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Friday Links | March 4, 2011


Posted by fatemeh on 04 Mar 2011 / 0 Comment
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  • Veils that cover the face will be officially illegal in France beginning next month. And just in time, France is rolling out a new anti-niqab campaign.
  • On how sexual violence was used to suppress Safia Ishaq’s activism.
  • Two prominent Malaysian women, Zainah Anwar and Marina Mahathir, were included on a New York-based global advocacy’s list of 100 most inspiring people around the world for their work in advocating the rights of women and girls.
  • Women in Yemen are joining the wave of protests against President Saleh. Common Ground News explains how one woman in particular is fueling the protests.
  • Bangladeshi women use micro-credit to finance themselves out of poverty and into success.
  • On the large illiteracy gap in India’s female Muslim population.
  • All of the protests for rights in the MENA region have bypassed the rights of the  region’s domestic workers.
  • Radio Netherlands interviews the Libyan woman who lead the first sit-in at Benghazi’s legal offices.
  • Women’s experiences of violence and ‘suicide terrorism’ in the Palestinian territories.
  • The events in Tahrir Square were significant for Egyptian women. Meet one of them here.
  • Francis Hasso on Riz Khan, talking about Islamic feminism.
  • The horrific story of an honor killing in Arizona.
  • How abuse follows Afghan women when they migrate to the U.S.

Have you noticed that our Friday Links have been short lately? So have we!

If you see a story about Muslim women in the news, email us at tips@muslimahmediawatch.org and we’ll include it in our Friday links!

Meanwhile, feel free to leave links to any news stories we’ve missed in the comments!

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