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Friday Links — August, 14, 2009

Last updated on: August 14, 2009 at 12:00 am by fatemeh

Muslims in England weighs in on the Burqa Ban. More from The Washington Post.

Saudi Amber comments on the significance of the four female Kuwaiti parliament members elected a few months ago.

the long slumber comments on sexual harassment in the Arab world. He also pointed us to a very interesting refutation of myths about female sexuality.

“What Middle Eastern Women Can Teach Us.” Uh…something about backhanded compliments, perhaps?

Muslim women in Ghana look to eradicate superstition.

Katha Pollitt writes about Lubna al-Hussein for The Nation.

Media campagins helped successfuly return Heba Najeeb to Egypt.

We get some attention for Krista’s piece on burqa tourism.

Singer Houria Aïchi brings traditional Berber singing into the modern age.

The man who threatened a woman with acid and blackmail because she refused to go out with him has been sentenced to two months in jail and 60 lashes.

New Zealand launches an online directory of Muslim women’s groups in the country.

A survey of Muslim women in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh reveals that many women are not okay with polygyny.

Many believe Shariah in Nigeria isn’t working out.

CNN “uncovers” hijab myths. (yawn)

A woman wearing a burqini in Paris was denied access to a local pool. She has threatened legal action. Shabana Mir delves into the issue further.

Straight-up wackiness.

Egypt has made its first arrest against female genital cutting.

A man has confessed to the 2006 rape and murder of prominent Iraqi TV reporter Atwar Bahjat. May Allah give her peace and justice.

The Dawn remembers Nazia Hassan ten years after her death.

IslamOnline looks at how U.S. Muslims are combating domestic violence.

The head of the women’s council for the Tehran Chamber of Commerce believes that there is “no fertile ground” for Iranian women to participate in economic activities.

Turkish and Moroccan girls in the Netherlands often do not seek help when they have been raped or assaulted.

More on Syria’s new penal code against honor killing.

Meanwhile, in Mali, a newly-adopted family code in Mali that changes marriage laws and expands girls’ rights is eliciting vows to block the law from Muslim leaders.

An English MP gets his underpants in a twist over a gender segregated Muslim wedding.

Bahija Bint Baha Azzi, Secretary General of the International Muslim Organization for Women and Family, believes that some customs and traditions deprive women of rights.

More analysis on hijab troubles in Europe.

Bilal Randeree writes about Women’s Day in South Africa.

The Emirates will launch a “Know Your Rights” program in October.

Nuseiba weighs in on Lubna al-Hussein and the history of women’s rights in Sudan.

Muslims in England looks at Baba Ali’s online matrimony website.

Swedish pharmacy chain Apoteket will now offer headscarves as part of company uniform.

Amal points out that there are no women in Fatah’s newly-elected central committee.

Several articles come out against new legislation in Afghanistan.

Iran denies claims that male and female detainees have been raped and tortured in prison.

Two Vietnamese refugees work to help refugee Iraqi women.

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