In Iran, Deputy Culture Minister for Cinematic Affairs Javad Shamaqdari’s remarks on the hijab anger clerics. Muslim women in India look upon the Western Burqa Ban phenomenon with confusion. The Dawn asks us to remember the harsh restrictions upon Afghan women during the Taliban’s reign as Karzai prepares to make peace with the Taliban. The […]

Girls in Sudan risk sexual exploitation. A Jordanian court sentenced a 19-year-old man to 10 years in jail for stabbing his sister to death. May Allah give her peace and justice. Hijab Style interviews the founders of Vela. Sheema Khan asks for a Canadian approach to the burqa. Speaking of burqas, a cleric in India […]

Salam alaikum, readers! I’ve got quite a lot on my plate this week, so I’m afraid I’m going to have to do a slap-dash job of the Links this week. Apologies! gulfnews : Feminism in the Arab world DAWN.COM | National | Jury selected for Dr Aafia’s trial Anything for fair skin, even SR30,000 placenta […]

After the Afghan parliament rejected several of his cabinet member appointments, Hamid Karzai submits new nominees, three of which are women. But don’t get excited yet: the rejected nominees include a woman, so it’s unclear whether parliament doesn’t want any women, or just one in particular. One of Turkey’s most prominent human rights lawyers reveals […]

The Yemen Observer profiles Dr. Nadiah Al-Kokabany. A 20-year-old girl was auctioned in a Pakistani village last week. Let me repeat that: AUCTIONED. May Allah keep her. The Age examines the Lebanese magazine Jasad. Dia Diwan interviews Kinda Hibrawi. A Dubai couple is facing jail if convicted of issuing forged marriage certificates to sex workers. […]

Happy (Gregorian) New Year, readers! Here’s to another year together! A recent Cairo conference suggests that the sexual harassment of women is becoming a pan-Arab phenomenon, according to Al Ahram. Iran has barred single women from working for a state firm that operates a huge gas field and petrochemical plants on the shores of the […]

Fifteen-year-old Fahema Abdillahi has been missing for over a week. May Allah keep her. Afghan women write their stories for the Afghan Women’s Writing Project. Iran plans on holding an International Congress on Successful Women Who Wear Hijab. A French parliamentarian said he would file legislation to bar Muslim women from wearing veils that hide […]

ABC’s Lama Hasan reports on her abaya issues from Hajj. Couldn’t think of anything more pressing related to women’s issues and Hajj? Huh. SAAYA hosts a program to educate Muslim women in Tamil Nadu about government welfare programs. Hijabtrendz reflects on her experience of reporting the news in a headscarf. A woman in Syria breaks […]

Lebanon has appointed Raya Haffar Hussein as the country’s finance minister. Women’s eNews covers the politics surrounding the burqa and niqab in Canada. Clandestine same-sex marriages are organized in Kuwait. Turkish and Kurdish mothers join together for peace. The Faster Times interviews Ghada Karmi. Philly.com reviews The Glass House. Aden, Yemen, will host a conference […]

The Daily Beast profiles female entrepreneurs in Afghanistan. Via Jezebel. Nesrine Malik writes about the “harassment disease” facing Egypt. AFP discusses the dangers for Somali women in refugee camps. Kuwait slides down the Global Gender Gap Index for the third year in a row. But Kuwait has the other Gulf countries to keep it company. […]