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Friday Links — May 1, 2009

Friday Links — May 1, 2009

Last updated on: May 1, 2009 at 12:00 am by fatemeh

Friday Links — May 1, 2009 2009-05-01T00:00:08-04:00 fatemeh

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The eight-year-old Saudi girl who was previously denied a divorce has finally been granted one.

Doctors are worried about the levels of anorexia nervosa among teenage girls in the Emirates.

Dr. Fahmida Mirza, Pakistan’s first female speaker of the national assembly, asks for help for Pakistan.

Women’s employment in Turkey is rising despite the economy.

The Iraqi Minister of Human Rights says her department is working to improve the situation of women in Iraq.

CITYarts will honor Shaikha Manal in recognition for her patronage to the arts.

The Kurdish Globe describes the place of mothers in Kurdish society.

Increasingly popular sports clubs and gyms for women in Saudi Arabia face closures. More from Arab News and the BBC.

An Emirati couple who severely abused their nine-year-old daughter have been sentenced to 10 years in prison.

A look at the journey behind Football Under Cover.

Saudi Arabia is considering allowing women to vote in municipal elections; they would still be barred from running for office.

Reuters highlights Afghan Shi’a women’s views on the law that has sparked international attention. President Karzai has vowed to change said law.

The Winnipeg Free Press says that the decline of Muslim society is connected with the decline of women’s rights.

Billboards featuring women appear again in Peshawar, Pakistan.

The “N7nu” project in Saudi Arabia discusses the right of women to drive.

On the religious/secular divide and its impact on Turkish women’s rights.

The LA Times discusses domestic violence in the Muslim community through the Aasiya lens.

Ayesha Siddiqui is the first Pakistani Muslim female student to be the New York City College of Technology valedictorian this year.

A tragic narrative of the women in an Afghan literary group.

Kinky business makes big money in Pakistan. Link is safe for work.

Five years after the 2004 family code reform in Morocco, writers weigh in on the reforms’ effects.

In Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, a woman will open the first bakery solely owned and operated by women.

Radio Free Europe discusses Roxana Saberi’s future. A filmmaker hears others’ memories of her before her arrest.

The New York Times reviews Dragon Fighter, the story of one Uighur Muslim woman’s fight for peace with China.

Bitch magazine wonders whether a recent priest, who has announced that she is both Christian and Muslim (and been defrocked for it), is receiving the same treatment that her white male counterparts are.

Jamerican Muslimah gives her thoughts on Dalia Mogahed’s appointment to the Obama administration’s faith council.

Iranian women form a council to present the demands of women within Iran through the pivotal period and space of the presidential election.

On rape, honor killing, and the prison system in Iraq. More from a UN report.

Nuseiba takes Mona El Tahawy to task for a recent article about Afghan women.

AltMuslim examines the war on girls’ schooling in Pakistan.

After thieves rob a jewelry store using hijabs as a disguise, Muslim women are banned from wearing headscarves in the store. The twist: the store owners are Muslims.

Faith ponders on spousal support in the African American Muslim community.

Politicans in Denmark unite against forced marriages and imams who conduct them.

Zehra F. Kabasakal Arat writes about women’s rights as human rights in the UN Chronicle.

And speaking of the UN, Nuseiba outlines why CEDAW doesn’t work.

Joseph Shahadi conducts a fantastic interview with playwright Sabina England: parts one and two.

The National gives opposing views on the recent Egyptian campaign to de-niqab government workers.

Female candidates have swept the election, winning all seats in Indonesia’s Borneo province of West Kalimantan.

Ayman Udas, a rising Pakistani singer, has been murdered. May Allah give her peace and justice.

A court halved the sentence of a man convicted of killing his wife.

Three women have committed suicide in Kurdistan. May Allah give them peace.

AltMuslimah asks whether sexual taboos contribute to sex trafficking.

The Daily Beast airs a perfectly eye-rolling article about temporary marriage.

The Celebrating Muslim Motherhood Carnival is now up! Take a look.

Iranian journalist and women’s rights worker Narges Mohammadi has won the international Alexander Langer award for 2009.

Another article about Muslim women being “Islamically” fashionable.

Muslim women in the northern Italian province of Bergamo now have private access to a local swimming pool. Via Islam in Europe.

UPDATED: Amnesty International reports that Delara Darabi has been executed. My Allah give her peace and justice.

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