{"id":5117,"date":"2009-11-20T00:00:12","date_gmt":"2009-11-20T08:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/muslimahmediawatch.org\/?p=5117"},"modified":"2009-11-20T00:00:12","modified_gmt":"2009-11-20T08:00:12","slug":"friday-links-november-20-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/2009\/11\/friday-links-november-20-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Links &#8212; November 20, 2009"},"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>\n<li>Lebanon has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iloubnan.info\/politics\/actualite\/id\/40068\/lebanon\/Lebanese-women-cabinet-ministers-%27crack%27-male-politisphere\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">appointed Raya Haffar Hussein as the country\u2019s finance minister<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Women\u2019s eNews covers the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.womensenews.org\/story\/traditions\/091113\/politics-burka-and-niqab-heat-in-canada\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">politics surrounding the burqa and niqab in Canada<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arabtimesonline.com\/kuwaitnews\/pagesdetails.asp?nid=39296&amp;ccid=9\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Clandestine same-sex marriages are organized<\/a> in Kuwait.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Turkish and Kurdish mothers <a href=\"http:\/\/thewip.net\/contributors\/2009\/11\/the_democratic_evolution_of_th.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">join together for peace<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Faster Times <\/em>i<a href=\"http:\/\/thefastertimes.com\/Palestine\/2009\/11\/14\/%E2%80%9Cwrite-and-leave-behind-your-own-truth%E2%80%9D-an-interview-with-palestinian-author-ghada-karmi\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">nterviews Ghada Karmi<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Philly.com <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/entertainment\/20091116_Ellen_Gray___Glass___Troubled_girls__lives_in_plain_view.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">reviews <\/a><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/entertainment\/20091116_Ellen_Gray___Glass___Troubled_girls__lives_in_plain_view.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Glass House<\/a>. <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Aden, Yemen, will host a<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sabanews.net\/en\/news198406.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"> conference on science and women<\/a> next month.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The British Council has partnered with the Qatari Businesswomen Forum to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepeninsulaqatar.com\/Display_news.asp?section=Business_News&amp;subsection=Local+Business&amp;month=November2009&amp;file=Business_News20091116101138.xml\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">continue the Springboard program<\/a>, which organizes training and workshops for Qatari businesswomen. The program is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yobserver.com\/local-news\/10017602.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">also finding success with Yemeni women<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Iranian First Lady Azam Farahi <a href=\"http:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/detail.aspx?id=111397&amp;sectionid=351020101\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">speaks out for the women of Palestine<\/a>.<br>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The <em>New York Times <\/em>reports on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/11\/15\/world\/asia\/15mazar.html?_r=1\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Afghan mullah\u2019s education on birth control<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A 20-year-old woman was <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/africa\/8366197.stm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">stoned to death in Somalia<\/a> because she was accused of committing adultery. May Allah give her peace and justice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Muslim Reverie speaks frankly about <a href=\"http:\/\/muslimreverie.wordpress.com\/2009\/10\/31\/its-time-to-end-gender-segregation-in-mosques\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">ending gender segragation in mosques<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Jezebel gives a<a href=\"http:\/\/jezebel.com\/5405657\/after-neda-now-i-have-left-iran-i-can-cry-out-to-break-the-silence\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"> rundown of <em>Frontline\u2019s<\/em>\u2018 \u201cA Death in Tehran\u201d<\/a>. Meanwhile, there is a <a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/babylonbeyond\/2009\/11\/campaign-in-iran-launched-to-make-neda-agha-soltan-time-magazine-person-of-the-year2009.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">campaign to make Neda Agha Soltan <em>Time\u2019s \u201c<\/em>Woman of the Year\u201d<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Washington Post<\/em> highlights a teenage Muslim girl in Virginia who\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/11\/13\/AR2009111301573.html?sid=ST2009111301581\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">decided to begin wearing a headscarf<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A politician in Landskrona, Sweden, has moved to <a href=\"http:\/\/islamineurope.blogspot.com\/2009\/11\/sweden-town-limits-oriental-immigrant.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IslamInEurope+(Islam+in+Europe)&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">limit \u201cimmigrant\u201d (i.e., \u201cbrown Muslim people\u201d) weddings<\/a> to one per month.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em>truthout<\/em> profiles <a href=\"http:\/\/www.truthout.org\/1104098\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Shirin Ebadi and Iranian women\u2019s struggle for democracy<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em>elan <\/em>magazine <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elanthemag.com\/index.php\/site\/featured_articles_detail\/meet_mmws_fatemeh_fakhraie-nid573258982\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">profiles Fatemeh<\/a>!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Netherlands will soon<a href=\"http:\/\/islamineurope.blogspot.com\/2009\/11\/netherlands-minimum-marriage-age-for.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"> only recognize marriages if the couple are both 18 or older<\/a>. This rule will be enforced also for recognizing foreign marriage and for all foreigners who marry in the Netherlands.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The <em>Times Record News <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesrecordnews.com\/news\/2009\/nov\/16\/defiant-trouser-lady-continues\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">reports on what Lubna al-Hussein\u2019s been up to lady<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Common Ground News<\/em> follows the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commongroundnews.org\/article.php?id=26780&amp;lan=en&amp;sid=1&amp;sp=0&amp;isNew=1\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">progress of women in the Arab world<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Aminatou Haidar, a Western Saharan activist on hunger strike, has <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/africa\/8365473.stm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">been summoned to court<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The <em>Southtown Star <\/em>reports that a woman has been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southtownstar.com\/news\/1890726,111809hatecrime.article\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">charged with a hate crime<\/a> after she pulled off Amal Abusumayah\u2019s headscarf in the wake of the Fort Hood shootings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Feminist School updates us on <a href=\"http:\/\/femschool.info\/english\/spip.php?article343\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">female activists still in custody<\/a> in Iran.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Haifa Webhe says<a href=\"http:\/\/www.themajlis.org\/2009\/11\/17\/the-haifa-wehbe-apology-tour?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheMajlis+(The+Majlis)&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"> she\u2019s sorry for her racist song lyrics<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>CNN interviews an Indonesian woman <a href=\"http:\/\/www.progressiveislam.info\/diary\/2109\/indonesian-muslim-woman-tells-cnn-her-story-of-being-made-a-sex-slave-in-saudi-arabia\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">sold into sex slavery in Saudi Arabia<\/a>. May Allah give her justice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Jakarta Post <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejakartapost.com\/news\/2009\/11\/19\/dr-amina-wadud-for-a-progressive-islam.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">profiles Dr. Amina Wadud<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Did we miss something in this week\u2019s news of Muslim women? Feel free to post news links in the comments!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lebanon has appointed Raya Haffar Hussein as the country\u2019s finance minister. Women\u2019s eNews covers the politics surrounding the burqa and niqab in Canada. Clandestine same-sex marriages are organized in Kuwait. Turkish and Kurdish mothers join together for peace. The Faster Times interviews Ghada Karmi. Philly.com reviews The Glass House. 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