Senegalese women will be able to become foot soldiers starting next year! Another interview with Fatemeh Keshavarz. I so love her! A poor Muslim woman’s body is laid to rest, exhumed, and reburied—all in one day. Australia gets its first Muslim woman lifeguard (or lifesaver, as the Australians put it). Muslim women in Canada work […]

Benazir Bhutto is put under house arrest. Several Muslim businesswomen head to Dubai on a ladies-only tour. A shelter for women in Dubai gives shelter to women victims of domestic abuse, sex trafficking, and/or housemaid abuse. A story about Nafsheen Luhar, a Californian henna artist. Muslim Hedonist discusses the lack of voice that Muslim women […]

Turkish author Selin Tamtekin publishes a fictional book that deals frankly with a Turkish woman’s sexuality, and everybody gets their panties in a twist. A review of Margot Badran’s latest book Feminism beyond East and West – New Gender Talk and Practice in Global Islam. Muslim students organize Scarves for Solidarity event to showcase hate […]

Today is a special day, and we will have another post up later today about Britz, the contraversial “docu-drama” that aired in Britain this past week. But for now, here are some links for 11.2.07″   Author Fatemeh Keshavarz talks about her book and leadership in Iran and the U.S. The founder of Canadian Association […]

It’s Halloween again here in the West, and I have to say…now that I’m a grown up, Halloween sucks. Especially because of: Slutty costumes (I just had to say it) Slutty “ethnic” costumes: Native American girl, geisha, etc. In particular: Harem girl costumes Belly dancer costumes Genie costumes Cleopatra costumes Arab sheikh costumes   These […]

The Fourth Annual Brass Crescent Awards are here, loyal readers! According to their website, the Brass Crescent Awards are “an annual awards ceremony that honors the best writers and thinkers of the emerging Muslim blogosphere … Nominations are taken from blog readers, who then vote for the winners.”   Please show us some love by […]

Remember to wear a pink scarf/hejab today! Support breast cancer survivors and create awareness of the disease! Here are some good reads for 10.26.07:   The first Pakistani woman astronaut gets ready to blast off! Ed Husain from U.K.’s The Guardian explores Women Without Borders in Vienna, and the platform they have given to Muslim […]

This Friday, October 26th, is National Pink Hejab day. Women who wear hejab will be wearing pink hejabs to raise awareness for breast cancer. But those of you who don’t wear hejab are thinking, what about me? Well, wear a pink scarf, sisters! It’s October, and (at least where I am) it’s cold! So snuggle […]

Books give me an overpowering thrill: something about knowledge in a portable, substantial form makes me feel secure. Chunks of time just slip through my fingers whenever I’m in a bookstore. But it’s not because I’m browsing books and reading chapters…it’s because I’m rearranging shelves. I frequent the religion and world history sections, interested in […]