{"id":130,"date":"2008-02-01T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-01T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/muslimahmediawatch.wordpress.com\/2008\/02\/01\/friday-links-february-1-2008\/"},"modified":"2011-12-08T23:35:15","modified_gmt":"2011-12-09T03:35:15","slug":"friday-links-february-1-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/2008\/02\/friday-links-february-1-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Links &#8212; February 1, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><ul style=\"font-family:georgia\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size:100%\">Iran<\/span><span style=\"font-size:100%\">\u2019s leading women\u2019s magazine, <i>Zanan<\/i>, has been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adnkronos.com\/AKI\/English\/CultureAndMedia\/?id=1.0.1819565032\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">forced to close<\/a> after 16 years. Damn. <i>Zanan<\/i> staunchly promoted feminist ideas using oblique language to fly under the censors\u2019 radar, and editor Shahla Sherkat has endured years of harassment by government censorship agencies.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:100%\">Meet <a href=\"http:\/\/news.ninemsn.com.au\/article.aspx?id=372560\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Rabiah Hutchinson<\/a>, named \u201cAustralia\u2019s most watched woman\u201d because the Australian government accuses of her links to terrorism. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:100%\">Lebanese-American author <a href=\"http:\/\/media.www.gwhatchet.com\/media\/storage\/paper332\/news\/2008\/01\/28\/News\/Author.Chides.Arab.Men-3171314.shtml\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Deborah Kanafani<\/a> talks about her book <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:100%\">Calgary, Canada has a <a href=\"http:\/\/calsun.canoe.ca\/News\/Alberta\/2008\/01\/27\/4796115-sun.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Muslim women\u2019s convention<\/a>! <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:100%\">Malaysia\u2019s Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bernama.com.my\/bernama\/v3\/news.php?d=310610\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">doesn\u2019t dig a welfare state<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:100%\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nypost.com\/seven\/01272008\/news\/regionalnews\/imam_e_date_from_hell_682909.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">One reason<\/a> not to try online Muslim dating sites. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:100%\">Nazia Tabassum <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twocircles.net\/2008jan26\/nazia_fights_and_wins_battle_muslim_women_rights.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">changes 50 years of sexist tradition<\/a> by becoming a member of Anjman Islamia, an Indian organization of Muslims of Ranchi in Jharkhand that runs a number of educational institutions and a hospital. Barikallah!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:100%\">Iran thinks about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adnkronos.com\/AKI\/English\/CultureAndMedia\/?id=1.0.1810317115\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">producing different textbooks<\/a> for different genders. WHAT?<br><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:100%\">Tamil writer Salma brings up women\u2019s issues <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hindu.com\/mag\/2008\/01\/27\/stories\/2008012750130500.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">through her poetry<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:100%\">A conservative Brussels news site looks at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brusselsjournal.com\/node\/2901\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Fadela Amara<\/a>, one of two Muslim women in French president Sarkozy\u2019s cabinet.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:100%\">altmuslim\u2019s Rafia Zakaria <a href=\"http:\/\/www.altmuslim.com\/a\/a\/a\/2659\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">compares the political careers<\/a> of Hillary Clinton and Benazir Bhutto.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size:100%\"><i>Arab News\u2019 <\/i><\/span><span><span style=\"font-family:georgia\">Arjuwan Lakkdawala looks at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/?page=1&amp;section=0&amp;article=106197&amp;d=29&amp;m=1&amp;y=2008&amp;pix=kingdom.jpg&amp;category=Kingdom\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">difficulty<\/a> that single Saudi mothers have raising their children<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:100%\">AKI speaks with Saudi author <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adnkronos.com\/AKI\/English\/CultureAndMedia\/?id=1.0.1802166878\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Rajaa AlSanea<\/a> about women\u2019s lives in her country. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:100%\">Swedish Muslim women who <a href=\"http:\/\/ap.google.com\/article\/ALeqM5jjjDX8RLVKI65a9cIaRBIa_1i30wD8UFL4B80\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">refused to change their clothes<\/a> at a public pool are awarded damages.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:100%\">In Kandahar, Afghan women protest against the kidnapping of a U.S. aid worker. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:100%\">Egyptian police held Al Jazeera documentary producer Howayda Taha for 15 hours on the count of filming without a license and then released her. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:100%\"><i>MidEastYouth <\/i>looks at new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mideastyouth.com\/2008\/01\/29\/first-public-saudi-female-soccer-match\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">developments <\/a>for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mideastyouth.com\/2008\/01\/29\/a-saudi-women-rights-group\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">women <\/a>in Saudi Arabia. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:100%\">The <i>New York Times<\/i> looks at how Turkey is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/01\/30\/world\/europe\/30turkey.html?ex=1359435600&amp;en=66164005b32739da&amp;ei=5124&amp;partner=permalink&amp;exprod=permalink\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">coming into itself<\/a> by lifting the ban on headscarves. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:100%\">Legendary Lebanese singer Fairouz <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alarabiya.net\/articles\/2008\/01\/29\/44876.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">performs in Syria<\/a> despite criticism. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:georgia;font-size:100%\">A British Muslim woman dies under <a href=\"http:\/\/news.scotsman.com\/scotland\/Riddle-of-why-this-Scots.3734514.jp\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">muddled circumstances<\/a> while visiting <\/span><span style=\"font-size:100%\">Pakistan<\/span><span><span style=\"font-family:georgia\">. May Allah grant her peace.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:100%\">Britain\u2019s prime minister <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.irna.ir\/en\/news\/view\/menu-239\/0801310143181311.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">formally launches<\/a> the National Muslim Women\u2019s Advisory Group that was set up last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Two women <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/?page=4&amp;section=0&amp;article=106383&amp;d=2&amp;m=2&amp;y=2008\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">kill 72 people<\/a> when they blow themselves up in Baghdad. May Allah grant peace to those who they killed and the families that have lost their loved ones. <span style=\"font-size:100%\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran\u2019s leading women\u2019s magazine, Zanan, has been forced to close after 16 years. Damn. Zanan staunchly promoted feminist ideas using oblique language to fly under the censors\u2019 radar, and editor Shahla Sherkat has endured years of harassment by government censorship agencies. 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