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Friday Links — September 18, 2009

Friday Links — September 18, 2009

Last updated on: September 18, 2009 at 12:00 am by fatemeh

Friday Links — September 18, 2009 2009-09-18T00:00:05-04:00 fatemeh

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A Beirut forum on women’s rights in the Arab world to address everything from politics to sexuality. Dubai’s Sheikha Fatima should be there, given her views.

A 12-year-old girl died in childbirth. May Allah give her peace. UNICEF responds with a call for more protections for women and girls.

A 107-year-old Malaysian woman is looking for a husband. More here.

Sudan’s slanderous court ruling on Lubna Hussein.

The National Post reviews Marnia Lazreg’s book Questioning the Veil: Open Letters to Muslim Women.

AltMuslimah explores the topic of divorce.

Public schools in Belgium will ban headscarves.

Several women and children were killed in a stampede during a food giveaway in Pakistan. May Allah give them peace. More here and here.

More and more Nigerian girls are being trafficked to Italy.

Aziza Margari writes about the “triple minority” of Black Muslim women in America.

Sabina England’s play at Racialicious: A Conversation Between a Bikini and a Burqa.

Indonesia’s Aceh province has some serious new Sharia laws that may affect women. More here.

WorldFocus interviews a feminist Islamist. You read right!

Arab female workers have suffered more than men from the global financial turbulence.

School administrators are harassing Uzbek students wearing headscarves.

Speaking of headscarf bans, Tajikistan’s new school uniforms don’t allow for headscarves. More here.

And, in this same theme, many Egyptian women wearing headscarves still face discrimination in public places.

Female soccer plays in Turkey are tearing down gender taboos.

Transsexuals in Malaysia face numerous struggles.

Police have found no evidence that Rifqa Bary has been threatened with death over her conversion to Christianity.

The Swat Valley is still a dangerous one for women.

An Indonesian entrepreneur is stitching magnets into the headscarves worn by some Muslim women, aiming to cure ailments ranging from headaches to fatigue.

Qatar’s first full-service fashion consultant business has opened in Doha. Via HijabTrendz.

Our own Safiyyah writes about women and eid prayers at the mosque.

AltMuslimah takes a look at the article that started the Chesler vs. Wolf feud.

Female negotiators may be the missing link in the Middle East peace process.

Mona El Tahawy writes about Lubna Hussein’s triumph in the Sudanese trouser case.

The wife of imam Nordine Taouil from Antwerp has been fired from her job as child care provider because of statements made by her husband.

The World Taekwondo Federation will allow Muslim women to wear a headscarf in competition.

Muslim women constitute a greater percentage of people living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria.

A beautiful interfaith Ramadan tradition.

Egypt’s top Islamic authority defended women’s rights to wear trousers in public.

As much as 50 billion riyals belonging to Saudi women and sitting dormant in the Kingdom’s banks could be turned into revenue-producing investments.

A story of a Tanzanian student’s new life in the U.S.

Women in Arab countries are breaking citizenship barriers.

Only 3.1% of Lebanon’s parliamentary seats are held by women.

German-Turkish author and sociologist Necla Kelek was awarded for her human rights work.

An all-women’s theater group is to tackle the subject of violence against women with a comedy production in Jeddah.

The U.N. commissioner on human rights urges more positive developments in women’s rights.

IslamOnline profiles Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir.

The Jakarta Post profiles designer Monika Jufry. Via HijabStyle.

The Netherlands is planning on banning cousin marriages.

Malaysian International Fashion Week is back! Via HijabTrendz.

Geert Wilders’ crazy racism knows no bounds.

Abercrombie & Fitch is being sued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for allegedly not hiring a Muslim Tulsa teenager because she wears a headscarf.

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