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Tudung or Not Tudung?: Hijabis in Singaporean Workplaces

Posted by syahirah on 05 Nov 2013 / 23 Comments

In Singapore, the hijab is more commonly referred to with the Malay word ‘tudung’, which simply means a covering. In October this year, a petition was started on Avaaz.org by a “Syafiqah K.” to allow Muslim women in Singapore to wear tudung (hijab) in the workplace. It aimed to reach 20,000 signatures, but was closed […]

Saudi women bridge the gender gap

Posted by muslimahmediawatch on 11 Nov 2008 / 0 Comments

A U.A.E.-based newspaper, The National, published a story yesterday about increasing numbers of Saudi women entering the workplace (read here). While this isn’t the first story written about Saudi women in the workforce, it is one of the best written ones I’ve seen. There is no presumption of Western superiority in regards to women in […]