- Arabian Business profiles the world’s most powerful Arab women, many of whom are Muslim.
- In Nigeria, the Federation of Muslim Women’s Association in Nigeria meet with medical experts to determine how to improve adolescent health.
- A Saudi women’s conference stressed the “role of the family in reinforcing intellectual security,” whatever that is.
- The 12 members of the One Million Signatures Campaign who were arrested in January have been transferred to Evin prison.
- Yemeni artist Hoyda al Kibsi speaks about her artwork and challenges she faces in Yemen.
- IslamAmerica gives a shout-out to AltMuslimah.
- Upcoming play The Domestic Crusaders is looking for female actors. Sister, you might be a shoe-in.
- Dubai gets its first female judge.
- Jana Kossabaiti writes about hejab style for The Guardian.
- Peter Cutts writes about a remarkable Salima Barday.
- Variety reports that some hardline Saudi clerics have urged a ban on women in the media. Really, guys? More here.
- With Turkey cracking down on honor killings, The Independent reports that women are being told to commit suicide instead.
- The Daily Star profiles Jasad magazine. So does the Kipp Report.
- Afghanistan’s President Karzai backs a horrific law that legalizes marital rape. Canada issues a formal “WTF”, and there’s increasing international pressure on Karzai to repeal the law. Canada’s Prime Minister speaks up, and so does Mona Eltahawy. More here, here, and here.
- A British MP suggests that Bangladeshi women be employed as chefs to help counter unemployment rates in the community.
- Arab News examines the difficulties that Saudi women have in securing their divorces.
- How Islamic feminism distinguishes Islam from Muslims, and what this means for women.
- The Saudi Gazette reports on the rise of matchmakers in Saudi Arabia.
- The Huffington Post hears from Naazish YarKhan about the Muslim Women’s Alliance.
- Unemployment among Saudi women rises to 27%.
- In Spain, a mother is sentenced to 17 years in prison for marrying off her 14-year-old daughter to a 40-year-old man.
- Oman’s Sultan Qaboos fills some gender gaps in the country’s State Council.
- Yemeni women complete a course on legal protections.
- Mideast Youth looks at Banat wi Bus (Girls Only) Radio in Egypt.
- Saudi Arabia loses its half-a-chance for its first formal women’s rights organization.
- Mavis Leno of the Feminist Majority Foundation speaks about the rights of Women in Afghanistan.
- Women’s rights in Kuwait say that Kuwaiti women need to be more invested in fighting for their rights and make suggestions to that effect.
- On “marriage-brokering” in Syria.
- Menassat covers The Saudi Lingerie Battle.
- SFGate reviews Nafisa Haji’s new book, The Writing on My Forehead.
- Payvand News reports that a specific chador style, “chador-e melli“, is experiencing popularity in Iran.
- Somali girls in Minneapolis, Minn., have a specially-reserved time to play basketball.
- British firefighters will now have a hijab option. More from The Guardian.
- InsideDesi profiles Baronees Sayeeda Warsi.
- Artist Shahida Ahmed will profile her work in East Lancashire.
- InFocus News interviews social worker Elena Meloni, who champions foster care among Muslims.
- Malaysia’s Dr. Mohammad Akram Nadwi says that Muslim women deserve equal treatment to men, and is documenting the long history of female involvement in hadith narration and teaching.
- Hijabtrendz interviews designer Iman Zawahry.
- Denmark has seen a nasty increase in bus removals lately: women in Aarhus and Odense have been removed from buses because of their niqabs.
- The Jordan Times reports on a horrifying honor killing. May Allah give her peace and justice. Via Natalia Antonova.
- Altmuslim reports on the “dehijabization” phenomenon. Via Jamerican Muslimah.
- The Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry launched a plan to employ thousands of women in industrial establishments.
- Emirati filmmaker Nayla Al Khaja launches a “film fraternity.”
- A Saudi court marries two women to the men they wanted to marry, despite their guardian’s protests.
- Islam in Europe reports on underrage and illegal marriages performed by imams in Finland.
- The Black Iris discusses Jordanian sexual denial in the context of AIDS awareness.
- The Washington Post reports on the condition of Iranian women’s rights activists as another Norooz rolls around.
- The Saudi Gazette examines working women’s issues surrounding motherhood.
- Al Ahram Weekly interviews Minister of State for Family and Population Mushira Khattab.
- An official decree by Saudi Arabia has banned all forms of entertainment at women’s charity events, according to Al Arabiya.
- The Independent profiles Chay magazine, whose latest issue is out.
- Safiya Outlines is hosting a Motherhood Blogging Carnival. More details at her site.
- IslamOnline looks at what Malawi Muslims are doing to combat domestic violence.
- Menassat reports that Lebanon’s LGBTI group Helem has won the Felipa de Souza Award by the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission.
- MuslimMatters explains why Nonie Darwish doesn’t matter.
