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Friday Links — September 12, 2008

Friday Links — September 12, 2008

Last updated on: January 5, 2012 at 8:53 pm by fatemeh

Friday Links — September 12, 2008 2012-01-05T20:53:46-04:00 fatemeh

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Sudanese women use politics to inspire fashion.

More news about the four Iranian women’s rights activists who have been jailed. Payvand News features an article from one of the three women.

Faisal al Yafai writes eloquently about feminism in the Muslim Middle East and Western feminists’ problem with the veil. Cycads weighs in.

Clothing store Mango plans to open in Tehran by the end of the year. I am jealous.

Afghan women become policewomen in Herat. Via GlobalVoices.

Rickshaw Diaries covers Islamic Fashion Week. Via DeenPort.

Middle East Online interviews Maheen Zia, founder of the Union for Short Filmmakers of Muslim Countries.

Yemen Journey explains how her viewpoint on Islamic orthodoxy has changed after visiting Tarim, Yemen and whether women should visit without mahram escorts. Via DeenPort.

Latifah Wadih of New York is missing. Via Islamify. Etidal Abdullah of Lackawanna, New York, is also missing. May Allah keep them safe. Mujahideen Ryder has a post about what you can do. Via DeenPort.

More news on the lawyer who won a discrimination case, which we reported on last week.

And more news on the abandonment of the Iranian polygamy bill.

Syria has opened its first women’s shelter. Improvisations gives her two cents.

The Saudi Gazette reports on an Egyptian female-only beach.

A sole woman has been appointed to a previously all-male Indian waqf board.

The burqa will be banned in Dutch schools and universities. Islam in Europe gives a historic rundown of the issue.

The Yemen Times features an article about Muslim women in marriage…written by a Muslim man.

More news about Muslim swimsuits!

Nuseiba discusses the image of the veiled Muslim woman on the cover of books.

Achelois gives her thoughts on Queen Rania as a representative of Muslim women and shares two important websites that can spread awareness of human rights abuses.

Kyla Pasha writes about the Baluchi honor killings in Pakistan for GlobalComment.

HijabMan has two more posts about marriage in the Muslim community.

Improvisations reports that a Saudi women’s rights group is launching a campaign against early marriages and that a Saudi researcher is arguing that the Prophet’s wife Ayesha was actually nineteen when she was married, instead of nine.

IslamOnline’s Amara Bamba looks at the French hejab ban on its four-year anniversary. Via TalkIslam.

Cycads gives her thoughts on the movie Four Women — One Man.

A look at two Iranian plays that protest polygamy. Via Azadeh Pourzand.

The Iranian government denies allegations that it’s discriminatory to women. Ohhhhhhhkay. More here.

This story is heart-breaking. May Allah protect these three sisters, both from their father and from a system that refuses to listen to them.

Al Jazeera looks at a family in the middle of Ireland’s hejab ban debate. The Irish Times reports about the group lobbying for the right to wear headscarves in schools and Ali Selim gives a pretty…uh…interesting opinion on Muslim women vs. non-Muslim women.

Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has been granted bail. More from Al Jazeera.

MidEast Youth’s Jahanshah Rashidian outlines Iran’s gender segregation and its history.

MuslimMatters shares an interview with Dr. Aafia Siddiqui’s sister.

A Muslim woman claims that she has been fired from UPS because she wouldn’t “hike up her long skirt.”

More about Egyptian women speaking out about harassment.

Palestinian soap opera Matabb airs during Ramadan, and promises to be a thriller.

Self-immolation is on the rise among Afghan women.

The ruling that Dutch military forces are not liable for their failure to keep Bosnians doesn’t sit well with Bosnian mothers.

During Ramadan, Algerian mosques become places to find a husband or wife.

Al Jazeera shows one Iraqi refugee’s difficult journey to the U.S.

The Guardian examines whether Iraqi female suicide bombers are villains or victims and profiles Dr. Roshanak Wardak.

Shahed Amanullah argues that The Jewel of Medina is nothing for Muslims to fear. MuslimMatter’s AnonyMouse disagrees. Andrea Useem throws in her two cents for Slate. altmuslim’s interviews the author.

A Muslim woman is conducting a study that needs African American Muslim women to participate. Via DeenPort.

Ijtema profiles female calligrapher Ayten Tiryaki.

Two women go on a drunken tirade against two Muslim women in Leeds, Britain.

A movie about the woman who died after receiving a major beating opened at the Toronto Film Festival.

The Philadelphia Daily News reports on the Philadelphia Police Departments’ ban on religious symbols (including the headscarf) and one female Muslim officer’s appeal.

Local Chinese authorities have banned Muslim men from growing beards and Muslim women from wearing headscarves.

Morocco has sent female preachers to expatriate communities in the West.

After finishing an important exam, several girls in a Tanzanian school fainted.

GlobalVoices examines the way Saudi women use religion to empower themselves and gain standing within the community.

Nigerian women face societal pressure to get married.

A Muslim filmmaker needs your help for her next project. Via DeenPort.

Koonj writes about the single Muslim female. Via Ijtema.

Iraq’s Minister for Women’s Affairs urges the government to rehabilitate “would-be” female suicide bombers.

Lebanon’s Fadlallah urges women to become involved in politics.

Irfan Yusuf writes that violence against [Muslim] women won’t stop until men speak out.

The Nation interview’s KABOBfests’ May Alhassen.

Achelois outlines the history of covering one’s hair for prayer.

Sana Saeed writes about how Google ruined her life.

Organica and Subtopian Sunni Sister write personal reflections about 9/11.

The Washington Post has a few videos about hijab.

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