Muslimah Media Watch
- Nesrine Malik weighs in on the Saudi guardianship campaign.
- More thoughts on the German media fallout after Marwa el Sherbini’s death.
- NPR looks at the outcome of a U.S. military strategy employing women in Afghanistan.
- South African women join together to support hijab.
- A Muslim woman loses her life over tensions in Gujarat, India. May Allah give her peace.
- White, non-Muslim women start fighting over the veil. (eyeroll) More here and here.
- Double X interviews Haleh Esfandiari about her time in an Iranian prison.
- Elan reviews the movie Amreeka.
- Lubna Hussein is fined for her trousers instead of lashed, and has been jailed for her refusal to pay the fine. She has since been released. More here.
- IslamOnline highlights the establishment of the Muslim Women’s Organization in Malawi.
- The Michigan woman is suing a local judge after he ordered her to remove her hijab is getting some backup from a local lawyer.
- Discrimination in the workplace is still a fact of life for women in Turkey who wear headscarves.
- IslamOnline profiles the enterprising Indian woman who is looking to help start New Delhi’s first women-only taxi service.
- TwoCircles profiles the lady of “Women’s Jamaat.”
- More blowback for Judy Bachrach.
- The Democrat and Chronicle profiles Dr. Sarwat Malik’s work with Muslim Women’s Fund.
- Marie Claire reviews G. Willow Wilson’s new graphic novel, Air.
- Hoda Osman believes that misinterpretation of the Qur’an is holding Muslim women back.
- Merajur Rahman Baruah wins an award for his documentary about Tamil Nadu Muslim women.
- The New York Times looks at hijab fitness. More from Islam Online.
- The head of French Muslim feminist group Ni Putes, Ni Soumises pleas for a burqa ban in France.
- Euro Islam highlights Mahinur Ozdemir’s election as the youngest and first Muslim member of a regional parliament in Belgium.
- Nuseiba contemplates Princess Hijab’s work.
- Margari Aziza writes about the “practical spirituality” of Muslim women.
- Marie Claire highlights women pushing forward in Afghanistan.
- School headscarf bans in Belgium may be rescinded at some schools. Meanwhile, protests against the bans are still happening, despite the mayor of Antwerp banning them.
- Several women were held captive in Turkey when they answered a call to be reality show contestants. Via Jezebel.
- A 16-year-old girl suffered a beating and racial slurs in Ann Arbor, Michigan. May Allah give her justice.
- Times of India profiles Pakistan’s first all-female rock band. Via Jezebel.
- The BBC looks at South African Muslim women’s issues.
- A makeup artist has developed a line of pig-free cosmetics.
- The Austin American-Statesman interviews Shaila Abdullah about her book Saffron Dreams.
- The Dawn profiles a woman whose husband has been in Guantanamo Bay for the last seven years.
- Global Voices highlights The Blank Noise Project, which aims to confront and change perceptions of street harassment and “eve teasing” in South Asia.
- Shirin Neshat makes her first film.
- Female police in Afghanistan battle Taliban forces.
- Morocco has tortured a female Sahrawi human rights activist. May Allah give her justice.
- How an American Muslim mother explains the 9/11 attacks to her children.
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