{"id":1904,"date":"2008-12-05T00:00:04","date_gmt":"2008-12-05T08:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/muslimahmediawatch.wordpress.com\/?p=1904"},"modified":"2012-01-21T13:37:46","modified_gmt":"2012-01-21T17:37:46","slug":"friday-links-december-5-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/2008\/12\/friday-links-december-5-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Links — December 5, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

The Times Online<\/em> reports on Britain\u2019s only Muslim women\u2019s cycling club<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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The Philadelphia Inquirer <\/em>profiles Pray the Devil Back to Hell<\/em>, a documentary about Muslim and Christian Liberian women joining together<\/a> to stop Liberia\u2019s civil war.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Amid backlash, Malaysian authorities back down on the yoga ban<\/a>. More analysis from The Star Online<\/a> and Sun2Surf<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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On activism against violence against women in the Muslim community in South Africa<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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The Muslim News reports on a conference addressing women in Islamic resistance<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Indian Muslims interviews Naish Hasan<\/a>, who states that Muslim women need their own leadership.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Al-Ahram Weekly<\/em> states that more and more Egyptian women are enrolling in business education courses<\/a> to help them enrich their skill sets and local communities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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The Dubai Women\u2019s Establishment held a forum in late November to encourage Emirati women to take up leadership roles<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak says he wants more women in government<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Dr. A. Rashid Yassin Ebrahim justifies polygyny<\/a> in rural areas for the Yemen Times. <\/em>Did I mention that Dr. Ebrahim is a horticulturist?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
Pakistan\u2019s Daily Times<\/em> reviews<\/a> Women in Islam and the Middle East<\/em>, edited by Ruth Roded.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
Fantasia\u2019s World condemns Egyptian housewives<\/a> for making Egypt poor. Ouch. Via Global Online Voices<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Various Kurdish rights groups demonstrated against a law in Kurdish Parliament that allows polygyny<\/a>. More on the law here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Daily Star Egypt <\/em>profiles Khaltet Fawzeya<\/em><\/a>, an Egyptian film about a serial divorcer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
Middle East Online reviews the book <\/a>The Secret Life of Syrian Lingerie<\/a>.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Two sisters were buried alive as they slept when a landslide hit their home<\/a> in Malaysia. May Allah give them peace.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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A non-governmental organization gives rural Egyptian women the tools to run for local political offices<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Turkey\u2019s Gulsum Tatar wins a gold medal<\/a> for women\u2019s boxing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Jordan gets its first all-female team of landmine clearers<\/a>. More from AFP<\/a> and IRIN<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Lobna Khairy writes about sexual harassment in Egypt for the American Chronicle<\/a>.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Kenya\u2019s Shakila Abdalla is the first woman<\/a> from a Muslim majority area in the country to run for a seat in the Kenyan parliament.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Syria Today<\/em> profiles painter Sara Shamma<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Lebanon\u2019s The Daily Star<\/em> reports more on the U.N. fund to eliminate violence against women<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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The Washington Post<\/em> relates the increase of Iraqi women driving<\/a> despite dangerous conditions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Current TV examines programs to help educate female genital cutting practitioners<\/a> in Sierra Leone that aim to wean their economic dependence on the practice. Via Jezebel<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Hundreds of Muslim women take to the streets in Nepal<\/a> to demonstrate against the treatment they receive after divorce.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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On the International Fortnight on Crime Against Women in India<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Najla Al Awadi writes about empowering women through economic development<\/a> in the U.A.E.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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IslamOnline shares the activities of a support group for HIV-positive Muslim women<\/a> in Ghana.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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The Daily Orange<\/em> examines Muslim women and headscarves on campus<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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InsideDesi\u2019s Seleena Lloyd doesn\u2019t care much for Sarah Maple<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Islam in Europe announces that a Turkish-Dutch woman has won Miss Netherlands<\/a>, Amsterdam\u2019s honor violence hotline<\/a> has received 84 calls this year, and a Dutch fashion designer and experimental artist collaborate in an attempt to depoliticize the burqa<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Al Arabiya reports on the U.N.\u2019s denunciation of Iranian crackdowns on women\u2019s rights activists<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Nuseiba\u2019s Farah B talks about culture and identity in the diaspora<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Last Week, Queen Rania of Jordan won YouTube\u2019s Visionary Award for her YouTube campaign (which we covered last year). Here is a clip of her acceptance speech. Via Jezebel<\/a>.<\/p>\n
<\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Nation<\/em> writes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/doc\/20081215\/secor\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">reviews<\/a> Pardis Mahdavi\u2019s new book, Passionate Uprisings: Iran\u2019s Sexual Revolution.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The New York Times<\/em>\u2018 Nicholas Kristoff writes about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/11\/30\/opinion\/30kristof.html?_r=2&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">terrorism of acid attacks<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>HijabTrendz interviews <a href=\"http:\/\/hijabtrendz.com\/2008\/12\/01\/exclusive-interview-kulsoom-kazmi\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">designer Kulsoom Kazmi<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Guardian <\/em>details the horrifically unabashed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2008\/nov\/30\/iraq-honor-killings-women\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">rise in honor killings in Iraq<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Iranian government plans to set up bureaus designed to <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/middle_east\/7758719.stm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">help people find marriage partners<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Queen Rania is everywhere: she\u2019s now s<a href=\"http:\/\/www.adnkronos.com\/AKI\/English\/Politics\/?id=3.0.2776877660\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pearheading a campaign against corporal punishment<\/a> in Jordanian schools.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Australian National Imams Council <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alarabiya.net\/articles\/2008\/12\/01\/61176.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">condemned a recent study<\/a> by the Islamic Women\u2019s Welfare Council of Victoria that accused Muslim clerics of sanctioning domestic violence. More about the report <a href=\"http:\/\/au.christiantoday.com\/article\/muslim-women-condemn-attitudes-of-their-religious-leaders\/4856.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A real case of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alarabiya.net\/articles\/2008\/12\/01\/61154.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">babies having babies<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Saudi businesswomen feel that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/?page=1&section=0&article=116927&d=3&m=12&y=2008&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">providing hair stylists with contracts from the Ministry of Labour<\/a> would give them more confidence in their jobs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The LA Times<\/em> profiles Egyptian poet Iman Bakry\u2019s thoughts on <a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/babylonbeyond\/2008\/12\/egypt-poet-sees.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Egypt\u2019s political future<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Guardian<\/em> publishes Malalai Joya\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardianweekly.co.uk\/?page=editorial&id=836&catID=1\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">experience in the Afghan parliament<\/a> the day she was thrown out.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Nadira Artyk describes her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iht.com\/articles\/2008\/11\/28\/opinion\/edartyk.php\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">negotiation through Muslim and Uzbek identities<\/a>. Via <a href=\"http:\/\/tabsir.net\/?p=738\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Tabsir<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>MuslimMatters reports on the <a href=\"http:\/\/muslimmatters.org\/2008\/12\/02\/mana-conference-the-healthy-marriage-community-covenant\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">MANA conference\u2019s initiative on marriage<\/a> and the excesses of \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/muslimmatters.org\/2008\/12\/02\/im-wearing-hijab-so-you-better-get-this-party-started\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">hijab parties<\/a>.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Feminist School reports on <a href=\"http:\/\/femschool.org\/english\/spip.php?article171\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">recent news of website filtering<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/femschool.org\/english\/spip.php?article172\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">executions of two women<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Iranian filmmaker Bahareh Hosseini\u2019s \u201cAfghan Girls Can Kick\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/nm\/20081128\/film_nm\/us_afghanistan_1\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">explores positive themes surrounding Afghan girls\u2019 involvement in soccer<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Iran\u2019s Atousa Pourkashiyan has been awarded the Grandmaster title at the 38th Chess Olympiad in Germany. <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>WLUML links to a report that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wluml.org\/english\/newsfulltxt.shtml?cmd%5B157%5D=x-157-563147\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">promotes women\u2019s human rights through a strategic marriage contract in Morocco<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wluml.org\/english\/newsfulltxt.shtml?cmd%5B157%5D=x-157-563148\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">grilling of a Bangladeshi university<\/a> for exonerating a professor accused of sexual harassment and the suspension of female students who complained about him.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.payvand.com\/news\/08\/nov\/1263.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Iranian women\u2019s handball team beat Uzbekistan<\/a> in the Asian Women\u2019s Handball Championships held in Bangkok.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Hijab Style profiles a <a href=\"http:\/\/hijabstyle.blogspot.com\/2008\/12\/symmetry-fashion.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">new clothing company<\/a> designed with Muslim women in mind.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Zahra Bahman writes about how <a href=\"http:\/\/www.e-ariana.com\/ariana\/eariana.nsf\/allDocs\/B3E6180FCDC4DBAB87257513005BA1AA?OpenDocument\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">traditional conservativism in Afghanistan<\/a> continues to play itself out on women. Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifeminists.net\/e107_plugins\/enews\/enews.php?item.11758.5\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">ifeminists<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Hasan Mahmud writes about modern-day Sharia\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mudugnet.com\/Women%27s%20Right%20to%20Divorce.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">misinterpretation of women\u2019s right to divorce<\/a>. Via <a href=\"http:\/\/proggiemuslima.wordpress.com\/2008\/12\/03\/islam-womens-divorce-rights\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Progressive Muslima News<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A Muslim lawyer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/3546009\/Muslim-barrister-wins-75000-over-Mother-Teresa-and-tent-head-jibes.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">wins a lawsuit<\/a> against her dickhead employer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A Jordanian man is given <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/middle_east\/7759537.stm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">seven years in prison for killing his sister<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Halima Ali writes about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/commentisfree\/belief\/2008\/dec\/01\/islam-religion\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">hajj and culture shock<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The AccoLade gets <a href=\"http:\/\/www.middle-east-online.com\/english\/?id=29058\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">coverage<\/a> in Middle East Online.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A nurse speaks about <a href=\"http:\/\/womensenews.org\/article.cfm\/dyn\/aid\/3842\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">teenagers, hymens, and virginity<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Canadian troops\u2019 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/servlet\/story\/RTGAM.20081203.wafghan03\/BNStory\/Afghanistan\/home\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">efforts to improve women\u2019s agency<\/a> in Afghanistan and Afghans\u2019 reactions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/islamineurope.blogspot.com\/2008\/12\/europe-eu-court-rules-headscarf-ban-not.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Islam in Europe<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.progressiveislam.info\/showDiary.do?diaryId=1271\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">ProgressiveIslam<\/a> look at the EU\u2019s ruling that headscarf bans are not a human rights violation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Cycads discusses the <a href=\"http:\/\/cycads.wordpress.com\/2008\/12\/04\/for-muslim-women-the-personal-is-political\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">governance of female sexuality by me<\/a>n in Malaysia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>On <a href=\"http:\/\/omg.yahoo.com\/news\/funky-islamic-fashion-struts-conservative-catwalk\/16051\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">colorful fashions on Malaysia\u2019s catwalks<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Ghada Abdel-Khader <\/em>examines <a href=\"http:\/\/weekly.ahram.org.eg\/2008\/925\/li1.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">fashion and identity<\/a> for Al-Ahram Weekly <\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Turkey jails <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/7765734.stm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Kurdish activist Leyla Zana<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Global Voices Online has <a href=\"http:\/\/globalvoicesonline.org\/2008\/12\/05\/egypt-when-virginity-is-more-important-than-murder\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">more about the murder of Heba and Nadine<\/a>, which we covered yesterday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Middle East Online reports on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.middle-east-online.com\/english\/?id=29080\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">increase of Iraqi policewomen<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.utexas.edu\/news\/2008\/12\/04\/fernea_obit\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Elizabeth Warnock Fernea<\/a>, an author, professor, and champion of women\u2019s rights in the Middle East, died this week. May Allah grant her and her family peace.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Women\u2019s eNews profiles <a href=\"http:\/\/www.womensenews.org\/article.cfm\/dyn\/aid\/3844\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Afghan journalist Farida Nekzad<\/a>. Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifeminists.net\/e107_plugins\/enews\/enews.php?item.11780.5\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">ifeminists<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Islamfemina highlights a <a href=\"http:\/\/islamfemina.wordpress.com\/2008\/12\/05\/jewish-muslim-womens-circle\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jewish-Muslim Women\u2019s Circle<\/a> in Atlanta, Georgia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Times Online reports on Britain\u2019s only Muslim women\u2019s cycling club. 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