Muslimah Media Watch
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India’s first all-Muslim woman panchayat (or council) works to improve their village’s access to drinking water. (pictured below)
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Britain invests in educating Muslim women through management courses and programs that encourage educational and career opportunities, in an attempt to fight isolation and fanaticism in British Muslim communities.
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Muslim and Jewish women can now get halal/kosher prenatal vitamins in Canada.
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Comment is Free’s Khaled Diab examines why virginity and chastity take a harder toll on women in Egyptian society.
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Azerbaijan will ban the headscarf in educational centers such as universities and schools.
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A survey found that Americans have really interesting ideas on women who wear headscarves.
- Comment is Free’s Soumaya Ghannoushi argues that the political left can only help Muslim women and others by letting those who they help define their own priorities.
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A new site in Arabic and English works to promote dialogue about women’s issues.
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A new mother in Saudi Arabia leaves the hospital without her newborn after the infant went missing from the hospital’s nursery.
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The Associated Press looks at the rising number of female suicide bombers in Iraq.
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Dr. Rana Sobh launches a behavioral study that hopes to present a more accurate, human face for Arab Muslim women.
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A Muslim woman gets sick of her husband and so flushes him down the toilet. (sigh) At least nobody blamed Islam.
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Arabisto.com’s Ather Zia examines the coverage surrounding Bhutto’s death and it (and Bhutto) breaks down stereotypes.
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Macedonia will allow Muslim women to wear headscarves in their official documents.
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