Iranian woman designs clothes to make women feel fashionable and modest. Yoginder Sikand looks at reviving the tradition of madrassas for girls. A convenience store owner bans women wearing headscarves from entering because of “security concerns.” Pfff. The Peninsula looks at why governmental quotas won’t help women’s empowerment. The Los Angeles Times looks at women […]

  India’s first all-Muslim woman panchayat (or council) works to improve their village’s access to drinking water. (pictured below) Britain invests in educating Muslim women through management courses and programs that encourage educational and career opportunities, in an attempt to fight isolation and fanaticism in British Muslim communities. Muslim and Jewish women can now get […]

Is anyone else freaking out that it’s 2008 already?! Malaysian Muslim actress Sharifah Amani bucks the idea that Muslim women should have long hair. News Hounds calls a Fox commenter out on her false statement that “there is no sympathy in the Muslim world for Benazir Bhutto.” Sounds like this commenter either can’t read or […]

More Moroccan women are taking classes to become religious female guides (mourchidates). Mashallah! Women in Bangladesh undergo a three-day course to learn about their rights under Islam. A Muslim woman in Vancouver, Canada, is allegedly fired from her job because of her religion. Just Another Angry Black Woman? talks about why lots of Black American […]

Khalilah Sabra writes a very interesting essay about sexual violence and Muslim communities. Dr. Asad Khan writes about a few high-profile Muslim women who seek the full development of women’s rights in Muslim communities. Haroon Siddiqui writes about Aqsa Parvez’ murder being used as a tool for “cultural warfare.” He makes some great points about […]

Salaam, loyal readers! I hope you’ve gotten your votes in and confirmed for the Brass Crescent Awards; they end today! Also, the newest issue of Bitch magazine is out; be sure to pick up a copy so you can read one of MMW’s earlier posts, featured in the Love It/Shove It section.   A young […]

States in Nigeria adopt a softer side of shari’a, and thousands of young women reap the benefits. A group in Miami focuses on combating domestic violence against South Asian women in Florida. The city workers of Vienna have new uniforms, with an optional headscarf for female Muslim workers. Iran decides to reopen the case of […]

Crowded out of a masjid? Not allowed to enter in the first place because the mosque is full of ignorant men who think women shouldn’t be allowed in a place of worship that Allah (swt) granted them? Well then take it to the streets! Muslim women in India offer prayers outside because they can’t get […]

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 […]