• Home
  • About MMW
  • MMW Contributors
  • Resources

Friday Links | June 3, 2011


Posted by fatemeh on 03 Jun 2011 / 0 Comment
Tweet



  • Activists have demanded the authorities in Egypt prosecute anyone responsible for subjecting protesters to alleged virginity tests earlier this year.
  • Al Jazeera interviews Lamees Dhaif about her career and censorship of journalists.
  • On Mauritania’s young women who voluntarily resort to dangerous methods to gain weight.
  • On the “colony of wives” left behind in Canada.
  • A judge has given a Kenyan high school the last chance to respond to a suit by a Muslim student who is seeking court orders to force the school administrators to allow her wear a hijab.
  • Militancy has closed skill development centers in Pakistan that train women in marketable skills to help them earn a living.
  • On Kashmir’s “half-widows,” women whose husbands have disappeared in the conflict with India.
  • A hilariously bad article on how Muslim women are “oppressed and happy.” Ugh.
  • Facing mounting criticism, the Badminton World Federation announced that it was scrapping a rule that would have forced women to wear skirts or dresses in elite competition. More here.
  • Three Muslim women in Dabra, India, committed suicide because they could not earn a living while their husbands are in custody.
  • Deustche Welle highlights a few entrepreneurial Muslim women and their clothing companies.
  • The Financial Times reviews Leila Ahmed’s new book.
  • The Australian profiles a predominately-Muslim women’s football team.
  • TwoCircles.net profiles Dr. Mehrunnisa, the founder President of Association of Muslim Women Associations in Ahmedabad, India.
  • In Australia, Victoria’s Equal opportunity and human rights commissioner Helen Szoke has said that airing the burqa issue threatens the safety of Muslim women.
  • The Oregonian profiles me!
  • The Guardian highlights the work of Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain.
  • Hayat Sindi is the Saudi scientist who’s changing the world.

If there’s any news about Muslim women from this week, feel free to leave links in the comments!

Related Posts


Film Review: 3 Seconds Divorce
July 18, 2019

Filling in the Gaps: Working Towards Inclusive Education
May 15, 2018

Do Muslim Sportswomen Really Need Nike to Save Them?
December 11, 2017


  • Find us on Facebook

  • Recent Posts

    • Film Review: 3 Seconds Divorce
    • The Intersections of Latinx Identities, Islam and Gendered Narratives
    • Book Review: The Tower by Shereen Malherbe
    • Taking Back the Narrative, One Panel at a Time
    • No Country For Travelling Women
  • Recent Comments

    • Mynaijabaze on Remembering Siti on Ramadan
    • Faye on Ramadan ~ Maybe Next Year
    • Shawn Smith on Ramadan ~ Maybe Next Year
    • aziza shaikh on Remembering the Quebec City Mosque Shooting, One Year Later
    • Mohammad shakoor on Saints and Misfits and Everything in Between
  • Authors

  • Archives

  • Categories