Friday Links — October 31, 2008

Last updated on: January 21, 2012 at 2:11 pm By fatemeh

Roksana Bahramitash speaks on a panel about Muslim women and artwork at the University of Southern Mississippi. A lively discussion about Muslim marriage and divorce oversights in Kerala, India. MR Zine interviews Nawal El Saadawi. More on Esha Momeni’s detainment from AFP, the BBC, the LA Times, and from the president of California State University (where Momeni is a graduate student). A girl in South Africa dreams of pink headscarves and breast cancer awareness. The News gets its news wrong.... Read more

Girl Talk…

Last updated on: December 8, 2011 at 11:34 pm By Muslimah Media Watch

“Audio blogging” is the new ‘it’ thing in Egypt. Cheap and censorship-free in a country where the airwaves are controlled by the government, it’s not hard to understand its appeal. There are many new web radio stations out there, but perhaps one of the most interesting is Banat w bas, Girls Only, which began streaming their broadcasts over the internet in July 2008. I logged onto their website, and although a little busy and uses images of women that are... Read more

It’s Pink Scarf Day!

Last updated on: January 21, 2012 at 2:11 pm By fatemeh

Salam waleykum, readers! Don’t forget to wear a pink scarf today for Pink Hijab Day. You can upload pics of yourself and your pink scarf at the website, too, if you like! There’s also a list of events going on today around the world. Read more

Sugar, Spice, and Everything Nice: Muslim Women’s Discussion in Britain

Last updated on: December 8, 2011 at 11:34 pm By Muslimah Media Watch

Spiced Spare Ribs! A Woman’s Question Time was a refreshing hour-long panel/audience discussion that touched on a lot of issues affecting British Muslims, Western Muslims as well as Muslims from around the globe. The women on the panel were four extremely articulate women: Catherine Heseltine (seated on the far left), Khola Hassan (seated next to Catherine), Fatima Zohra (seated on the far right) and Humera Khan (seated next to Fatima). You can view a video of the panel here. When... Read more

Third Congress on Islamic Feminism Open Thread

Last updated on: January 21, 2012 at 2:14 pm By fatemeh

Did any one go? I wasn’t able to, and am terribly sorry that I missed it. The theme of this year’s conference was Muslim women and issues of globalization. You can see many of the speakers at the conference’s website. If you went, SHARE! If you have thoughts (relevant to the discussion), SHARE. This is MMW’s first open thread ever, so have at it. Read more

Stand Up WITH Muslim Women, Johann

Last updated on: April 15, 2012 at 10:25 pm By sobia

Muslimah Media Watch thanks Thabet for the tip. In Thursday, October 23rd’s edition of The Independent, journalist Johann Hari asked the question “Dare we stand up for Muslim women?” Hari (pictured below right), a young British journalist with left leanings and who has defended Muslims against the fear mongering of Canadian right-wing writer Mark Steyn, has presented an interesting and compelling case for the need to better the situation of Muslim women in the world. His examples are heartbreaking and... Read more

Events this week…

Last updated on: January 21, 2012 at 2:14 pm By fatemeh

Salam waleykum, readers. Here are some events you might like to know about. Wednesday, October 29, is Pink Hijab Day. Wear a pink scarf (doesn’t have to be on your head) or any item, really, to show support and awareness of breast cancer. Thursday, October 30, is a day to Document the Silence. Show your support and solidarity by wearing red to refuse silence about violence against women of color. Read more

Mixing up the message on Islamic law

Last updated on: January 21, 2012 at 2:14 pm By Krista

You know that game called “broken telephone” (it goes by other names too, I think), where one person whispers a message in someone’s ear, who whispers it to someone else, and so on, and by the time it reaches the last person, it gets a bit warped? That’s probably a pretty good analogy for what the media does on a regular basis. This week, Robert Verkaik, Law Editor for The Independent, plays telephone with the law lords of Britain. First,... Read more

Friday Links — October 24, 2008

Last updated on: January 21, 2012 at 2:15 pm By fatemeh

Last Friday, a girls’ school in northwest Pakistan was blown up. IRIN looks at the detrimental effect the Swat conflict has on girls’ education. Via WLUML. In response to the Amnesty International report on human rights in Saudi Arabia, the Riyadh-based Saudi National Human Rights Association will release its own report evaluating the country’s human rights situation. Judging from the fact that the vice president “praised the position of women in Saudi Arabia and cited education and work opportunities as... Read more

Harassment = Jail Time!

Last updated on: December 8, 2011 at 11:34 pm By Muslimah Media Watch

Egyptian women have something to celebrate: yesterday the first man in Egyptian history was sentenced to jail for sexual harassment. And not just any sentence: three years in jail with hard labor in addition to an LE 5,001 fine (approximately $1,000). An unexpected, but very welcome sentence. 27-year-old filmmaker Noha Rushdie Saleh was groped last June by 28-year-old van driver Sharif Gomaa as he drove alongside her, who grabbed her breasts so forcefully she fell. But Noha didn’t ‘let it... Read more