{"id":510,"date":"2013-07-24T07:17:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-24T07:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2013\/07\/kick-ass-women-of-the-muslim-world.html"},"modified":"2014-06-01T09:57:48","modified_gmt":"2014-06-01T14:57:48","slug":"kick-ass-women-of-the-muslim-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2013\/07\/kick-ass-women-of-the-muslim-world.html","title":{"rendered":"Kick-Ass Women Of The Muslim World"},"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><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L88YCw0bCyk\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"460\" height=\"257\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/07\/20\/kick-ass-women-of-the-muslim-world_n_3624299.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Huffington Post<\/a>\u00a0has a great story about 10 Muslim women who are challenging religious and cultural norms in the Middle East. The series includes a short video clip for most featuring each woman and a short paragraph biography. The series includes the following women:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/L88YCw0bCyk\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Haifaa al-Mansour:<\/a><\/strong> \u00a0Saudia Arabian filmmaker, whose film Wadja,challenged norms about men and \u00a0women working together.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/04\/11\/world\/middleeast\/sisters-in-arms-join-the-fighting-in-syria.html?pagewanted=all\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>Syria female fighters<\/strong>:<\/a> \u00a0GlobalPost profiles one small female Islamic unit in Aleppo.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/huff-wires\/20130521\/as-nepal-saudi-arabia-everest\/?utm_hp_ref=world&amp;ir=world\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Raha Moharrak<\/a>:<\/strong> \u00a0She is first Saudi woman to climb Mt. Everest.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/agi.ac.za\/news\/dana-bakdounis-and-uprising-women-arab-world\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Dana Bakdounis<\/a><\/strong>: Saudi woman who challenged the veil by posting her picture on Facebook without a veil.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/z2rL6NDoyKg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Riham Said<\/a>:<\/strong> Egyptian journalist who did not wear her veil on TV when interviewing a male guest.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/VZmdhwd3axw\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Egyptian women<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/VZmdhwd3axw\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">:<\/a> Egyptian women band together to fight sexual harassment.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/04\/07\/amina-tyler-topless-tunisian-protester-fears-for-life_n_3033352.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Amina Tyler:<\/a><\/strong> \u00a0Tunisian women who challenged sexual norms by posting a topless picture of herself online.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/x37_LextzQA\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00a0Parkour practitioners:<\/a><\/strong> Iranian girls practice movement based on military obstacles<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/PvWRPAUeUzQ\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>Tawakkol Karman<\/strong>:<\/a> called the \u201cIron Woman,\u201d she was the public face of the Yemen Arab Spring uprising.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/AjoG2ozdlS0\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00a0Humaira Bachal:<\/a><\/strong> She fights for the right for girls to get an education, much like Malala, Yousafazai.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>In religion class, students might compare the way women in other religions are breaking gender barriers.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Huffington Post\u00a0has a great story about 10 Muslim women who are challenging religious and cultural norms in the Middle East. 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