Friday Links | July 22, 2011

• Somalia’s women’s minister, Asha Osman Aqil, has been kidnapped by Al Shabab. God keep her safe.

• Egyptian women take a stand against harassment with HarassMap.

• Emirati women will enjoy full participation in an upcoming election to be held in September; they may both vote and run in the election.

• How the Muslim community rose to Rumana Monzur’s defense after her husband attacked her.

• Pakistan appoints its first female foreign minister. More from the BBC.

• The Obedient Wives Club not doing very well in Singapore.

• A Muslim woman says she won’t fall victim to fear or hate after surviving a brutal assault.

• On feminist trends in Pakistan.

• The Star looks at the powerful women of Turkey’s Dinçer family.

• A review of the play Dirty Paki Lingerie, written and performed by Aizzah Fatima.

• Common Ground News Service looks at the gains women are making toward the right to drive in Saudi Arabia.

• VIVAnews interviews Malaysian activist Marina Mahathir.

• On wearing hijab in Kazakhstan.

• Newsweek looks at the controversy surrounding FIFA and Iran. AltMuslimah covers recent hijab-in-sports controversies.

• EgyptAir flight attendants organized a protest outside the Ministry of Civil Aviation to demand their right to wear a hijab while working.

• Iraqi security forces have been training women in an effort to enhance security amid Al Qaida strikes.

• On the tenuous safety of Somali refugees in Kenya.

• A new women’s magazine in Turkey tackles taboos.

• A woman died following clashes between riot police and anti-government protesters in Bahrain. May Allah give her peace and justice.

• Nigerian women have been charged to embrace non-interest banking in an effort to boost the nation’s economy.

• The Express Tribune profiles the Swat valley’s first female lawyer.

• A federal jury awarded $20,000 in compensatory damages to a woman who was not hired to work at a local Abercrombie Kids store because she wears a headscarf.

• A Muslim woman and her Christian husband were forced to flee their town because of threats from neighbors.

• How Palestinian women suffer more under occupation.

• New York City police are investigating whether an attack on a 56-year-old niqab-wearing woman was a hate crime. Uh…YES, IT WAS.

• The Huffington Post mourns Dekha Ibrahim Abdi.

• Get your surprised face on: women in Turkey who wear headscarves are discriminated against.

• Now Gaza is offering protected shelter to battered Palestinian women.

• Arab News reports that Egyptian women demand a greater role in government.

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

A special thanks to Anneke ban den Berg for her help with this week’s links!