{"id":8671,"date":"2011-08-19T00:00:50","date_gmt":"2011-08-19T07:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/muslimahmediawatch.org\/?p=8671"},"modified":"2011-08-19T00:00:50","modified_gmt":"2011-08-19T07:00:50","slug":"friday-links-august-19-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/2011\/08\/friday-links-august-19-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Links | August 19, 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><p><strong><em>Okay, so our readers have spoken! Our original Friday link format is back! We\u2019ll do our best to keep it this way!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/news.asp?idnews=56795\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Somali women face immense battles<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/20110817-rape-another-risk-somali-drought-refugees\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">famine, political instability, and rape<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>An interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paltelegraph.com\/world\/asia-news\/9864-the-women-of-kashmiri-resistance-an-interview-with-anjum-zamrooda-habib.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Anjum Zamrooda Habib, a prominent Kashmiri resistance fighter<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Washington Post<\/em> profiles<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/middle-east\/in-egypt-ghalia-alia-mahmoud-is-a-new-kind-of-tv-chef\/2011\/08\/12\/gIQABvdqKJ_story.html?fb_ref=NetworkNews\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"> an Egyptian woman who\u2019s gaining fame<\/a> by teaching Egyptians how to prepare food they can actually afford.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A Muslim schoolgirl in Mangalore, India, <a href=\"http:\/\/iina.me\/wp_en\/?p=1004576\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">is fighting for the right to wear hijab at school<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/news.asp?idnews=56799\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">IPS looks at female Palestinian prisoners<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>In Iran, <a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/babylonbeyond\/2011\/08\/ahmadinejad-newspaper-hijab.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">hijab is used as a political pawn<\/a> (again).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The \u201cnew\u201d Iraq isn\u2019t <a href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/news.asp?idnews=56796\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">very safe for women or minority groups<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Looking at Bouthaina Kamel,<a href=\"http:\/\/thewip.net\/contributors\/2011\/08\/bothaina_kamel_revolutionary_d.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+worldpulse%2Fnews+%28World+Pulse%3A+Global+News+and+Commentary%29\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"> Egypt\u2019s first female presidential nominee<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>In Morocco, <a href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/news.asp?idnews=56800\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the Arab Spring isn\u2019t doing much for winning<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.albawaba.com\/editorchoice\/egypt-air-hostesses-fight-hijab-right-over-1000-women-applicants-air-saudia-388769\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Egyptian airline attendants fight for the right to wear hijab<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Pakistan\u2019s <em>Dawn<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dawn.com\/2011\/08\/17\/feminisation-of-faith.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">looks at the feminization of faith<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gothamist.com\/2011\/08\/17\/brooklyn_woman_fatally_shot_while_o.php\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Nazish Noorani was killed while walking with her husband and child in New Jersey<\/a>. May God give them peace and justice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nashvillescene.com\/pitw\/archives\/2011\/08\/17\/sheriffs-office-rescinds-anti-muslim-headwear-policy\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">A police station in Tennessee will no longer require the removal of religious headgear<\/a> on men or women arrested.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-2027692\/Who-wants-Muslim-Mr-Tarrant-TV-hosts-daughter-converts-Islam.html?ito=feeds-newsxml\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>The Daily Mail <\/em>says that Chris Tarrant\u2019s daughter Fia has converted to Islam<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tribune.com.pk\/story\/231397\/women-in-and-beyond-pakistan-movement\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>The Express Tribune <\/em>looks at the role of women in Pakistan\u2019s development<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Feel free to leave links <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>in the comments <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>to news about Muslim women from this week that we\u2019ve missed !<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, so our readers have spoken! Our original Friday link format is back! We\u2019ll do our best to keep it this way! Somali women face immense battles: famine, political instability, and rape. An interview with Anjum Zamrooda Habib, a prominent Kashmiri resistance fighter. The Washington Post profiles an Egyptian woman who\u2019s gaining fame by teaching [&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-8671","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 | August 19, 2011<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Okay, so our readers have spoken! Our original Friday link format is back! 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