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Friday Links — January 11, 2008


Posted by fatemeh on 11 Jan 2008 / 0 Comment
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  • India’s first all-Muslim woman panchayat (or council) works to improve their village’s access to drinking water. (pictured below)

  • Britain invests in educating Muslim women through management courses and programs that encourage educational and career opportunities, in an attempt to fight isolation and fanaticism in British Muslim communities.

  • Muslim and Jewish women can now get halal/kosher prenatal vitamins in Canada.

  • Comment is Free’s Khaled Diab examines why virginity and chastity take a harder toll on women in Egyptian society.

  • Azerbaijan will ban the headscarf in educational centers such as universities and schools.

  • A survey found that Americans have really interesting ideas on women who wear headscarves.

  • Comment is Free’s Soumaya Ghannoushi argues that the political left can only help Muslim women and others by letting those who they help define their own priorities.
  • A new site in Arabic and English works to promote dialogue about women’s issues.

  • A new mother in Saudi Arabia leaves the hospital without her newborn after the infant went missing from the hospital’s nursery.

  • The Associated Press looks at the rising number of female suicide bombers in Iraq.

  • Dr. Rana Sobh launches a behavioral study that hopes to present a more accurate, human face for Arab Muslim women.

  • A Muslim woman gets sick of her husband and so flushes him down the toilet. (sigh) At least nobody blamed Islam.

  • Arabisto.com’s Ather Zia examines the coverage surrounding Bhutto’s death and it (and Bhutto) breaks down stereotypes.

  • The Global Politician interviews Gina Khan here and here.

  • Macedonia will allow Muslim women to wear headscarves in their official documents.


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