Muslimah Media Watch
- Emel profiles Afghan architect and clothing designer Zoleykha Sherzad. Via HijabStyle.
- Esha Momeni discusses her work and incarceration in Iran during an interview.
- The New York Times offers a chilling portrait of one female suicide bomber-to-be named Baida in Iraq.
- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he will propose at least three female ministers in his new cabinet. Massumeh Torfeh tells The Guardian that token female ministers aren’t going to get Iran–or Iranian women–anywhere.
- The Burqa Ban discussion in Denmark continues, and a Muslim lawmaker has added his voice to those proposing the ban.
- In Kuwait, a man’s ex-wife sets fire to his wedding ceremony. Natalia Antonova gives us her perspective.
- Mona Eltahawy thinks that not discussing sex hurts women most.
- The Telegraph claims that, during Muslim-only swimming hours, women are told to wear burqinis. Uh…
- The Washington Post publishes Wajeha al-Huwaider’s point of view on Saudi women driving.
- A Tunisian woman is pregnant with twelve babies. But not really.
- The Guardian takes a look at how misyar marriage is increasing in Saudi Arabia.
- Amal outlines why this Afghan law is a bad, bad idea. Women’s eNews and Jurist weighs in, too.
- A prominent Dutch school will open a “changing room” for women who wear hijabs. Uh…don’t they have women’s bathrooms?
- On the legal and social difficulties that single mothers in Morocco face.
- Malalai Joya writes about why many Afghans have no hope for the country’s upcoming elections.
- A Kuwaiti woman has been arrested for murdering her housemaid. May Allah give the deceased woman peace and justice.
- More on Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno’s caning in Malaysia from CNN.
- Antwerp, Belgium, reports that there are over 45 polygynous marriages in the city.
- Women in Pakistan break Taliban mores, and produce and speak on Radio Khyber.
- InFocus news compares the deaths of Neda Agha Soltan and Marwa El-Sherbini. AltMuslimah discusses the danger that Germany’s courtrooms pose to Muslim women.
- Saudi women who attended the WISE conference believe that Saudi women are making more progress than you may think.
- The Examiner interviews Shyam K. Sriram, the coordinator of Muslim Men Against Domestic Violence.
- Muslim women in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, are no longer allowed to attend Friday prayers at the mosque. WTF!
- AlterNet looks at the difficulties Afghan women encounter when exercising their right to vote.
- “Feminist Hawks” and their fakey concern for Muslim women.
- Indian Muslim women want a ban on the “triple talaq” divorce method.
- The Peterborough Muslim Women’s Forum encourages British Muslim women to get more involved in their local community.
- It’s that time again: the Muslim Women Power list is launched again for 2009.
- The New York Times rolls out their special international women’s issue this Sunday.
- Neda Agha Soltan’s murderer may have been found.
- Let the reactionary burqini banning begin!
- G. Willow Wilson drops some knowledge about “choice.”
- The Wall Street Journal profiles female Muslim boxers in India.
- Egypt and Iran quibble over a Marwa el-Sherbini stamp.
- A Muslim girl converts to Christianity and runs away from home, claiming that her family will murder her if she is returned to them.
- Jezebel goes over issues surrounding women in Afghanistan.
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