- Joseph Mayton writes about how women in the Middle East are used as scapegoats.
- The American Academy of Pediatrics has rewritten their policy on female genital cutting to allow a “ritual nick.” Uh… Doctors defend their position here.
- In Saudi Arabia, the Ministry of Justice has established a new marriage rule that would require the age of the bride be recorded. So we know that she’s too young to be married?
- Three women are the first Muslim females to be elected to the British parliament.
- Najwa Karam plans to hold a women-only concert this winter in the Emirates.
- The Ottawa Citizen reports that Nazia Quazi has left Saudi Arabia! More from The Star.
- A Nigerian senator defends his marriage of a 13-year-old Egyptian girl by comparing himself to the Prophet. O RLY?
- Young girls who are trafficked are subject to jail time when they seek help.
- The Gazette asks if a picture of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia with several women will change the country’s gender mores.
- Malaysia seeks to lure more female Arab tourists by creating special beauty packages.
- A garment factory owner has been indicted on charges of forcing three Muslim women workers from Indonesia to eat pork.
- An imam in Mali is living in fear after backing a new family law that no longer obliges wives to obey their husbands.
- Filmmakers in Indonesia share stories about women’s lives under Shariah law.
- Israeli and Jordanian women embark on an educational initiative that will help them work together.
- A Toronto filmmaker’s investigation of the killing of young women in the name of family honor in North America has won the best Canadian feature award at the Hot Docs Film Festival.
- On Mary Apick’s play Beneath the Veil. There’s an original title for you.
- Conservative lawmakers in Iran politicize “bad hijab.”
- A medical team that the UAE’s Red Crescent Authority (RCA) sent to Somalia has performed gynecology surgeries and other procedures to treat injuries resulting from unauthorized obstetric practices on 30 Somali women.
- Three schoolgirls in the occupied West Bank have developed a life-changing device for the blind.
- The Economist looks at head coverings in the Middle East and in Europe.
- The number of women who registered as candidates for Afghanistan’s upcoming parliamentary election is up by around 20% over the last poll.
- A few clerics in India say that it’s illegal for Muslim women to work and support a family.
- Muslim women in Manitoba are denouncing proposed legislation in Quebec that could limit wearing the niqab. More on the proposed niqab ban in Canada.
- Female bankers in Saudi Arabia have launched an attack on the SAMA bank for not allowing women to open a current account for their children at local banks.
- The Daily Beast looks at Dr. Hawa Abdi, who is being held captive by Somali militants.
- The Christian Science Monitor examines how the Qur’an is Muslim women’s ally.
- Arab News profiles Zaki Ben Abboud and her upcoming exhibition.
