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Friday Links | May 6, 2011


Posted by fatemeh on 06 May 2011 / 0 Comment
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  • ILLUME discusses sexual harassment.
  • Our lady Yusra writes about her life as a Libyan-American Muslim woman for The Huffington Post.
  • The Sydney Morning Herald profiles Shakira Hussein’s activism.
  • Female health workers in Pakistan have no maternity leave and are facing pay shortages.
  • A man murdered his 20-year-old stepdaughter. May Allah give her peace and justice.
  • The Washington Post and The Daily Beast weigh in on Sila Sahin’s Playboy spread.
  • A 15-year-old girl gets accepted to 13 colleges and decides on Harvard.
  • A missing woman returns to her family unharmed, but local authorities remain suspicious.
  • Women Without Borders study concludes that Yemeni women want more independence and freedoms.
  • The frightening ordeal Syrian blogger Amina is going through. May God keep her.
  • Pakistani schoolgirls give an alternate account of the Greg Mortenson controversy.
  • Two mothers who found friendship and forgiveness after 9/11.
  • The Toronto Star examines how basketball is improving things for Indian Muslim girls.
  • Shelina Janmohamed writes about Nigella Lawson’s recent brush with the burkini.
  • In Tajikistan, divorce by text is being banned by the country’s religious authorities.
  • The Guardian profiles women who run workshops combating extremism.
  • Bangladeshi women are pushing government to implement the recently approved National Women Development Policy, which will give women equal economic and political rights.
  • Three Qatari women have joined forces to create a fashion and lifestyle magazine focusing on their country. Via MuslimVoices.

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

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