Al Ahram Weekly looks at the sexual assaults during Eid in Egypt. Two suspects are being tried currently. The BBC interviews a female suicide bombers in Gaza. Via Arabisto. The Herald writes more about the history of women in suicide bombing. More Indonesians against the anti-pornography bill. On November 24-25, the Second Ministerial Meeting on […]

A female fan jumps onstage and kisses Tamer Hosni during a concert in Kuwait, shutting down the concert early and outraging Kuwaiti parliament members. Eid celebrations in a Cairo suburb were marred after several women were sexually assaulted. A woman and her husband are harassed by three members of the Saudi Commission for the Promotion […]

Children at an Ohio mosque were sprayed with chemical irritant by unknown assailants. More at Daily Kos. Thea Lim writes about the lack of outrage in mainstream media, and the local police say there “isn’t evidence that this is a hate crime.” WHAT?! Karen Estes writes a thought-provoking post about what “hijab” has become. Afghanistan’s […]

Balinese parliament members lobby against Indonesia’s anti-porn bill, which we reported on last week. The Vatican calls for both Muslims and Christians to “protect the family.” An appeals court re-examines the French case of a man asking for an annulment because his wife wasn’t a virgin. Who says Saudi women are helpless? A group of […]

Dr. Aafia Siddiqui’s 12-year-old son has been handed over to Pakistani authorities. More from MuslimMatters. A Muslim convert was refused burial in a Tunisian Muslim cemetery because she did not have an Arab surname. An Algerian woman and her daughter were murdered by her son. A female suicide bomber kills 22 in Diyala, Iraq. The […]

Sudanese women use politics to inspire fashion. More news about the four Iranian women’s rights activists who have been jailed. Payvand News features an article from one of the three women. Faisal al Yafai writes eloquently about feminism in the Muslim Middle East and Western feminists’ problem with the veil. Cycads weighs in. Clothing store […]

Women abandoned by their husbands in Bahrain staged two sit-ins to highlight the legal challenges they face in dissolving their marriages. Al-Ahram looks at a recent fatwa that allows those with mental handicaps to marry. Achelois highlights the beyond-horrific treatment that some domestic maids receive in Saudi Arabia. May Allah grant them justice. Arab News […]

Justin Podur interviews a representative from the Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan. Mohamed Elmasry examines the idea of liberation for Muslim women in the west. Kashmiri women protest against India. Dr. Qanta Ahmed seeks to clear up misconceptions about Muslims with her book In the Land of Invisible Women. Women in Egypt attempt to […]

Salon details the erosion of Iraqi women’s freedoms under American occupation. Islamic scholars are not down with the female qazis in India that we reported on last week. ABC News interviews Saudi Arabia’s first female CFO. Via Progressive Muslima News. Reuters investigates prostitution in Nigeria. And the BBC reports on Islamic crackdowns on sex workers […]

The Third International Conference on Islamic Feminism will take place in Barcelona, Spain, in October. Anyone going? Anyone want to generously donate enough money to send me? I am thisclose to selling a kidney to be able to go! Via Samaha. Taleban militants have burned down more girls’ schools in northwest Pakistan. Via TalkIslam. Al-Ahram […]