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Friday Links — September 18, 2009


Posted by fatemeh on 18 Sep 2009 / 0 Comment
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  • A Beirut forum on women’s rights in the Arab world to address everything from politics to sexuality. Dubai’s Sheikha Fatima should be there, given her views.
    • A 12-year-old girl died in childbirth. May Allah give her peace. UNICEF responds with a call for more protections for women and girls.
    • A 107-year-old Malaysian woman is looking for a husband. More here.
    • Sudan’s slanderous court ruling on Lubna Hussein.
    • The National Post reviews Marnia Lazreg’s book Questioning the Veil: Open Letters to Muslim Women.
    • AltMuslimah explores the topic of divorce.
    • Public schools in Belgium will ban headscarves.
    • Several women and children were killed in a stampede during a food giveaway in Pakistan. May Allah give them peace. More here and here.
    • More and more Nigerian girls are being trafficked to Italy.
    • Aziza Margari writes about the “triple minority” of Black Muslim women in America.
    • Sabina England’s play at Racialicious: A Conversation Between a Bikini and a Burqa.
    • Indonesia’s Aceh province has some serious new Sharia laws that may affect women. More here.
    • WorldFocus interviews a feminist Islamist. You read right!
    • Arab female workers have suffered more than men from the global financial turbulence.
    • School administrators are harassing Uzbek students wearing headscarves.
    • Speaking of headscarf bans, Tajikistan’s new school uniforms don’t allow for headscarves. More here.
    • And, in this same theme, many Egyptian women wearing headscarves still face discrimination in public places.
    • Female soccer plays in Turkey are tearing down gender taboos.
    • Transsexuals in Malaysia face numerous struggles.
    • Police have found no evidence that Rifqa Bary has been threatened with death over her conversion to Christianity.
    • The Swat Valley is still a dangerous one for women.
    • An Indonesian entrepreneur is stitching magnets into the headscarves worn by some Muslim women, aiming to cure ailments ranging from headaches to fatigue.
    • Qatar’s first full-service fashion consultant business has opened in Doha. Via HijabTrendz.
    • Our own Safiyyah writes about women and eid prayers at the mosque.
    • AltMuslimah takes a look at the article that started the Chesler vs. Wolf feud.
    • Female negotiators may be the missing link in the Middle East peace process.
    • Mona El Tahawy writes about Lubna Hussein’s triumph in the Sudanese trouser case.
    • The wife of imam Nordine Taouil from Antwerp has been fired from her job as child care provider because of statements made by her husband.
    • The World Taekwondo Federation will allow Muslim women to wear a headscarf in competition.
    • Muslim women constitute a greater percentage of people living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria.
    • A beautiful interfaith Ramadan tradition.
    • Egypt’s top Islamic authority defended women’s rights to wear trousers in public.
    • As much as 50 billion riyals belonging to Saudi women and sitting dormant in the Kingdom’s banks could be turned into revenue-producing investments.
    • A story of a Tanzanian student’s new life in the U.S.
    • Women in Arab countries are breaking citizenship barriers.
    • Only 3.1% of Lebanon’s parliamentary seats are held by women.
    • German-Turkish author and sociologist Necla Kelek was awarded for her human rights work.
    • An all-women’s theater group is to tackle the subject of violence against women with a comedy production in Jeddah.
    • The U.N. commissioner on human rights urges more positive developments in women’s rights.
    • IslamOnline profiles Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir.
    • The Jakarta Post profiles designer Monika Jufry. Via HijabStyle.
    • The Netherlands is planning on banning cousin marriages.
    • Malaysian International Fashion Week is back! Via HijabTrendz.
    • Geert Wilders’ crazy racism knows no bounds.
    • Abercrombie & Fitch is being sued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for allegedly not hiring a Muslim Tulsa teenager because she wears a headscarf.

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