Muslimah Media Watch
- Justin Podur interviews a representative from the Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan.
- Mohamed Elmasry examines the idea of liberation for Muslim women in the west.
- Kashmiri women protest against India.
- Dr. Qanta Ahmed seeks to clear up misconceptions about Muslims with her book In the Land of Invisible Women.
- Women in Egypt attempt to fight against female genital cutting with grass-roots activism.
- Holy crap! How did I forget to post this?! The Muslimahs Speak Up! Carnival has been up for a week! Get over there if you haven’t already!
- In Afghanistan, many female prisoners are serving sentences for being raped.
- Women Living Under Muslim Laws highlights the fact that many female Muslim athletes didn’t make it to the Olympics–not because they weren’t qualified, but because they weren’t allowed.
- The Christian Science Monitor examines Yemen and the issue of child marriage. Via Progressive Muslima News.
- A young Saudi woman bravely defied the driving ban to bring her injured father and brothers to a hospital. Via Jezebel.
- KABOBfest’s Maytha points out that there are Muslim women who don’t wear headscarves in the Olympics, too.
- Speaking of Olympics, Global Voices Online highlights Ruqaya Al-Ghasara.
- The Moor Next Door profiles Khatou El Boukhari’s role in her husband’s (the former president of Mauritania) downfall.
- Hamid Karzai, the president of Afghanistan, pardons three men who are convicted of rape. Via TalkIslam.
- Coverage of Sheikha Maitha from the U.A.E. in the Olympics.
- An eight-year-old girl has been married without her consent (or knowledge) to a 50-year-old man. She is filing for divorce. More from Al Arabiya. This has sparked a debate in Saudi society.
- MidEast Youth discusses female suicide bombers in Iraq and a rude welcome back to Saudi Arabia.
- On dolls in Iran. Via TalkIslam.
- Muftis and the Human Rights Campaign in Saudi Arabia both speak out against child marriages. Via PM’s World.
- Asharq Alawsat investigates Susan Tamim’s murder.
- Shirin Ebadi denies that her daughter has converted to the Ba’hai faith.
- The Economist looks at books that tell the stories of Darfur survivors.
- Muslim organizations speak out against the Sisterhood project.
- The Federation of Muslim Women Association in Nigeria calls for harsher penalties for government officials convicted of corruption.
- More on women-only beaches.
- A criticism of Shabana Azmi’s moderate Muslim agenda.
- A 15-year-old girl in Iraq is found with an explosives vest that comes with a harrowing story. More from the Guardian, and Reuters.
- A conference on the challenges that Muslim women face in order to achieve “lasting peace” occurred this week in Tehran.
- Nigeria’s first lady calls for civil society agencies to partner with government to reach millennium development goals.
- Human Rights Watch says that every week, an immigrant domestic worker dies in Lebanon. More from Al Arabiya and the LA Times.
- Sabria Jawhar examines the brain-drain of professional Saudi women.
- More Noor-mania
- A woman is attacked during a flight.
- The Egyptian film Her Man gains fame.
- Randomly Placed’s thoughts on being an educated Muslim female. Via Ijtema.
- Islam in Europe examines a Somali woman whose book is riling up her countrypeople in Norway, how boys also face honor violence in Sweden, and the fact that non-Muslim Danes are against marrying Muslims.
- Angela Wu talks about what’s legally wrong with the denial of Faiza M’s French citizenship.
- MidEast Youth interviews Pakistani journalist and activist Huma Imtiaz.
- MuslimMatters highlights a rational approach to Dr. Aafia Siddiqui’s case.
- Riazatt Butt discusses the verbal abuse her sister faces because of her face veil.
- Izzy Mo’s Blog has some words of major wisdom for raising our children.
- Nuseiba posits that oil is what’s holding Muslim women in West Asia back. Salon has a similar discussion.
- A woman wearing a face veil was told to leave an Italian museum. The head of the museum has since apologized. More from Arab News.
- Last week, we reported that Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani was banned from leaving Iran. This week, there are reports that contradict that.
- Amnesty International renews its demand that Iranian authorities end harassing and imprisoning women’s rights activists.
- Muslims in Malawi are boycotting voter registration because women with headscarves are being forced to remove them during registration.
- Muslim women in India are protesting against Personal Code rules that are biased against them.
- Women’s groups in Indonesia call for safer abortion laws to prevent maternal mortalities.
- Muslim women win the right to wear skirts in an Arizona airport.
- A man who pimped out his wife has been sentenced to jail for one year. WTF?
- A charity in the West Bank has given shelter to a mentally disabled woman after it was discovered that both she and her brother, who has similar difficulties, had been living in an unsafe cellar under their father’s house.
- A state in northern Nigeria has banned mixed-sex education for junior and senior schools.
- hegab-rehab puts together a collage of Algerian women’s dress.
- The Islamic Council of Norway says that imams should listen to gay and lesbian Muslims, and should not face persecution in the Norwegian Muslim community.
- A principal has resigned after allegations that he has become sexually involved with one of his students, claiming that he’s taken her as a second wife. Via TalkIslam.
- The Pakistani Embassy in the U.S. has voiced its concern over treatment of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui.
- Muslim and Christian women will gather in Sweden in the beginning of September for a conference organized by the Iranian Institute for Interreligious Dialogue and the World Council of Churches that aims to explore interfaith peace.
- The Ottowa Citizen takes a moralizing tone by pointing out that non-Muslims can learn “modesty” from Muslim immigrants. Good points in there about the rejection of sexualized culture, but a bit moralizing nonetheless.
- The Yemen Times covers an exhibit in Malaysia that showcases the role of women in the Muslim world.
- IslamOnline interviews Ausma Khan, editor of Muslim Girl magazine.
- A hip-hop group in Jaffa includes but Jewish and Muslim girls.
- Calgary, Alberta allows headscarves and saris in public pools.
- A Muslim American reflects on the ignorant idea that headscarf = immigrant.
- On Iranian Sara Khosh Jamal’s performance in the Olympic tae kwan do events.
- Muslim women in Britain are challenging perceptions of Islam through pub quizzes.
- Couples in Iraq marry abroad to ensure a safe and happy wedding.
- The issue of allowing or banning headscarves in Irish schools has not been given a concrete directive.
- The Pakistani Spectator interviews Margari Aziza Hill.
- A Pakistani senator defends honor killing as a “norm that should not be highlighted negatively.” (head exploding)
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