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Friday Links – November 16, 2007


Posted by fatemeh on 16 Nov 2007 / 0 Comment
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  • Benazir Bhutto is put under house arrest.

  • Several Muslim businesswomen head to Dubai on a ladies-only tour.

  • A shelter for women in Dubai gives shelter to women victims of domestic abuse, sex trafficking, and/or housemaid abuse.

  • A story about Nafsheen Luhar, a Californian henna artist.

  • Muslim Hedonist discusses the lack of voice that Muslim women have to discuss their experiences.

  • Everyone’s just starting to figure out that Debbie Almontaser isn’t a terrorist.

  • Offstumped raises hell over Mossamat Akhera Bibi’s cruel assault and rape by Communist cadre in West Bengal.

  • Al Jazeera English looks at Afghan students of English, many of them girls.

  • Muslim women in Malaysia dislike stewardess’ uniforms.

  • Dr. Haya al-Manie examines the predicaments of Muslim women who wish to divorce in Saudi

  • Male gynecologists in Iraq are targeted for execution just because they practice gynecology. Now, I’m not a fan of having a strange man poke around in my vagina. But if it’s between NO health care and health care provided by a licensed, professional man, then I’d choose the latter. PRIORITIES, people!

  • Just Another Angry Black Muslim Woman? discusses how African American Muslim sisters are overlooked for marriage because of bias in the community.

  • Azza Heikal from Al-Ahram examines Islamic feminism’s place within Egypt.

  • Sign a petition demanding an official statement that spitting on students in unacceptable; one of the Muslim students who was silently protesting Daniel Pipes was spit on by an employee. What the hell?!

  • Egyptian actress Yousra Waad talks about her past roles and philanthropy.

  • Some Sunni women in Lebanon convert to Shi’ism because this sect allows their daughters to become sole heiresses.

  • Women in Basra are targeted for death every two to three days for reasons that include working and not wearing headscarves.

  • Another Saudi rape victim is sentenced to lashes. Seriously. What the hell?

  • Women in Yemeni prisons are there for the wrong reasons.

  • A young girl’s hejab is ripped off at school. But on the bright side, it creates a dialogue, and the article is well-written and presents all sides about the subject of hejab!


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