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Friday Links — March 14, 2008


Posted by fatemeh on 14 Mar 2008 / 0 Comment
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  • Muslim feminist perspectives on International Women’s Day.

  • Muslim women in Hyderabad, India, earn income through group cooperatives and microfinancing.

  • Arab News looks at the difficult position of “married spinsters.”

  • Women scholars and activists in Lucknow, India, draft a female-friendly nikahnama.

  • Headscarf barrier lifted for those seeking Swiss citizenship.

  • The Mansoojat Foundation helps put on a fashion show for traditional Saudi Arabian clothing.

  • Arab News discusses the harmful implications of not allowing women to play sports.

  • Radio Farda correspondent Parnaz Azima has been convicted by an Iranian court of “spreading propaganda” and is sentenced to one year in prison.

  • U.A.E.’s Zayed University organizes a “Women as Global Leaders” conference.
  • Papiya Sultana Alam talks about training to be the first female police officer from West Bengal.

  • Inside Indonesia reviews Pieternella van Doorn-Harder’s book Women Shaping Islam: Reading the Qur’an in Indonesia.

  • A group of Arab websites campaign against the hejab.

  • A woman kills members of militants fighting against Al-Qaeda in Iraq.

  • Women for Women International reports that the situation for women in Iraq is a “national crisis.”

  • A woman is pressured by her family to be a wedding singer instead of a physician because it pays better. Priorities, people.

  • Saha profiles the Moroccan Women’s Song Project.

  • GlobalComment’s Natalia Antonova interviews Dilara Hafiz, author of The American Muslim Teenager’s Handbook.

  • A Saudi woman posts a video of herself driving on YouTube in an effort to elicit a positive response from the Saudi government. See the video here.

  • A woman gets her alimony after 20 years. Barikallah, at last!

  • A mufti in Saudi Arabia talks a university into canceling a marathon for women. Boo!

  • Imprisoned blogger Fouad al-Farhan’s daughter makes a heart-wrenching plea to see her father again.

  • The Iranian womens karate team feels prepared for this year’s Morocco International Women’s Karate Championship.

  • A young British woman who was forced into a marriage tells her story.

  • Strong opinions and pushes for women’s equality in Muslim countries.

  • Do you remember when a man was arrested after sending emails threatening to target Arab and Latino women in a shooting spree? Neither do I, because it wasn’t in the media.

  • Al-Falasteenyia writes about how International Women’s Day doesn’t solve things for women.

  • Former president Akbar Rafsanjani praises gains in women’s rights in Iran.

  • MRzine publishes a statement of solidarity with Muslim women facing war and occupation.

  • Saudi women refuse to let societal taboos hold them back.

  • Zainab al-Suwaij speaks about growing up in Iraq and co-founding the American Islamic Congress.

  • Saudi Arabia adds a female unit to the Commission for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice to patrol female-only areas.

  • A father sabotages his daughters’ chances at getting married.

  • The LA Times looks at domestic violence and threat of sex trafficking for women in Kosovo.

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