacked at a democracy demonstration.

• Tunisian activists work to make sure that women’s rights are protected in the new government.  More here.

• KABOBfest writes a great response to the “Gay Girl in Damascus” saga.

• More on the woman who has accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault.

• A look at Leila Ahmed’s latest book – what does that veil really symbolize, anyway?

• Bothaina Kamel is the first woman to run for president in Egypt.

• A participant at the Seeker’s Guidance retreat finds shaykhas hidden “right under our noses.”

• On Muslim superheroes in comic books. [Read more...]

• In case you didn’t hear, FIFA barred Iran’s women’s soccer team from the field over their headgear. Plenty has been written about why it happened, and the subject may be reopened for discussion. Maybe they can wear this?

• Some cool research focuses on Muslim women who lived through the Khmer Rouge.

• Lamia Shakkour, Syria’s ambassador to France, may or may not have resigned. We’re not sure, because the woman who resigned may be an impersonator.

• Controversy in the southern U.S. as a Georgian woman fights to wear hijab while weightlifting and a Louisiana woman fights to wear hijab in jail.

• A Muslim women’s group in Britain has launched a “Jihad against Violence” to generate greater awareness of women’s rights. You can listen to an interview with Radio Australia about the group here.

• IPS looks at how political crackdowns in Iran are spurring women to action.

• Pakistani women understand that it’s lonely at the top.

• Members of the newly formed Sisters of Deenul Islam in Sierra Leone have expressed their determination to bring to an end the discrimination faced by women wearing head scarves.

• We’re just not sure what to think about Amina Abdullah.

• Some women who think obedience to one’s husband in all things will save marriage and society got together and started a club in Indonesia.

• On the Arab Spring’s impact on women’s rights in Saudi Arabia.

• Huma Abedin has been in the media all week because her husband is sleazy and she’s pregnant.

• The Nation speaks with Wajeha al-Huwaider during a week when several Saudi women are arrested for driving.

• Azizah al-Hibri is appointed to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.

Did we forget to include any news about Muslim women this week? If so, feel free to leave links in the comments!

• Activists have demanded the authorities in Egypt prosecute anyone responsible for subjecting protesters to alleged virginity tests earlier this year.

• Al Jazeera interviews Lamees Dhaif about her career and censorship of journalists.

• On Mauritania’s young women who voluntarily resort to dangerous methods to gain weight.

• On the “colony of wives” left behind in Canada.

• A judge has given a Kenyan high school the last chance to respond to a suit by a Muslim student who is seeking court orders to force the school administrators to allow her wear a hijab.

• Militancy has closed skill development centers in Pakistan that train women in marketable skills to help them earn a living.

• On Kashmir’s “half-widows,” women whose husbands have disappeared in the conflict with India.

• A hilariously bad article on how Muslim women are “oppressed and happy.” Ugh.

• Facing mounting criticism, the Badminton World Federation announced that it was scrapping a rule that would have forced women to wear skirts or dresses in elite competition. More here.

• Three Muslim women in Dabra, India, committed suicide because they could not earn a living while their husbands are in custody.

• Deustche Welle highlights a few entrepreneurial Muslim women and their clothing companies.

• The Financial Times reviews Leila Ahmed’s new book.

• The Australian profiles a predominately-Muslim women’s football team.

• TwoCircles.net profiles Dr. Mehrunnisa, the founder President of Association of Muslim Women Associations in Ahmedabad, India.

• In Australia, Victoria’s Equal opportunity and human rights commissioner Helen Szoke has said that airing the burqa issue threatens the safety of Muslim women.

• The Oregonian profiles me!

• The Guardian highlights the work of Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain.

• Hayat Sindi is the Saudi scientist who’s changing the world.

If there’s any news about Muslim women from this week, feel free to leave links in the comments!