A bank in California denies a woman services because of her headscarf. More here. The Saudi Gazette profiles artist Zaina Zahid. The E.U. launches a program to boost gender equality in the Mediterranean. The Muslim parts, anyway. (rolling eyes) Several women ran in Iraq’s recent provincial elections. There are profiles from the Ledger-Enquirer, the New […]

Sweden’s Cherine Awad, one of the Halal TV hosts, may be Sweden’s first lawyer who wears a headscarf. Denmark has sentenced a mother for the female genital cutting of her daughters. More from the BBC. Via TalkIslam. Some Qatari women are insisting that clauses assuring them a separate home from their in-laws be included in […]

Muslimah Source is a new site that is geared towards Muslim women. When I visited the site, I was hoping for something a little different from the norm. Usually sites catering to Muslim women have sections on relationships, health & beauty, motherhood, how to emulate female companions (sahabah) of the Prophet (saws) and dress (i.e. […]

Muslimah Media Watch thanks Hijabtrendz for the tip! Those of you who speak French should go check out MWM, a new magazine for Muslim women, published in France.  It’s first issue is free and currently online.  It seems like future issues will require a subscription, but their subscription section isn’t up yet. The magazine introduces […]

A proposed retail ban on hejabs causes some serious uproar, agreement, and outright refusal. In response, The Brisbane Times puts forth an “educational” article about hejab, a Muslim woman tries to explain the differences between headcoverings, and anti-discrimination groups advocate against the ban. The Queens Tribune profiles ICNA’s Temporary Housing for Women program. The Deccan […]

A glowing pseudo-review of The Hijabi Monologues. Another one here. The life journey of one Lisa Nichols. Malaysia’s Secretariat on the Protection and Enhancement of Muslim Women raises money for Gaza. Yes, protesting can be fashionable. U.S. women visit the U.A.E. and give their opinion on the position of Emirati women. More here. A woman […]

Hurriyet Daily News discusses why studies on vitamin D deficiency can’t really be used to pressure women into covering or uncovering. The Hindu profiles Pakistani writer Uzma Aslam Khan. The Standard examines hejab’s modern new looks in Kenya. Egyptian women make a larger presence for themselves at the mosque. More from the International Herald Tribune. […]

Well, readers, it’s 2009 (and 1430). May Allah give us all peace and prosperity in this new year! An association of Muslim businesswomen in Nigeria call for the Islamic Hijrah calendar to be used side by side with the Gregorian calendar in varying governmental levels. Many Muslim groups, including Muslim women’s groups, back making the […]

Islam in Europe highlights a niqabi protest in Brussels, Belgium. Two women in Iran committed suicide in response to violence from their husbands. May Allah give them peace. Aaminah Hernàndez writes two great posts about how women are defined according to men. Saudi Arabia has no place for Nujoods. Via ProgressiveIslam. More from the Guardian […]

MMW would like to thank Thabet for the tip! Katherine Zopf’s Sunday article in The New York Times about flight attendants in the Emirates set off quite a storm in the blogosphere. And rightly so: it’s often eye-rollingly essentializing when discussing Arab women and society. But why waste my breath when others said it better? […]