Muslimah Media Watch
- A look at some of the organizations that are working to improve Muslim women’s lives.
- The Times of India profiles Daud Shabina Khanum, who came up with the idea for an all-women jamaat (court).
- A woman detonated her explosive vest in the Iraqi city of Baquba. May Allah give peace to the victims.
- Arab News looks at the need for women-only gyms in Saudi Arabia.
- A roadside bomb killed a young girl in the Pakistani city of Quetta. May Allah give her peace.
- Greek Muslims expresses frustration about non-Muslims who analyze what Muslim mena and women wear. Via Islamify.
- A young woman in Virginia has been murdered; the police have arrested a suspect. May Allah give her peace and justice.
- Islam in Europe updates us about the case of the woman who was allegedly murdered by her ex-husband and own son. May Allah grant her peace and justice.
- Olga Kokalits stole the limelight with her designs in a fashion show in the Ukraine. Via Islam in Europe.
- IslamOnline‘s Aisha El-Awady examines Arab women’s reasons for not exercising.
- The Auto Prophet ponders some of the differences between conservative Muslim dress and non-Muslim dress when the weather gets hot.
- Zainah Anwar writes a great piece on the appointment of Datuk Seri Shahrizat Jalil’s appointment as the Prime Minister of Malaysia’s Special Advisor for Muslim Women, and what this might actually mean for Muslim women.
- Sabria Jawhar discusses whether Saudi courts legitimize revenge for Arabisto.
- Jordan plans to distribute 1.5 million condoms as part of a birth control program.
- Human Rights Watch calls on Saudi Arabia to do more to prevent domestic worker abuses.
- The BBC does an interview with comedian Maysoon Zayid.
- Writeous Sister Speaks highlights the Southall Black Sisters, a “not-for-profit organization in the UK that has been providing culturally-sensitive and culturally appropriate services for women of color.” Via DeenPort.
- IslamOnline looks at wearing headscarves at school.
- Amira for MidEastYouth talks about marriage and things people should look for in prospective partners.
- Pakistan observed the death of Fatima Jinna on Tuesday.
- Anisa Abdullahi studies American’s fascination/fear of the headscarf by performing an experiment.
- A minister in Maharashtra, India, calls for separate commission and financial support for Muslim women.
- NPR airs the concerns that Iraqi women have working in places where weapons scanners essentially reveal a woman’s entire form. Fatemeh blogs about it here.
- The Vancouver Sun talks to women who wear the headscarf at work and how they feel it shapes their coworkers’ perceptions of them.
- Another story about the headscarf in Europe. (yawn)
- Women in Pakistan demand the rebuilding of a seminary that was destroyed in July 2007.
- Nzingha introduces us to Saudi weddings (and what she hates about them). Via Islamify.
- Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis points out that secularism isn’t in danger because of headscarves. Via Greek Muslims.
- The Taliban in Pakistan says it had nothing to do with the destruction of a girls’ school and that it supports girls’ education. Uh huh.
- The National Post looks at Dubai’s sex trade. Via Islamify.
- Maher Sabry’s film Toul Omry (All My Life) is called “the first gay-positive, unapologetic
feature movie in Arabic.”
- Victims (many of them Muslim women) of the Gujarat riots of 2002 still wait for justice. May Allah reward them with it.
- Beyond effed up: a girl learns that her father sold her into marriage.
- The only woman on Afghanistan’s Olympic team, Mehboba Ahdyar, has gone missing. May Allah protect her.
- The Los Angeles Times looks at Egyptian author and feminist Sahar El-Mougy.
- The United Nations says it will investigate Benazir Bhutto’s death.
- A Dutch court has ruled that relatives of the victims of the Srebrenica massacre cannot sue the United Nations for failing to protect them.
- Women in Saudi Arabia can purchase vehicles. They just can’t drive them. BBC looks at the driving divide in KSA.
- Soumaya Ghannousi examines the stupidity of the term “Islamic threat.” Oogedy boogedy! Via DeenPort.
- Somali women leaders call for women’s active involvement in politics.
- In the male-dominated worlds of rap and hip-hop, female Muslim artists face difficulty gaining respect.
- CNN speaks with Nujood Ali and examines Yemeni customs regarding young brides.
- The leader of the Central Regional Federation of Muslim Women Association of Ghana states that there is no law the in Qur’an which prevents a Muslim woman from leading her people.
- France rejected citizenship for a Muslim woman from Morocco because they say her practice of “radical” Islam is not compatible with French values.
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