{"id":8176,"date":"2011-05-13T00:00:43","date_gmt":"2011-05-13T07:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/muslimahmediawatch.org\/?p=8176"},"modified":"2011-05-13T00:00:43","modified_gmt":"2011-05-13T07:00:43","slug":"friday-links-may-13-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/2011\/05\/friday-links-may-13-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Links | May 13, 2011"},"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><span style=\"color: #666666;font-size: xx-small\"> <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/news.asp?idnews=55522\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Female Somali entrepreneurs carve a niche<\/a> in Boston.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bernama.com.my\/bernama\/v5\/newsindex.php?id=585808\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">On divorce in Malaysia<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Jay <a href=\"http:\/\/live.drjays.com\/index.php\/2011\/05\/11\/middle-east-designers-embrace-the-abaya\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">profiles Hind and Reem Beljafla\u2019s clothing line<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Florida Times-Union writes a <a href=\"http:\/\/jacksonville.com\/news\/health-and-fitness\/2011-05-11\/story\/your-moves-enjoying-freedom-exercise\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">patronizing article about women of faith who exercise<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Shanaaz Copeland wants her  Aussie Rules hijabs <a href=\"http:\/\/northcote-leader.whereilive.com.au\/lifestyle\/story\/team-hijabs-rule-for-footy-fans\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">sold as official AFL merchandise, which could become a possibility<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Girls <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bangkokpost.com\/opinion\/opinion\/236562\/freedom-of-choice-in-our-schools\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">fight for the right to wear headscarves in one Bangkok school<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bangkokpost.com\/news\/local\/236191\/protesters-demand-end-to-hijab-ban\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">More from the Bangkok Post<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/news\/home-news\/muslim-women-take-on-environmental-challenge-1.1100420\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Women of Scotland\u2019s Blackhall Mosque work in conjunction with the National Trust for Scotland <\/a>to maintain public scenery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/pw\/by-topic\/authors\/interviews\/article\/47130-speaking-for-herself-pw-talks-to-maria-ebrahimji.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Publisher\u2019s Weekly talks to Maria Ebrahimji<\/a>, one of the editors of of <em>I Speak for Myself. <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Hundreds of Muslim women from across the country visited the Bradford  district for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk\/news\/local\/localbrad\/9015216.Muslim_women_gather_to_be_given_a_voice\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the Daughters of Eve conference, aimed at helping  them find a greater voice in their communities<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Atlantic<\/em> profiles Egyptian art students, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/international\/archive\/2011\/05\/the-art-of-a-revolution\/238049\/#slide1\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">many of them female, who are creating post-revolution art<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The <em>Los Angeles Times<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/local\/la-me-muslim-women-20110508,0,6757092.story\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"> covers the American Muslim Women\u2019s Empowerment Conference<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/2011-05-08\/badminton\/29522528_1_paisan-rangsikitpho-bwf-rule-change\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Malaysia\u2019s conservative Islamic party has urged badminton players to  boycott top tournaments<\/a> after the sport\u2019s Kuala Lumpur-based world body  said it would compel female players to wear skirts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twocircles.net\/2011may08\/muslim_women_call_codification_personal_laws.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">India\u2019s Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan has  called for the codification of personal laws<\/a>, which they believe will benefit the country\u2019s Muslim women.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejakartaglobe.com\/fashion\/modern-hijabs-turn-heads\/440464\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>The Jakarta Post <\/em>does a piece on hijab as fashion<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Last week, several dozen religious activists rallied outside Azerbaijan\u2019s Education Ministry today to<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2011-05-06\/azeri-activists-protest-against-school-ban-on-islamic-headscarf.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"> protest against a ban on headscarves in schools.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Salt Lake Tribune<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/sltrib\/lifestyle\/51744178-80\/says-miriam-muslim-mothers.html.csp\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"> <\/a><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/sltrib\/lifestyle\/51744178-80\/says-miriam-muslim-mothers.html.csp\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">profiles some of Utah\u2019s Muslim moms<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>On the <a href=\"http:\/\/mobile.strategy-business.com\/article\/11209\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">future of female leaders in the Middle East<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Guardian<\/em> reports that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2011\/may\/10\/morocco-women-inheritance-campaign-mandraud\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">women in Morocco are losing ground to tradition, prejudice, and male greed<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Vogue <\/em>finally wised up and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.doublex.com\/blog\/xxfactor\/vogue-now-embarrassed-its-asma-al-assad-profile\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">removed its profile of Asma Al-Assad from its website<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/newsfeed.time.com\/2011\/05\/10\/a-gay-girl-in-damascus-lesbian-blogger-becomes-syrian-hero\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>Time <\/em>magazine highlights the blogging of \u201ca gay girl in Damascus.<\/a>\u201c<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>If you see any news about Muslim women from this week that we\u2019ve missed, feel free to leave links in the comments!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Female Somali entrepreneurs carve a niche in Boston. On divorce in Malaysia. Dr. Jay profiles Hind and Reem Beljafla\u2019s clothing line. The Florida Times-Union writes a patronizing article about women of faith who exercise. Shanaaz Copeland wants her Aussie Rules hijabs sold as official AFL merchandise, which could become a possibility. Girls fight for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":154,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[928,2665],"class_list":["post-8176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-muslim-women","tag-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Friday Links | May 13, 2011<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Female Somali entrepreneurs carve a niche in Boston. On divorce in Malaysia. 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