Muslimah Media Watch
- On headscarves and generation gaps in Sarajevo.
- Al-Ahram profiles Egyptian pentathlete Aya Medani.
- The Asia Times looks at prostitution in Pakistan. Via TalkIslam.
- Adam Dokurugu examines what kind of vice president Hajia Alima Mahama would be for Ghana.
- may/hem posts on female suicide bombers.
- Muslim women in Italy who face abuse find help through an abuse hotline.
- A Muslim women’s group in Napa Valley, California, spreads charity.
- Wives and children of polygamous marriages now have the right to inheritance in South Africa.
- Mona El Tahawy writes about the recent verdicts in France that concern Muslim women’s veils and hymens.
- Yemen’s self-styled “morality police” have problems with women in government. Yemeni women’s groups fight back.
- Iraq has trained several women to fight female bombers. The only problem is that they’re all Sunni; what about Shi’a women?
- Iran holds an Islamic fashion show.
- Pakistani senator Nilofar Bakhtiar plans to remain in the country, despite death threats made against her.
- Eight women and one man have been sentenced to death for adultery in Iran. Via Apostate.
- Get your surprised face on! Voice of America reports that French Muslim women are often wrongly stereotyped.
- The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Education has furnished air-conditioned buses for school girls.
- An American girl studying the Qur’an in Pakistan has an uncertain future because her visa has expired.
- More analysis on sexual harassment in Egypt.
- A Saudi man “won” a 10-year-old girl in a stupid bet with her father. WTF?!
- The BBC profiles a female glass artist who infuses her work with European and Arabic traditions. Via MasudBlog.
- Yusuf Islam knows that sexism isn’t cool. Via Islamify.
- More disgusting maid abuse in Saudi Arabia. May Allah protect these women.
- MidEast Youth examines Egyptian harassment and changes for women in Saudi Arabia.
- Palestinian Maryse Gargour’s film won several awards this year; she speaks with Menassat.
- Feminists in Iran plan a sit-in demonstration to protest against a proposed bill that would no longer require a man to ask his wife’s permission to marry more wives.
- Riyadh University announced the implementation of a six-week training program for female graduates.
- A woman is murdered; her killer fails at committing suicide after killing her. May Allah give her peace and justice.
- Islamfemina writes about female imams in China and Chinese Muslim women’s roles in the community. Via Islamify.
- Abu Sufyan writes about “free mixing” of genders for IslamOnline.
- altmuslim’s Rafia Zakaria examines the burqa and citizenship; KABOBfest’s Mohammed “Abou” Mack has a smart media analysis about the affair; the Christian Science Monitor also weighs in.
- Maryam Rajavi says that the international community must support Iran’s resistance movement.
- Women can now qualify as civil servants in Morocco. Finally! Barikallah!
- Dubai’s princess Sheikha Maitha is working on her karate; she will compete in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
- Andrea Useem writes about “emergent Islam” in the U.S. Via TalkIslam.
- Scholars in Saudi Arabia stress the need for women’s gyms.
- Al
Jazeera reports on the increase in sexual assaults in Mauritania, but convictions for rapists don’t.
- MuslimMatters examines the derogatory term “convertible hijabi.”
- Women can’t drive cars in Saudi Arabia, but they can ride horses. Here’s one woman’s story. Via TalkIslam.
- Oprah interviews Jordanian Queen Rania. Via Progressive Muslima News.
- Improvisations: Arab Woman Progressive Voice discusses a Kuwaiti study on divorce.
- Dots Under Consonsants points us to an offensively stupid women’s section in a Saudi bookstore. Via Ijtema.
- A female suicide bomber kills eight in Iraq. May Allah give the victims peace.
- Sketchy job notices in Saudi Arabia seek to trick women into “questionable” jobs.
- Iran’s Supreme Cultural Revolution Council has designated July 12 as “National Virtue Day for the Veil.”
- Islam in Europe reports on interfaith cooking and “honor”-related violence in Sweden.
- Riazat Butt examines Turkish headscarf fashion in this month’s Islamophonic.
- Two women claim that they were denied employment at a Detroit-area McDonald’s because of their headscarves.
- Nesrine Malik discusses domestic violence and “honor”-related violence, and the systems of oppression that keep women from leaving.
- AKI features a video of the One Million Signatures campaign calling for women’s equality.
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