{"id":474,"date":"2008-01-18T12:02:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-18T19:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/muslimahmediawatch.wordpress.com\/2008\/01\/18\/friday-links-january-18-2008-2\/"},"modified":"2012-01-21T14:45:01","modified_gmt":"2012-01-21T18:45:01","slug":"friday-links-january-18-2008-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/2008\/01\/friday-links-january-18-2008-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Links &#8212; January 18, 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>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Iranian woman <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/01\/02\/world\/middleeast\/02designer.html?pagewanted=2&amp;_r=3&amp;ref=world\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">designs clothes<\/a> to make women feel fashionable and modest.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Yoginder Sikand looks at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indianmuslims.info\/news\/2008\/jan\/15\/reviving_tradition_muslim_women_religious_authorities.html_0\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">reviving the tradition<\/a> of madrassas for girls.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">A convenience store owner <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lancashireeveningtelegraph.co.uk\/display.var.1966074.0.shop_bans_head_scarves_and_hijabs.php\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">bans women<\/a> wearing headscarves from entering because of \u201csecurity concerns.\u201d Pfff.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Peninsula <\/span>looks at why <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepeninsulaqatar.com\/Display_news.asp?section=Local_News&amp;subsection=Qatar+News&amp;month=January2008&amp;file=Local_News2008011533949.xml\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">governmental quotas<\/a> won\u2019t help women\u2019s empowerment.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-wives14jan14,0,5224817.story?coll=la-home-center\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Los Angeles Times<\/a> <\/em>looks at women who move to Saudi Arabia to be with the men they love.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em>Burqavaganza<\/em>, a play that was banned in Pakistan, will <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thaindian.com\/newsportal\/india-news\/banned-pak-play-staged-in-delhi-re-issue_10012750.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">run in Delhi<\/a>. It showcases the burqa as a symbol of suffering faced by women in society.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepeninsulaqatar.com\/Display_news.asp?section=Local_News&amp;subsection=Qatar+News&amp;month=January2008&amp;file=Local_News2008011442635.xml\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Egyptian businesswoman Dr. Amany Asfour<\/a>: \u201cWomen cannot be ignored in the decision-making process if sustainable development is to be achieved.\u201d Couldn\u2019t have said it better myself.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Here\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asianimage.co.uk\/news\/features\/display.var.1940543.0.fashioning_a_new_style.php\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">another story<\/a> about how fashionable Muslim women are.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Arabisto.com\u2019s A. Scheherezada Jerome looks at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arabisto.com\/p_blogEntry.cfm?blogEntryID=342\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">feminism in Iraq<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em>KabobFest<\/em> highlights <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kabobfest.com\/2007\/11\/muslim-tennis-players-have-right-to.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">female Muslim tennis players<\/a>. Mashallah, ladies!<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"font-family: georgia;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The chairperson of Jeddah\u2019s Chamber of Commerce and Industry argues that Saudi women<a href=\"http:\/\/www.menafn.com\/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093181825\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"> need to participate<\/a> in the workforce in order for <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Saudi   Arabia<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> to be economically competitive.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"font-family: georgia;\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Turkey\u2019s prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan <a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/NR\/exeres\/AF64357F-1B17-41B5-A036-CF5E23252E0F.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">challenges<\/a> Turkey\u2019s ban on headscarves in universities and public offices.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>A Muslim girl is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/01\/15\/AR2008011503356.html?hpid=sec-religion\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">denied participation<\/a> in her track meet because of her custom-made hijab\u2013despite the fact that she\u2019s worn the same thing the last three years. BOOO!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"font-family: georgia;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The First Post<\/span> looks at<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefirstpost.co.uk\/index.php?storyID=9260\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"> female dervishes<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iranian woman designs clothes to make women feel fashionable and modest. Yoginder Sikand looks at reviving the tradition of madrassas for girls. A convenience store owner bans women wearing headscarves from entering because of \u201csecurity concerns.\u201d Pfff. The Peninsula looks at why governmental quotas won\u2019t help women\u2019s empowerment. 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