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Friday Links — January 22, 2010

Last updated on: January 22, 2010 at 12:00 am   by fatemeh

Friday Links — January 22, 2010 2010-01-22T00:00:59-04:00 fatemeh

Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Salam alaikum, readers! I’ve got quite a lot on my plate this week, so I’m afraid I’m going to have to do a slap-dash job of the Links this week. Apologies!

• gulfnews : Feminism in the Arab world

• DAWN.COM | National | Jury selected for Dr Aafia’s trial

• Anything for fair skin, even SR30,000 placenta shot

• We will not send women to work as housemaids in Kingdom: Egyptian minister

• Qassim women start computer business

• Women set their targets on the Turkish hunting scene

• Stereotype studies won’t save lives

• gulfnews : Fresh graduate sets up frozen yoghurt empire in UAE

• Islam in Europe: Paris: Algerian actress attacked

• Islam in Europe: Denmark: Burka report based on guesswork

• Race Card: French Law to Target Muslim Women | Bitch Magazine

• Egypt: battling sexual harassment on the phone | Bikya Masr

• Saudi rights body lauds steps to empower women

• Women media beautifies the current Yemeni media landscape
• Al Aan TV empowers women with brand new show Amira

• Abu Dhabi court jails 13 for trafficking Moroccan women

• Muslim accuses Christian teacher of snatching veil

• Farah Salka – Caritas shelter for trafficked women turning into a prison…act Now!

• Iran threatened by female activists

• Egypt: battling sexual harassment on the phone

• Expat women seek more work choices

• Child marriages still continue

• Amid cabinet setback, Afghan women face slow political climb

• gulfnews : Shaikha Fatima receives wife of Turkish prime minister

• Iran hands over two Turkish women arrested for PKK links – Hurriyet …

• Documentary on First Female Iranian Olympian to Premiere at Sundance

• Campaign on violence against women and children tackles taboos

• Women behind the wheel

• Trafficked women’s deep sense of relief after trial verdicts

• Human traffickers jailed for life

• Seven Syrians Get Life
for Human Trafficking

• Women line up to hail Kuwait’s pink taxis

• Women’s fitness center closed
• Princess Khuloud’s research to help understand breast cancer

• Women who wear the burka should be banned from benefits and public transport, claims French government spokesman | Mail Online

• Prostitution in Lahore, Pakistan « GOATMILK: An intellectual playground edited by Wajahat Ali
• Syrian jailed 14 years for ‘honour killing’ of cousin – thestar.com

• Stress, quarrels and neglect: the ‘normal’ polygamous family | openDemocracy

• Pakistan’s female squash player defies tradition

• Al-Qaeda Woman? Putting Aafia Siddiqui on Trial

• Afghanistan: Women Dying and Torture Run Amuck

• Islam in Europe: Denmark: PM supports ban on burkas in school

• Improvisations: Arab Woman Progressive Voice: The Fabulous Elia Suleiman

• Sarkozy Says Burqa is Not Welcome in France … Again – elan: The Guide to Global Muslim Culture

• Kuwait Cabs for Women Paint the Town Pink – elan: The Guide to Global Muslim Culture
• Egypt: Coptic man accused of rape has trial postponed | Bikya Masr
• Girl reportedly commits suicide in eastern city – Hurriyet Daily News …
• Saudi girl, 13, sentenced to 90 lashes after she took a mobile phone to school

• Saudi ‘sorcerer’ who raped 100 sentenced to death

• ‘Illegal’ Saudi women’s gym shut: media

• How Asian women made trade union history and shattered stereotypes

• Egyptian female bodyguards trade hijabs for aikido / The Christian Science Monitor – CSMonitor.com

• It is not part of anyone’s culture to be abused | Jasvinder Sanghera – Times Online
• Iran Unfiltered – Home – Q&A with Fatemeh Haghighatjoo

• Hijabi Mama: breastfeed in public without the worry
• Contemporary Muslim Woman Series: “Love or Arranged Marriage?” by Naila Sheikh « GOATMILK: An intellectual playground edited by Wajahat Ali

• Kidnapped Tarragona woman still missing : Euro-Islam: News and Analysis on Islam in Europe and the United States

• You Know I Love You, Baby: Muslims in Secret “Urfi” Marriages – elan: The Guide to Global Muslim Culture

• KUWAIT: New job listings website serves Arab women | Babylon & Beyond | Los Angeles Times

• No religious justification for child marriage: Saudi cleric – Yahoo! News

• Muslim women refugees say they are safe but still struggling

• Hairdos now in Indonesia Muslim clerics crosshairs

• Ambreen Sadiq, Muslim girl boxer, aims to combat prejudice to succeed in the ring

• Mauritanian Muslim imams initiate rare ban on female circumcision

• Sudan: Al-Hussein is Runner-Up

• Women’s Fitness Center Forced To Close In Saudi Arabia

• Arrests For A Revealing Dance Pit Flesh Against Faith

• women reciting Quran in spotlight

• Burqa Unwelcome in Denmark: PM

• Documentary on First Female Iranian Olympian to Premiere at Sundance

• Women behaving badly in mosques

• ‘Veiled threats’ from Egypt’s nightclub owners

• Women reject fatwa on hairstyles, ‘ojek’

As always, if you see new stories about Muslim women we missed, feel free to post them in the comments!

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