Muslimah Media Watch
- A Muslim woman in Surrey, U.K., was attacked by a passenger in a car, who threw an egg at her.
- The Al-Janabi matriarch faces the man in court who raped her granddaughter and killed her son’s family.
- On the role of headscarves in Indonesian elections. More from The Malaysian Insider.
- Two Swedish politicans offer up a school law that removes the right to seek exemption from sexual education and swimming classes. Via Islam in Europe.
- Jordanian social customs and norms hinder women’s development, according to the Jordan Forum for Business and Professional Women.
- A grandmother is accused of keeping her daughters-in-law as slaves for over a decade.
- Nuseiba is featured in the Maldives News, discussing the sexism (among other issues) with the show Islamic Idols.
- Police and demonstrators clashed in Kashmir on Saturday during anti-India protests fueled by accusations that security forces had raped and murdered two Muslim women. More from the BBC and Reuters.
- Al Arabiya covers the mourchidates’ visit to the U.S.
- Pictures of the Islamic Fashion Festival in Jakarta. Via Hijabtrendz.
- The SAFER blog discusses the rights of the victims of Abu Ghraib.
- Sumbul Ali-Karamli writes about sex education for GOATMILK’s “Muslims Talking Sex” series.
- Mousavi bites the hand that supports him. More here. S
- The National profiles the art group Mizmah.
- A study based on interviews with 88 women in Farchana Camp in eastern Chad found that female Darfuri refugees fear rape and resulting ostracism from their families.
- Comedian Tissa Hami gets serious about her money.
- The National interviews Shelina Zahra Janmohamed.
- A member of Uganda’s parliament introduced a bill to criminalize female genital cutting.
- The LA Times profiles a young Afghan woman who doesn’t want to marry her cousin.
- Arab women should have a larger presence in legal circles, according to the Gulf Times.
- The National highlights a beautiful project financially empowering women with special needs.
- Five percent of Sweden’s youth feel that they aren’t able to freely choose a marriage partner, which has given rise to calls for banning forced marriages. Via Islam in Europe.
- Female candidates will make up 11% of the next Egyptian parliament.
- Bahrain gets upset over the suggestion that Bahraini women could work in Kuwait as domestic workers.
- A woman shares her horrific history of familial sexual abuse. May Allah give her justice.
- Bitch magazine remembers Kamala Das.
- Eight family members have been murdered, many of them women. May Allah give the victims peace and justice.
- A mis-identified young man plans to marry a former classmate.
- The Jeddah, Saudi Arabia municipality recently set up a women’s supervision department to inspect women-run enterprises in the city.
- Natalia Antonova writes about Rana Hussein and honor killing for Feministe.
- Yasmin al-Khayam was given a coveted invite to President Obama’s speech in Cairo.
- Studies in the Netherlands show that immigrant (read: Muslim) girls are doing better in their studies than boys.
- Shaila Abdullah’s road to success with self-publishing.
- Aramco wives stress the importance of driving. A former government minister agrees.
- A Muslim teacher speaks out about the racism she’s experienced.
- Mona el Tahawy wins the Samir Kassir Award for Freedom of the Press 2009!
- Saudi leaders are pleased with female appointments to the Shura Council.
- Nuseiba writes about Barbie and Fulla.
- The age for marriage among immigrant Muslims in Denmark is increasing.
- Reactions about the paragraphs on women in President Obama’s speech from Cairo: here, here, here, and here.
- Female legislators from Pakistan visit Houston, Texas.
- Achelois writes about gendering.
- A couple starves a seven-year-old girl to death in the U.K. May Allah give her peace and justice.
- The Associated Press covers the lack of Lebanese women in the country’s elections.
- Nigerian women are stepping up in making change.
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