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Famous, female, and divorced? That’s hot!


Posted by alicia on 16 Apr 2009 / 0 Comments
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If you think that divorce brings shame and stigma squarely upon women only in conservative societies, think again. Because according to a ”news” report published in the Malaysian tabloid, Metro Ahad, celebrity divorcees are apparently the hottest thing on the market at the moment. I usually read the stuff on local tabloids with a pinch […]

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Pushing the Law: Challenges for Divorced Women in Malaysia


Posted by Krista Riley on 25 Mar 2009 / 0 Comments
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After Sobia’s post last week about The Other Half of the Sky, a Tunisian film that tells a story about a woman’s experience with inheritance laws, I was interested to see this article, which talked about other cracks that women may fall through in another shariah-inspired legal system.  In this case, Mariam Mokhtar is writing […]

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