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Posted by samya on 17 Feb 2017 / 0 Comments
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Bodybuilder Shirin Nobahari is Iran’s first female bodybuilder. Recently, she was arrested for posting “nude pictures” of her training. In this video, she shares her experience while arrested, and the social taboos that surround her in Iran. These Muslim women aren’t about to let someone harass them or anyone else. They are the creators of […]

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Posted by samya on 10 Feb 2017 / 0 Comments
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In the wake of President Donald Trump’s executive order banning immigration from seven majority-Muslim countries (including Iran), Hoda Katebi, a 22 year old fashion blogger, finds herself in the position of having to explain her culture to people all over again. Three queer women from North Carolina discuss how the Trump administration is affecting their […]

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Posted by samya on 27 Jan 2017 / 0 Comments
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Huda Quhshi, 37, is opening the city’s first female-only beauty parlor catering to hijab-clad clients. Her beauty parlor, on Fifth Avenue in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, is called ­Le’Jemalik Salon — “for your beauty” in Arabic. Recently, Waad al-Kateab won two awards from Amnesty International for her films documenting life in the rebel-held area of eastern […]

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Posted by samya on 20 Jan 2017 / 0 Comments
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When Brooklynite Linda Sarsour comes to Washington inauguration weekend as the co-chair of the Women’s March on Washington, it will be another landmark moment in her 15 years of public service fighting for Muslim rights. A controversial Melbourne billboard depicting two Muslim girls celebrating Australia Day that was taken down due to threats from far […]

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Posted by samya on 13 Jan 2017 / 0 Comments
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In Lebanon, Syrian refugee girls participate in Girls Got IT, a weekend workshop that engages young women in technology and science. Despite all efforts to improve the life of young girls in Afghanistan, and enact protections for Afghan women and girls, invasive virginity tests are still being ordered by officials, compounding the trauma for women […]

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Posted by samya on 06 Jan 2017 / 0 Comments
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The music video “Hwages” has been viewed more than 2 million times and has become the subject of widespread debate in Saudi Arabia as it touches on the role of women in society. BBC recently stirred controversy with a show called “Real Housewives of ISIS”. The sketch portraying British female members of ISAS in Syria […]

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Posted by samya on 30 Dec 2016 / 0 Comments
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Romania’s president has rejected a proposal by the leftist party that won elections this month to appoint the country’s first female and first Muslim prime minister. Niloofar Rahmani, a 25 year old captain with the Afghan Air Force, said she would not be going back to Afghanistan as planned, because of ongoing threats against her, […]

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Posted by samya on 23 Dec 2016 / 1 Comment
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In a surprise move, Romania’s largest political party nominated a woman from the country’s Tatar minority for prime minister on Wednesday. If she wins, she will be both the first Muslim and the first woman to hold the post. A women’s basketball tournament in Somalia was denounced and declared “un-Islamic” by the Somali Religious Council. […]

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Posted by samya on 16 Dec 2016 / 0 Comments
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Naema, from Lahore, is the first female in her family to own a car and hold a job. She imagines herself as a modernist, and is featured by BBC as part of its 100 most inspiring women of 2016. Masooma Hasani, 18 years old woman from Afghanistan, loves skiing, but she has to go through […]

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Posted by samya on 09 Dec 2016 / 0 Comments
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Tunisia’s youngest minister has a vision and is ready to lead. Middle East Eye met with Sayida Ounissi, Minister of Vocational Training and Employment in Tunisia, who reflects upon her position, the changing face of Ennahda and being a young woman in politics. Jordan is set to open a shelter for women at risk of […]

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