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 […]

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 […]

Open wide! Here’s a hefty dose of links for 10.19.07: The world’s First Muslim Skydiving Center open in Tehran, equipped with special programs just for women. Scary. White supremacists demonstrate against niqabis’ rights to vote. A great post on exactly why all this political uproar about niqab in Canada is racist. Unique Muslimah talks about […]

Some links for Friday, October 12, 2007: A Saudi woman is sentenced to lashings for being raped. What the hell? Dr. Ruqaya Al Alwani is presented with the Tunisian President Award for her publication The Role of the Muslim Women in Development Al-Ahram argues that the Carnegie Endowment on International Peace’s recent publication on the […]

Here are some links for 10/05/07: Sisters are doin’ it for themselves: some Muslim moms open a law firm. What’s new in Gulf abaya fashion. Didn’t we tell you? Colleges look at Muslim women’s memoirs that reinforce Western stereotypes. Two plays about Muslim women come to the U.S. The Veiled Monologues and Is.Man: two different […]

Here are some links for this week: I’m sure you’ve all heard about the dentist who is practicing douchebaggery instead of dentistry. Iran holds an exhibit on hejab in sports. Muslim women in India are seeking secular justice. Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned wins the Chatham House Prize for Improving International Relations. The Association for […]

Here are some great links for today: Journalism offers an exciting path for one young Iraqi girl. Senegalese women are handed brand-new cars and trained in martial arts in an effort to bolster women’s participation in the economy. Where do I sign up for a free car and karate lessons? Muslim fashion designers start thinking […]

Here are some links for 09/13/2007: Barbie or Fulla? I’d prefer neither. The Brunei Times has a great piece on how Fulla can be just as harmful to young girls’ ideas about women as Barbie. Muslim women work out, too! But I’m confused; if they’re all in a women-only studio with floor-length drapes shielding them […]

Some links for 9/04/2007: Maytha from kabobfest.com talks about an Arabic satellite TV show that’s very similar to The View: four Arab women from different countries talking candidly on all sorts of haram subjects. And how the American media is finally realizing that Arab women aren’t just shy, naïve women who don’t own their own […]