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Friday Links | December 10, 2010


Posted by fatemeh on 10 Dec 2010 / 0 Comment
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  • Al Jazeera reports that a new Egyptian law guarantees 64 seats to female candidates, meaning a 1,500% rise in female parliamentarians.
  • Remember Aisha? From the Time cover? Her father-in-law has been arrested in connection with her mutilation.
  • Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani has not been released from prison. We’re confused, too. Read up on what’s going on at The Guardian.
  • The New York Times looks at Afghanistan’s women’s soccer team’s struggle to compete.
  • Norway could face a hijab ban in schools.
  • MuslimsĀ  in Ghana asked to help fight against domestic abuse.
  • On Iran’s “No Divorce Day.”
  • The worries of an American Muslim mom.
  • A new poll shows that a majority of Afghans view women attending school and voting positively.
  • The Ottawa Citizen profiles the unstoppable Wafa Dabbagh.
  • In Patna, India, a poster exhibition educates about Muslim women’s rights.
  • One woman’s experience with Islamic courts in Indonesia.
  • Iran’s Ahmadinejad and Iran’s clerics differ in their views on women’s sports participation.
  • Is hijab a choice in Egypt?
  • An Orland Park, Il. man is accused of harassing two Muslim women.
  • Lleida, Spain is the country’s first town to ban the niqab.
  • The Philippines’ BusinessWorld gets its first female Muslim contributor.
  • The F-Word examines the viewpoints of women who wear the niqab.
  • The Huffington Post profiles Pakistan’s leading youth blogger.
  • An interview with Little Mosque on the Prairie’s Sitara Hewitt.

If we missed any news about Muslim women this week, post a link in the comments!

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