Friday Links | June 17, 2011

• An interview with Maryam Kershevarz about the film she directed, Circumstance, a fictional story about a relationship between two high school girls in Tehran.

• Farzaneh Milani reflects on driving bans and activism in Saudi Arabia. More on that here and here.

• A new film called Tales of the Waria looks at transgendered women in Indonesia.

• Lebanon’s government has a new all-male cabinet, which is totally okay with at least one MP, because “we welcome their opinions, my house is full of women, and I am very popular among the female population.”  Oh good.

• In Iraq, women from a feminist organization were attacked at a democracy demonstration.

• Tunisian activists work to make sure that women’s rights are protected in the new government.  More here.

• KABOBfest writes a great response to the “Gay Girl in Damascus” saga.

• More on the woman who has accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault.

• A look at Leila Ahmed’s latest book – what does that veil really symbolize, anyway?

• Bothaina Kamel is the first woman to run for president in Egypt.

• A participant at the Seeker’s Guidance retreat finds shaykhas hidden “right under our noses.”

• On Muslim superheroes in comic books.

• The Malaysian Obedient Wives Club is starting a chapter in Singapore, too, even thoughh Malaysia’s minister for women’s affairs says the “Obedient Wives Club” is giving the Muslim nation a bad image.

• The Ottawa Citizen profiles a hairdresser who wears hijab. They’re completely shocked that she is still able to cut hair without hers showing!

• I Speak for Myself gets some press in Middle East Online.

• Lebanon’s Daily Starexamines Azizah al-Hibri’s work with human rights issues.

• Leila Aboulela discusses her new book at AltMuslimah.

• A Kenyan high school maintains that female students should not be allowed to wear headscarves.

• A rash of gang rapes in Iran cause authorities to blame the victims, of course. May Allah give these women justice.

• How mothers can stop radicalization in its tracks.

• Pheu Thai Party prime ministerial candidate Yingluck Shinawatra received a warm welcome from Muslim women when she campaigned in Thailand’s Yala province.

• WLUML looks at women in Syria and Egypt in the context of the revolutions.

• This story seems a little off in light of FIFA’s ruling on hijab. More from NPR.

• The National looks at Kulsoom Abdullah’s fight to wear hijab while competitively weight-lifting. More from the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

• Another Saudi fatwa against gender mixing.

• A great profile of Malaysian singer Yuna.

• The Star looks at what Irshad Manji’s up to now.

• A Kuwaiti MP suggests sex slavery. Yes, really. Shelina Zahra Janmohammed sounds off.

• The National looks at the “Jihad Against Violence” campaign launched in the U.K.

If we missed any news on Muslim women from this week, feel free to leave links in the comments!