Domestic workers in Lebanon may have a new hope about fair treatment. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy travels through her native Pakistan to look at the toll that the war has taken on children. Kurdish women are looking to get in on the football frenzy. Obtuse lawmakers in Yemen are trying to stall the ban on child marriage. […]

A few weeks ago, I wrote about my experiences at the WAM! conference in Boston. I had the pleasure of meeting Sabrina Hersi Issa during my time there, and interviewed her for MMW. Muslimah Media Watch: You spoke on a WAM! panel about investigative journalism. Can you speak a little about your experience as a […]

Via WorldPulse: I just received word from the international human rights campaign, Stop Child Executions , that Delara Darabi, a young artist who has been in Rasht prison for the last five years in Iran, is at great risk of imminent execution. A few days ago, she was told by prison authorities to prepare herself […]

Salam waleykum, readers! We made it to the finals! Click here to vote for us in the finals. Polls are open tonight until midnight, I believe. Thanks for all your support! 😀

epiphanies critically looks at Swedish women’s groups’ messages to Muslim women. A nurse in Zaria, Nigeria has been fired from the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital because of issues with her hejab. Muslim organizations have demanded her reinstatement. The nurse in question speaks out here, while the officials who fired her clarify their position. A […]

Salam waleykum, readers! We’ve been nominated in the Canadian F-Word Blog Awards. F is for feminist, naturally. We have been nominated as Best Feminist Blog–International. A great big thank you to those who nominated us. The first round of voting starts today (April 11th) and will continue until April 14th. If we make it past […]

Even other Muslims are hating on the bus-using niqabis in Denmark. Brotherhood, huh? The Kipp Report outlines why Saudis are having such a difficult time with women working. Arab News examines the negative impact of the law on non-Saudi women. Nuseiba weighs in on why feminists need to get down with the hijab. More fallout […]

Arabian Business profiles the world’s most powerful Arab women, many of whom are Muslim. In Nigeria, the Federation of Muslim Women’s Association in Nigeria meet with medical experts to determine how to improve adolescent health. A Saudi women’s conference stressed the “role of the family in reinforcing intellectual security,” whatever that is. The 12 members […]

Salam waleykum, readers! I’m back from the Women, Action & Media! conference in Boston. It was a great conference, with a convergence of female activists, filmmakers, bloggers, writers, and media makers of all kinds. It was positive, enlightening, and educational. Reflecting about the “Inside/Outside” theme past my previous thoughts, the conference as a whole was […]

Salam waleykum, readers! I’m in Boston this weekend, attending the Women, Action & The Media Conference (WAM!). This year’s theme is Inside/Outside. I feel this theme is applicable to the position Muslim women often find themselves in: sometimes we are insiders in our faith, sometimes we are outsiders. Muslim women are often called on as […]