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Friday Links — January 22, 2010


Posted by fatemeh on 22 Jan 2010 / 0 Comment
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Salam alaikum, readers! I’ve got quite a lot on my plate this week, so I’m afraid I’m going to have to do a slap-dash job of the Links this week. Apologies!

  • gulfnews : Feminism in the Arab world

  • DAWN.COM | National | Jury selected for Dr Aafia’s trial

  • Anything for fair skin, even SR30,000 placenta shot

  • We will not send women to work as housemaids in Kingdom: Egyptian minister
  • Qassim women start computer business

  • Women set their targets on the Turkish hunting scene

  • Stereotype studies won’t save lives

  • gulfnews : Fresh graduate sets up frozen yoghurt empire in UAE

  • Islam in Europe: Paris: Algerian actress attacked

  • Islam in Europe: Denmark: Burka report based on guesswork

  • Race Card: French Law to Target Muslim Women | Bitch Magazine

  • Egypt: battling sexual harassment on the phone | Bikya Masr

  • Saudi rights body lauds steps to empower women

  • Women media beautifies the current Yemeni media landscape
  • Al Aan TV empowers women with brand new show Amira
  • Abu Dhabi court jails 13 for trafficking Moroccan women

  • Muslim accuses Christian teacher of snatching veil

  • Farah Salka – Caritas shelter for trafficked women turning into a prison…act Now!

  • Iran threatened by female activists

  • Egypt: battling sexual harassment on the phone

  • Expat women seek more work choices

  • Child marriages still continue

  • Amid cabinet setback, Afghan women face slow political climb

  • gulfnews : Shaikha Fatima receives wife of Turkish prime minister

  • Iran hands over two Turkish women arrested for PKK links – Hurriyet …

  • Documentary on First Female Iranian Olympian to Premiere at Sundance

  • Campaign on violence against women and children tackles taboos

  • Women behind the wheel

  • Trafficked women’s deep sense of relief after trial verdicts

  • Human traffickers jailed for life

  • Seven Syrians Get Life
for Human Trafficking

  • Women line up to hail Kuwait’s pink taxis

  • Women’s fitness center closed
  • Princess Khuloud’s research to help understand breast cancer
  • Women who wear the burka should be banned from benefits and public transport, claims French government spokesman | Mail Online

  • Prostitution in Lahore, Pakistan « GOATMILK: An intellectual playground edited by Wajahat Ali
  • Syrian jailed 14 years for ‘honour killing’ of cousin – thestar.com
  • Stress, quarrels and neglect: the ‘normal’ polygamous family | openDemocracy

  • Pakistan’s female squash player defies tradition

  • Al-Qaeda Woman? Putting Aafia Siddiqui on Trial

  • Afghanistan: Women Dying and Torture Run Amuck

  • Islam in Europe: Denmark: PM supports ban on burkas in school

  • Improvisations: Arab Woman Progressive Voice: The Fabulous Elia Suleiman
  • Sarkozy Says Burqa is Not Welcome in France … Again – elan: The Guide to Global Muslim Culture

  • Kuwait Cabs for Women Paint the Town Pink – elan: The Guide to Global Muslim Culture
  • Egypt: Coptic man accused of rape has trial postponed | Bikya Masr
  • Girl reportedly commits suicide in eastern city – Hurriyet Daily News …
  • Saudi girl, 13, sentenced to 90 lashes after she took a mobile phone to school
  • Saudi ‘sorcerer’ who raped 100 sentenced to death

  • ‘Illegal’ Saudi women’s gym shut: media

  • How Asian women made trade union history and shattered stereotypes

  • Egyptian female bodyguards trade hijabs for aikido / The Christian Science Monitor – CSMonitor.com

  • It is not part of anyone’s culture to be abused | Jasvinder Sanghera – Times Online

  • Iran Unfiltered – Home – Q&A with Fatemeh Haghighatjoo

  • Hijabi Mama: breastfeed in public without the worry

  • Contemporary Muslim Woman Series: “Love or Arranged Marriage?” by Naila Sheikh « GOATMILK: An intellectual playground edited by Wajahat Ali

  • Kidnapped Tarragona woman still missing : Euro-Islam: News and Analysis on Islam in Europe and the United States

  • You Know I Love You, Baby: Muslims in Secret “Urfi” Marriages – elan: The Guide to Global Muslim Culture
  • KUWAIT: New job listings website serves Arab women | Babylon & Beyond | Los Angeles Times
  • No religious justification for child marriage: Saudi cleric – Yahoo! News
  • Muslim women refugees say they are safe but still struggling
  • Hairdos now in Indonesia Muslim clerics crosshairs
  • Ambreen Sadiq, Muslim girl boxer, aims to combat prejudice to succeed in the ring
  • Mauritanian Muslim imams initiate rare ban on female circumcision
  • Sudan: Al-Hussein is Runner-Up
  • Women’s Fitness Center Forced To Close In Saudi Arabia
  • Arrests For A Revealing Dance Pit Flesh Against Faith
  • women reciting Quran in spotlight
  • Burqa Unwelcome in Denmark: PM
  • Documentary on First Female Iranian Olympian to Premiere at Sundance
  • Women behaving badly in mosques
  • ‘Veiled threats’ from Egypt’s nightclub owners
  • Women reject fatwa on hairstyles, ‘ojek’

As always, if you see new stories about Muslim women we missed, feel free to post them in the comments!

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