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April 2010

April 30, 2010

Friday Links — April 30, 2010

Belgian politicians have voted overwhelmingly to ban the wearing of full face veils in public....

April 23, 2010

Friday Links — April 23, 2010

A 16-year-old schoolgirl has been banned from classes in Spain after refusing to remove her...

April 16, 2010

Friday Links — April 16, 2010

Salam alaikum, readers! Sorry for the silence all week! But don't worry--we'll be back to...

April 09, 2010

Friday Links — April 9, 2010

The Saudi Arabian Department of Civil Affairs will begin issuing ID cards for women that...

April 02, 2010

Friday Links — April 2, 2010

Belgium moves towards public ban of niqab and burka after a city bans headscarves and...

March 2010

March 26, 2010

Friday Links — March 26, 2010

Salam alaikum, readers! It's been awhile, but we're back to our regular Friday links! I'm...

March 05, 2010

Friday Links — March 5, 2010

Kuwaiti novelist Laila al-Othman believes that there is "too much sex" in new Saudi literature....

February 2010

February 26, 2010

Friday Links — February 26, 2010

Saudi Arabia is planning to bring in a new law to allow female lawyers to...

February 19, 2010

Friday Links — February 19, 2010

Daily Nation profiles the gender issues that a Muslim woman man has been living with...

February 12, 2010

Friday Links — February 12, 2010

In Iran, Deputy Culture Minister for Cinematic Affairs Javad Shamaqdari's remarks on the hijab anger...

February 05, 2010

Friday Links — February 5, 2009

Girls in Sudan risk sexual exploitation. A Jordanian court sentenced a 19-year-old man to 10...

January 2010

January 22, 2010

Friday Links — January 22, 2010

Salam alaikum, readers! I've got quite a lot on my plate this week, so I'm...

January 15, 2010

Friday Links — January 15, 2009

After the Afghan parliament rejected several of his cabinet member appointments, Hamid Karzai submits new...

January 08, 2010

Friday Links — January 8, 2010

The Yemen Observer profiles Dr. Nadiah Al-Kokabany. A 20-year-old girl was auctioned in a Pakistani...

January 01, 2010

Friday Links — January 1, 2010

Happy (Gregorian) New Year, readers! Here's to another year together! A recent Cairo conference suggests...

December 2009

December 25, 2009

Friday Links — December 25, 2009

Fifteen-year-old Fahema Abdillahi has been missing for over a week. May Allah keep her. Afghan...

November 2009

November 27, 2009

Friday Links — November 27, 2009

ABC's Lama Hasan reports on her abaya issues from Hajj. Couldn't think of anything more...

November 20, 2009

Friday Links — November 20, 2009

Lebanon has appointed Raya Haffar Hussein as the country's finance minister. Women's eNews covers the...

October 2009

October 30, 2009

Friday Links — October 30, 2009

The Daily Beast profiles female entrepreneurs in Afghanistan. Via Jezebel. Nesrine Malik writes about the...

October 23, 2009

Friday Links — October 23, 2009

Politics Daily discusses the state of women's rights in Afghanistan. Somalia's hardline group al Shabaab...

October 16, 2009

Friday Links — October 16, 2009

Everybody freaks out when Dalia Mogahed says that "Shari'ah law is misunderstood." A controversial program...

October 09, 2009

Friday Links — October 9, 2009

Women in Lebanon are campaigning to take domestic violence cases out of religious courts. Diana...

September 2009

September 25, 2009

Friday Links — September 25, 2009

A British Muslim Women's Group hosted a training seminar for women at the Deeplish Community...

September 18, 2009

Friday Links — September 18, 2009

A Beirut forum on women's rights in the Arab world to address everything from politics...

September 11, 2009

Friday Links — September 11, 2009

Nesrine Malik weighs in on the Saudi guardianship campaign. More thoughts on the German media...

September 04, 2009

Friday Links — September 4, 2009

CNN shows us Nujood's life after her divorce. The Feminist School keeps us updated on...

August 2009

August 29, 2009

Friday Links — August 28, 2009

Can Faisal al Yafai asks why haven't Arab women broken the glass ceiling? On the...

August 21, 2009

Friday Links — August 21, 2009

Emel profiles Afghan architect and clothing designer Zoleykha Sherzad. Via HijabStyle. Esha Momeni discusses her...

August 14, 2009

Friday Links — August, 14, 2009

Muslims in England weighs in on the Burqa Ban. More from The Washington Post. Saudi...

August 07, 2009

Friday Links — August, 7, 2009

More on Lubna al-Hussein and the Trouser Fiasco: here, here, and resulting social issue unrest...