- 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.
