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Friday Links — July 25, 2007

Friday Links — July 25, 2007

Last updated on: January 5, 2012 at 8:47 pm by fatemeh

Friday Links — July 25, 2007 2012-01-05T20:47:24-04:00 fatemeh

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On headscarves and generation gaps in Sarajevo.

Al-Ahram profiles Egyptian pentathlete Aya Medani.

The Asia Times looks at prostitution in Pakistan. Via TalkIslam.

Adam Dokurugu examines what kind of vice president Hajia Alima Mahama would be for Ghana.

may/hem posts on female suicide bombers.

Muslim women in Italy who face abuse find help through an abuse hotline.

A Muslim women’s group in Napa Valley, California, spreads charity.

Wives and children of polygamous marriages now have the right to inheritance in South Africa.

Mona El Tahawy writes about the recent verdicts in France that concern Muslim women’s veils and hymens.

Yemen’s self-styled “morality police” have problems with women in government. Yemeni women’s groups fight back.

Iraq has trained several women to fight female bombers. The only problem is that they’re all Sunni; what about Shi’a women?

Iran holds an Islamic fashion show.

Pakistani senator Nilofar Bakhtiar plans to remain in the country, despite death threats made against her.

Eight women and one man have been sentenced to death for adultery in Iran. Via Apostate.

Get your surprised face on! Voice of America reports that French Muslim women are often wrongly stereotyped.

The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Education has furnished air-conditioned buses for school girls.

An American girl studying the Qur’an in Pakistan has an uncertain future because her visa has expired.

More analysis on sexual harassment in Egypt.

A Saudi man “won” a 10-year-old girl in a stupid bet with her father. WTF?!

The BBC profiles a female glass artist who infuses her work with European and Arabic traditions. Via MasudBlog.

Yusuf Islam knows that sexism isn’t cool. Via Islamify.

More disgusting maid abuse in Saudi Arabia. May Allah protect these women.

MidEast Youth examines Egyptian harassment and changes for women in Saudi Arabia.

Palestinian Maryse Gargour’s film won several awards this year; she speaks with Menassat.

Feminists in Iran plan a sit-in demonstration to protest against a proposed bill that would no longer require a man to ask his wife’s permission to marry more wives.

Riyadh University announced the implementation of a six-week training program for female graduates.

A woman is murdered; her killer fails at committing suicide after killing her. May Allah give her peace and justice.

Islamfemina writes about female imams in China and Chinese Muslim women’s roles in the community. Via Islamify.

Abu Sufyan writes about “free mixing” of genders for IslamOnline.

altmuslim’s Rafia Zakaria examines the burqa and citizenship; KABOBfest’s Mohammed “Abou” Mack has a smart media analysis about the affair; the Christian Science Monitor also weighs in.

Maryam Rajavi says that the international community must support Iran’s resistance movement.

Women can now qualify as civil servants in Morocco. Finally! Barikallah!

Dubai’s princess Sheikha Maitha is working on her karate; she will compete in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Andrea Useem writes about “emergent Islam” in the U.S. Via TalkIslam.

Scholars in Saudi Arabia stress the need for women’s gyms.

Al
Jazeera reports on the increase in sexual assaults in Mauritania, but convictions for rapists don’t.

MuslimMatters examines the derogatory term “convertible hijabi.”

Women can’t drive cars in Saudi Arabia, but they can ride horses. Here’s one woman’s story. Via TalkIslam.

Oprah interviews Jordanian Queen Rania. Via Progressive Muslima News.

Improvisations: Arab Woman Progressive Voice discusses a Kuwaiti study on divorce.

Dots Under Consonsants points us to an offensively stupid women’s section in a Saudi bookstore. Via Ijtema.

A female suicide bomber kills eight in Iraq. May Allah give the victims peace.

Sketchy job notices in Saudi Arabia seek to trick women into “questionable” jobs.

Iran’s Supreme Cultural Revolution Council has designated July 12 as “National Virtue Day for the Veil.”

Egyptian Gumbo discusses women who have taken off the headscarf. Via Islamify.

Islam in Europe reports on interfaith cooking and “honor”-related violence in Sweden.

Riazat Butt examines Turkish headscarf fashion in this month’s Islamophonic.

Two women claim that they were denied employment at a Detroit-area McDonald’s because of their headscarves.

Nesrine Malik discusses domestic violence and “honor”-related violence, and the systems of oppression that keep women from leaving.

AKI features a video of the One Million Signatures campaign calling for women’s equality.

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