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Friday Links | July 22, 2011


Posted by fatemeh on 22 Jul 2011 / 0 Comment
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  • Somalia’s women’s minister, Asha Osman Aqil, has been kidnapped by Al Shabab. God keep her safe.
  • Egyptian women take a stand against harassment with HarassMap.
  • Emirati women will enjoy full participation in an upcoming election to be held in September; they may both vote and run in the election.
  • How the Muslim community rose to Rumana Monzur’s defense after her husband attacked her.
  • Pakistan appoints its first female foreign minister. More from the BBC.
  • The Obedient Wives Club not doing very well in Singapore.
  • A Muslim woman says she won’t fall victim to fear or hate after surviving a brutal assault.
  • On feminist trends in Pakistan.
  • The Star looks at the powerful women of Turkey’s Dinçer family.
  • A review of the play Dirty Paki Lingerie, written and performed by Aizzah Fatima.
  • Common Ground News Service looks at the gains women are making toward the right to drive in Saudi Arabia.
  • VIVAnews interviews Malaysian activist Marina Mahathir.
  • On wearing hijab in Kazakhstan.
  • Newsweek looks at the controversy surrounding FIFA and Iran. AltMuslimah covers recent hijab-in-sports controversies.
  • EgyptAir flight attendants organized a protest outside the Ministry of Civil Aviation to demand their right to wear a hijab while working.
  • Iraqi security forces have been training women in an effort to enhance security amid Al Qaida strikes.
  • On the tenuous safety of Somali refugees in Kenya.
  • A new women’s magazine in Turkey tackles taboos.
  • A woman died following clashes between riot police and anti-government protesters in Bahrain. May Allah give her peace and justice.
  • Nigerian women have been charged to embrace non-interest banking in an effort to boost the nation’s economy.
  • The Express Tribune profiles the Swat valley’s first female lawyer.
  • A federal jury awarded $20,000 in compensatory damages to a woman who was not hired to work at a local Abercrombie Kids store because she wears a headscarf.
  • A Muslim woman and her Christian husband were forced to flee their town because of threats from neighbors.
  • How Palestinian women suffer more under occupation.
  • New York City police are investigating whether an attack on a 56-year-old niqab-wearing woman was a hate crime. Uh…YES, IT WAS.
  • The Huffington Post mourns Dekha Ibrahim Abdi.
  • Get your surprised face on: women in Turkey who wear headscarves are discriminated against.
  • Now Gaza is offering protected shelter to battered Palestinian women.
  • Arab News reports that Egyptian women demand a greater role in government.

If you see any news about Muslim women from this week that we missed, feel free to leave links in the comments!

A special thanks to Anneke ban den Berg for her help with this week’s links!

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