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Friday Links — January 30, 2009

Friday Links — January 30, 2009

Last updated on: January 21, 2012 at 1:24 pm by fatemeh

Friday Links — January 30, 2009 2012-01-21T13:24:57-04:00 fatemeh

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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 their marriage contracts.

Rime Allaf speaks on Gaza.

Women’s rights supporters gather in Bahrain to discuss aiding survivors of domestic violence.

A court in Pakistan has ruled that murder in order to protect a woman’s honor (i.e., self defense) is “no crime.”

On forced marriages in Syria.

Saudi women may be driving by the end of the year. Via ProgressiveIslam.

Turkey’s Hurriyet looks at love, women, and the cinema.

Designer Nzinga Knight speaks with Hijabtrendz.

The Taleban in Pakistan’ Swat valley have murdered a dancer and warned others. Via ProgressiveIslam.

The Emirates’ Tawteen program helps girls learn skills to succeed in the business world.

Morocco’s Union of Women’s Action holds seminars to educate Moroccans about domestic violence as the government fashions a bill to tackle the violence harder.

Special needs couples wed in a mass marriage ceremony in Dubai.

A Welsh Muslim woman’s savvy business skills help her juggle five children and hair salon.

On clothing styles and hejab in Turkey.

Male traffic officers in Bahrain will not be able to force veiled women drivers to show their face.

The Australian cleric who has recently come under fire for his views on marital rape comes out with more astounding opinions. Via ProgressiveIslam.

Qatari women raised money for Gaza aid.

A bus offering information and advice about cervical cancer will tour Dubai in coming weeks to educate women about the disease.

Pakistan’s The News states that women “in every third household” face violence.

Female unemployment is high in Syria. More from Middle East Online.

Women in Afghanistan still cover their heads. Duh.

Rachida Dati has been forced to resign from Sarkozy’s government.

Contrary to popular belief, divorce rates are not on the rise in Turkey.

Sherry Rehman speaks out on women’s political representation in Pakistan.

Finnish immigrants without language skills face difficulties.

Canada extends a welcome mat to Masoda Younasy, granddaughter of Afghanistan’s last king.

Dekha Ibrahim Abdi shares her history and her role as peacemaker.

Menassat profiles Salwa al Neimi’s new book, Proof of Honey.

Dubai’s only women’s shelter has started a campaign against domestic violence, using a makeup case.

A young mother is murdered in her apartment. May Allah give her peace and justice.

Cambridge University has unveiled a pilot study examining the multiple struggles that European Muslim women face as they seek equality. More here, via ProgressiveIslam.

More on Amna Fatani.

In the wake of the attacks on Shirin Ebadi’s home and office, supporters showed up with roses to remind her that her work is appreciated. Via Global Voices Online.

Three defence lawyers wore headscarves in a Danish court in protest over a parliamentary proposal to ban religious symbols in court.

Women in Kerala fight against arbitrary divorces.

A Kuwaiti justice insists that gender equality is pivotal to social development. A Pakistani minister is singing the same tune.

On the rise of religious schools in Kyrgyzstan.

A bright young girl is patronized by the wife of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum.

The Times of India profiles Women Without Borders, an initiative to stop extremism.

Rich ladies donate expensive bags to charity.

Women are no longer served at some restaurants in Quetta, Pakistan.

Cycads reviews Ombak Bukan Biru.

The Yemen Times asks if women marginalized by political parties will form their own. That. Sounds. AWESOME.

Albanian Muslims can now wear headscarves in their ID photos. More from IHT.

Bahraini women are fighting an abused Family Law that allows husbands to extort money from divorced wives.

Reem Acra designs the gown that the wife of the Vice President of the U.S. wore.

Another article about how Muslim women are fashionable under their abayas. Via Hijabtrendz.

The Dubai Women’s Establishment and the Center of Arab Women for Training and Research agree to share notes.

Religious discrimination in the American workplace is being met increasingly with filing complaints.

In an effort to curb divorce rates, the Abu Dhabi General Women’s Union will offer classes to help married couples.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with female Afghan lawyers this week.

Sakena Yacoobi will speak at the University of Washington the first week of February.

İzgi Güngör believes that women should play a larger role in water management.

Women in Bahrain complain that roads are never named after women.

In Burkina Faso, practitioners are performing female genital cutting on babies instead of girls to escape increased legal scrutiny.

Danish website Journalisten profiles me and the site! Yippee skippee!

On the inefficacy of raids in stopping sex trafficking.

The Washington Post writes about how Pakistan’s girls aren’t getting the education they deserve because of the Taleban.

A alleged mixed gender soccer game in Iran is getting lots of people in trouble. More here.

Anisa Mohammed was named the Trinidad and Tobago Women’s Cricket Board of Control Player of the Year!

FW: profiles Najla Al-Awadhi, an Emirati renaissance woman.

An interesting installation in London’s Saatchi Gallery.

Because Saudi Arabia will not allow women to drive or compete in driving races, the FIA will not sponsor their races.

The Daily Times opines about the state of women in Pakistan.

How the One Million Signatures Campaign may have changed one woman’s life already.

The hejab goes green!

Racism on a Canadian college campus concerns Muslim students.

Menassat profiles Princess Hijab.

IslamOnline examines the difficult road ahead for female Iraqi politicians.

Muslim and Mormon women gather together for charity.

On how media reports mess up the facts on human trafficking.

no snow here gives information on how to help Palestinian women.

Twenty percent of Bangladesh’s parliamentary seats are to be filled by women.

A Yemeni politician affirms that women’s rights are supported by the parliament.

There is a growing demand for fitness centers in Saudi Arabia, and one chain aims to please.

Saudi wives wish their husbands just call to say “I love you.”

An Emirati graduate who was offered a trip to Australia as part of an academic award turned it down to prove to her employers that she was committed to her new job.

According to the president of Italy’s Association for Moroccoan Women, 600 girls are at risk for infibulation.

Another Islamic swimsuit makes a splash in the market. Ha.

The University of Toronto holds a forum to help dispel steroetypes about Muslim women.

An interesting photo questioning hejab is making the rounds with Iranians.

On the phenomenon of marriages of convenience for the LGBT Muslim community.

Marian Zeila, chairperson of the Somali Media Women’s Association, says she’s not afraid of Al-Shabab.

Thousands of women are running in Baghdad elections.

The Guardian speaks with the author of a book that discusses how Iraqi women’s rights have been set back.

Two Algerian women have accused a CIA officer of rape. More from The New York Times, Tariq Nelson, and The Washington Independent. Via DeenPort.

A bill in Nigeria aims to prohibit same-sex marriage.

A new publication discusses strategies to end discrimination against women.

An interview with Cherien Dabis, the director of Amreeka.

The Qatari cabinet approves a final draft of a bill for the elimination of all forms of discrimination agaisnt women.

The Yemen Times profiles a women-only photography studio.

Omid Memarian writes about how neo-c0lonial feminism hurts women’s rights in Iran.

A woman flees to a shelter to escape her husband, only to find that the shelter she’s run to is incredibly strict.

Women’s groups meet in Tunisia to call for the end of inheritance discrimination.

A Canadian play about the life of an upper-class Iranian woman opens in Tehran.

McMaster University writes about arranged marriages.

Harassment in Afghanistan often keeps girls away from school.

Gaza women tell give their accounts of the Israeli attacks.

Iranian women and the revolution of empty promises.

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