Archive for the ‘News Roundups’ Category

World marks International Women’s Day / Photos: 11 women who are changing the world / NATO Secretary General: Women’s Rights: A matter of peace and stability / The world’s best countries for women / Awareness rises, but women still lag in pay / Women’s Day: Faith in Action / Waging a worldwide feminist jihad

Afghanistan’s Sikh heroine fights for rights / Opinion: Why I am proud to wear the burqa / Girl wrestler conquers the mat / Muslimahs doing it for themselves / Iranian women skier aims to be first of many / Bollywood’s ‘bad girls’: Jewish actresses lit up screen in Indian cinema’s early years / Saudi Arabia could allow women lawyers in court: reports / And More…

Lifting the veils from our own eyes / Beautiful Ummah blog marks first year with contest /
The Taqwacores at Sundance, aka the Love that is Taqwacore / The worst sexual assault prevention tips ever / Young Somalis in Minnesota beating the odds / Iranian opposition calls for mass protests / Turkish man faces life for burying daughter alive

Muslim feminists deserve to be heard / WTFatwa Literally! Media’s Love Affair with “The Fatwa” / The boy who cried “witch”: Saudis investigate domestic workers for witchcraft / 68% of Saudi girls drop last name on Facebook / Director Kathryn Bigelow wins first female top director’s award for Iraq film / Women Artists from the Islamic World / Why aren’t the networks picking up more pilots created by women? /
Define Yourself: Discussions of Women, Feminism and the Arab World

Why am I not German? / From Bikinis to Burkas: How to Write Another Cliched Tell-All Expose / Women Behaving Badly in Mosques / Feminist Elitism: Trading one hierarchy for another / Judging an Emcee by Her Cover / Wajeha Al-Huwaider, a Feminist in Saudi Arabia / She works. They’re happy.

Don’t you dare call me a cougar! / There are just no good Muslim women out there / Iranian filmmakers keep focus on the turmoil / Iraqi women, a story of injustice through decades / A Mideast bond, stitched of pain and healing / Using marriage to bring sexy back / Boyfriend pillow for Japanese singles & more

A Christian Iraqi’s first American Christmas / Sarah Thomas becomes first woman to referee college football game / People of the decade: Sheikha Moza of Qatar / Pakistan to register “third sex” hijras / Top 10 wins for women in 2009 / and More

Russian beauty makes boxing history / Henna Ladies, women-only social group working for integration, launched in Queens Park / Of Hockey and Hijab author discusses Muslim misconceptions in Canada / Little support for terrorism among Muslim Americans / A veiled movement for women’s rights sweeps Iran / Video: Matisyahu – Hasidic reggae artist – lights up Hanukkah / And More

Head-turning hijabs: Islamic fashion lets women cover up in style / International League of Muslim Women host a special shopping day for the needy / Muslim women’s group donates kit to care home / Muslim women cartoonists, / The women who guard other women in conservative Egypt / Bardford Muslim women’s group aids Little Heroes charity / And More

Bahrain Minister of Justice asked to recruit female prayer criers / Afghan women writing for change / Publisher of Muslim women’s magazine named one of world’s top 500 most influential Muslims / Muslim women in NYC defy stereotypes through activism / Arab Muslim women start group to serve as resource / And More