- Al Ahram Weekly looks at the sexual assaults during Eid in Egypt. Two suspects are being tried currently.
- The BBC interviews a female suicide bombers in Gaza. Via Arabisto. The Herald writes more about the history of women in suicide bombing.
- More Indonesians against the anti-pornography bill.
- On November 24-25, the Second Ministerial Meeting on Women, organized by the Organization of the Islamic Conference will be held in Cairo.
- Women Without Borders will launch Sisters Against Violence Extremism (SAVE) to come up with community-based solutions to terrorism.
- Global Voices Online looks at the “We are all Laila” initiative among Egyptian bloggers.
- The Sugar Cubes details Domestic Violence Awareness month in Jordan. Via Global Voices Online.
- Islam in Europe looks at mediation to prevent honor killings.
- IslamOnline discusses how poverty in Egypt leads to temporary marriages between local women and Gulf men.
- A Muslim woman was brutally attacked in the women’s bathroom of an Illinois college. MuslimMatters, has more.
- Algiers won the Islamic Women’s Soccer Competition held last week in Tehran.
- Fauzia Tehseen, a female Muslim Member of Legislative Council of Maharashtra, has donated five acres of land to set up a university.
- A blast in the Upper Dir district of Pakistan killed 12 people, four of them school girls. May Allah give the victims peace.
- More threats against Shirin Ebadi.
- The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights argues against pre-marital medical testing.
- PM’s World discusses the dangers of uneducated sheikhs.
- Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani appears in the U.S. without a headscarf, and everybody overreacts. More from the Daily News and Eyes Wide Shut.
- Cycads sounds off on menstruation.
- The Taiwan News covers an Arab-American Muslim fashion designer. Via The Hijablog.
- A domestic worker in Dubai gives her side.
- A new Muslim women’s shelter opens in Baltimore, Maryland. Via A Hijabee in DC.
- The High Authority for the Fight Against Discrimination and for Equality in France rules that the burqa “violates French values and inhibits integration into French society”. Oh, the irony.
- Muslim women in Hyderabad, India, are volunteering to undergo tubal ligations.
- Hanan al-Wadee breaks down polygamy for The Yemen Times, part 1.
- I write an open letter to non-Muslim white western feminists.
- More of Suheir Hammad being awesome. Via al-falasteenyia.
- Saudi women organize a campaign against lingerie stores that haven’t replaced male staff with female staff, including a boycott.
- Global Voices Online sheds some light on a Syrian woman’s campaign to get men to “cover up and lower their gaze.”
- SchoolSaha discusses the politics of niqab and raising children in Australia. Via DeenPort.
- Saudi Aramco World explores the fascinating story of Lady Evelyn Cobbold, the first British-born Muslim women to perform pilgrimage to Mecca. Via Ijtema.
- Saudi women are dominating the scholarship candidacies for master’s and research programs abroad.
- The Pakistani embassy in the U.S. has asked the U.S. government to allow Dr. Aafia Siddiqui’s mother and sister to visit her.
- Women Without Borders surveyed male and female university students in Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates and publishes their findings on gender equity. Via WLUML.
- Aminatou Haider wins the Robert F. Kenney Human Rights Award for 2008. Barikallah!
- The Women’s Media Center alerts us to the sexual harassment that female journalists experience in Pakistan, family laws surrounding divorce in Egypt,The New York Times profile of Havva Yilmaz and other women in Turkey who are fighting for the right to wear a headscarf, and highlight the debate around featuring a woman on Turkey’s currency. IslamOnline also features a profile of Havva Yilmaz.
- The Feminist School features an interview with Mahnaz Afkami about the Family Protection Law.
- Egypt’s Daily News looks at “modern day hijabis.”
- The Globe and Mail profiles Wafa Dabbagh, a proud member of the Canadian Forces.
- For the first time in Britain, a woman will lead prayers. More from The Independent and the BBC.
- A great article on how cultural stereotypes hurt women the most.
- A man accused of coercing young girls into sexual behavior (the allegations aren’t specified) in a mosque will stand trial in November.
- Muslim women in India are warming up to tailored marriage contracts to ensure their rights.
- Saudi Arabian authorities have arrested a woman for “arranging pleasure marriages.”
- The lack of a substantial barrier between single men and families at an Eid festival in Riyadh stirred up debate.
- Abeer Mishkas tells Laila’s story in response to the idea that the male guardianship system is immune from criticism.
- A community in Uganda has come to a consensus and banned female genital cutting.
- Belgian politicians want to stop “state subsidy of virginity operations.”
- Menassat highlights Nashwa al Ruwaini, who heads her own company, runs a talk show that discusses tough topics, and is directing the Middle East International Film Festival
- Achelois highlights discussions about women and sexual terms.
- The Prince Sultan Center for Hemophilia and Cancer (PSHC) at King Fahd Medical City in Riyadh is hosting a three-day international conference on breast cancer next week.
- For the first time, Iran and the Philippines will be represented in soccer’s AFC U19 Women’s Championship 2009 Qualifiers.
- Rural women in Syria often miss out on their right to own property. Via WLUML.
- SaudiAmber profiles Sheikha Moza of Qatar.
- Nuseiba also takes issue with Mohja Kahf’s Washington Post article.
- A new Tunisian film is calling attention to inheritance rights and how they might disproportionately affect women. Via WLUML.
- The News says that the standards for looking a suitable Pakistani bride haven’t changed much in a more modern age.
- A group of Egyptian women have created their own radio station, “Banat w Bus.”
- Dr. Mohammed Baobaid has been presented with the Everyday Hero Award for his work as project coordinator of the Muslim Family Safety Project in Ontario, Canada.
- In Malaysia, Muslim women will be fined if they violate a dress code while working in any office.
- On the professional development of Dubai female film executives.
- Sana Saeed writes about sexuality and its visibility.
