Muslimah Media Watch
- Sudanese women use politics to inspire fashion.
- More news about the four Iranian women’s rights activists who have been jailed. Payvand News features an article from one of the three women.
- Faisal al Yafai writes eloquently about feminism in the Muslim Middle East and Western feminists’ problem with the veil. Cycads weighs in.
- Clothing store Mango plans to open in Tehran by the end of the year. I am jealous.
- Afghan women become policewomen in Herat. Via GlobalVoices.
- Rickshaw Diaries covers Islamic Fashion Week. Via DeenPort.
- Middle East Online interviews Maheen Zia, founder of the Union for Short Filmmakers of Muslim Countries.
- Yemen Journey explains how her viewpoint on Islamic orthodoxy has changed after visiting Tarim, Yemen and whether women should visit without mahram escorts. Via DeenPort.
- Latifah Wadih of New York is missing. Via Islamify. Etidal Abdullah of Lackawanna, New York, is also missing. May Allah keep them safe. Mujahideen Ryder has a post about what you can do. Via DeenPort.
- More news on the lawyer who won a discrimination case, which we reported on last week.
- And more news on the abandonment of the Iranian polygamy bill.
- Syria has opened its first women’s shelter. Improvisations gives her two cents.
- The Saudi Gazette reports on an Egyptian female-only beach.
- A sole woman has been appointed to a previously all-male Indian waqf board.
- The burqa will be banned in Dutch schools and universities. Islam in Europe gives a historic rundown of the issue.
- The Yemen Times features an article about Muslim women in marriage…written by a Muslim man.
- More news about Muslim swimsuits!
- Nuseiba discusses the image of the veiled Muslim woman on the cover of books.
- Achelois gives her thoughts on Queen Rania as a representative of Muslim women and shares two important websites that can spread awareness of human rights abuses.
- Kyla Pasha writes about the Baluchi honor killings in Pakistan for GlobalComment.
- Improvisations reports that a Saudi women’s rights group is launching a campaign against early marriages and that a Saudi researcher is arguing that the Prophet’s wife Ayesha was actually nineteen when she was married, instead of nine.
- IslamOnline’s Amara Bamba looks at the French hejab ban on its four-year anniversary. Via TalkIslam.
- Cycads gives her thoughts on the movie Four Women — One Man.
- A look at two Iranian plays that protest polygamy. Via Azadeh Pourzand.
- The Iranian government denies allegations that it’s discriminatory to women. Ohhhhhhhkay. More here.
- This story is heart-breaking. May Allah protect these three sisters, both from their father and from a system that refuses to listen to them.
- Al Jazeera looks at a family in the middle of Ireland’s hejab ban debate. The Irish Times reports about the group lobbying for the right to wear headscarves in schools and Ali Selim gives a pretty…uh…interesting opinion on Muslim women vs. non-Muslim women.
- Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has been granted bail. More from Al Jazeera.
- MidEast Youth’s Jahanshah Rashidian outlines Iran’s gender segregation and its history.
- MuslimMatters shares an interview with Dr. Aafia Siddiqui’s sister.
- A Muslim woman claims that she has been fired from UPS because she wouldn’t “hike up her long skirt.”
- More about Egyptian women speaking out about harassment.
- Palestinian soap opera Matabb airs during Ramadan, and promises to be a thriller.
- Self-immolation is on the rise among Afghan women.
- The ruling that Dutch military forces are not liable for their failure to keep Bosnians doesn’t sit well with Bosnian mothers.
- During Ramadan, Algerian mosques become places to find a husband or wife.
- Al Jazeera shows one Iraqi refugee’s difficult journey to the U.S.
- The Guardian examines whether Iraqi female suicide bombers are villains or victims and profiles Dr. Roshanak Wardak.
- Shahed Amanullah argues that The Jewel of Medina is nothing for Muslims to fear. MuslimMatter’s AnonyMouse disagrees. Andrea Useem throws in her two cents for Slate. altmuslim’s interviews the author.
- A Muslim woman is conducting a study that needs African American Muslim women to participate. Via DeenPort.
- Ijtema profiles female calligrapher Ayten Tiryaki.
- Two women go on a drunken tirade against two Muslim women in Leeds, Britain.
- A movie about the woman who died after receiving a major beating opened at the Toronto Film Festival.
- The Philadelphia Daily News reports on the Philadelphia Police Departments’ ban on religious symbols (including the headscarf) and one female Muslim officer’s appeal.
- Local Chinese authorities have banned Muslim men from growing beards and Muslim women from wearing headscarves.
- Morocco has sent female preachers to expatriate communities in the West.
- After finishing an important exam, several girls in a Tanzanian school fainted.
- GlobalVoices examines the way Saudi women use religion to empower themselves and gain standing within the community.
- Nigerian women face societal pressure to get married.
- A Muslim filmmaker needs your help for her next project. Via DeenPort.
- Koonj writes about the single Muslim female. Via Ijtema.
- Iraq’s Minister for Women’s Affairs urges the government to rehabilitate “would-be” female suicide bombers.
- Lebanon’s Fadlallah urges women to become involved in politics.
- Irfan Yusuf writes that violence against [Muslim] women won’t stop until men speak out.
- The Nation interview’s KABOBfests’ May Alhassen.
- Achelois outlines the history of covering one’s hair for prayer.
- Sana Saeed writes about how Google ruined her life.
- Organica and Subtopian Sunni Sister write personal reflections about 9/11.
- The Washington Post has a few videos about hijab.
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