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Friday Links | April 22, 2011

Friday Links | April 22, 2011

Last updated on: April 22, 2011 at 12:00 am by fatemeh

Friday Links | April 22, 2011 2011-04-22T00:00:31-04:00 fatemeh

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Mukhtaran Mai’s appeals against her rapists have been struck down by a Pakistani court.

Don’t miss the Online Conference of Islamic Feminism!

The Chairman of the Azerbaijani State Committee for Family, Women and Children Affairs believes several families force their children to wear the hijab.

Common Ground News Service looks at currents of change for women in Saudi Arabia.

NPR profiles several American Muslim women who have removed their headscarves.

Zainab Al-Khawaja has ended her hunger strike in order to continue her fight for justice in Bahrain.

indiewire interviews Zeina Durra and Elodie Bouchez, the women behind a new film.

Ms. magazine examines North African women’s needs for reproductive rights.

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has provoked a fresh wave of anger from women by condemning mixed-sex protests as illegal under Sharia law. Women proved him wrong by protesting.

On polygyny in South Africa.

A 16-year-old girl police assume ran away from her parents because she was afraid of a forced marriage has been found safe.

A group of schoolgirls attacked a British Muslim woman and attempted to remove her headscarf. May Allah give her justice.

The Skokie Review profiles playwright Rohina Malik.

Pink hijabs to raise awareness of breast cancer, purple hijabs to raise awareness of domestic violence.

The Bradford Muslim Women’s Council (BMWC) and the Islamic Society of Britain have put together the first “Daughters of Eve” conference.

On Arab women’s increasing involvement in grassroots activism.

The Wall Street Journal profiles documentary filmmaker Norhayati Kaprawi and her newest film.

Farzana Hassan’s lecture at the University of British Columbia provoked outcry from the university’s Muslim Student Association because Hassan is pro-burqa ban.

Speaking of the burqa ban, here are a few more reactions to it.

Germany’s first Turkish woman poses for Playboy because she wants to be liberated. Uh…

On improving maternal care in Pakistan.

The boy who assaulted a classmate and attempted to remove her headscarf has been charged with a felony hate-crime.

If you see any news on Muslim women from this week that we’ve missed, feel free to leave links in the comments!

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