Friday Links January 8, 2010January 8th, 2010 Fatemeh <http://muslimahmediawatch.org/author/fatemeh/>
- The *Yemen Observer* profiles Dr. Nadiah Al-Kokabany<http://www.yobserver.com/culture-and-society/10017874.html> . - A 20-year-old girl was auctioned<http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Politics/13-Dec-2009/Girl-sold-in-open-auction> in a Pakistani village last week. Let me repeat that: AUCTIONED. May Allah keep her. - *The Age* examines the Lebanese magazine <http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/books/2010/01/01/1261982390866.html> *Jasad<http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/books/2010/01/01/1261982390866.html> .* - Dia Diwan interviews Kinda Hibrawi<http://www.diadiwan.com/features/handbag/culture-through-art> . - A Dubai couple is facing jail if convicted of issuing forged marriage certificates <http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100101/NATIONAL/701019695/1138/BUSINESS>to sex workers. - Ms. Mehdi goes to the White House<http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091230/NATIONAL/712299862/1040/WEEKENDER> . - More Jordanian women are leaving unhappy or bad marriages<http://www.coastweek.com/3301-31.htm> . - Mideast Youth looks at the history of Iraqi women<http://www.mideastyouth.com/2010/01/02/iraqi-women-a-story-of-unjustice-through-decades/> . - The *Khaleej Times *reports that The Victim Care Programme initiated by the Dubai Police assisted as many as 9,320 women<http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2010/January/theuae_January50.xml§ion=theuae> in October and November of 2009. - Saudi women are checking up on their domestic workers<http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=130605&d=3&m=1&y=2010&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom> . - On transgender activism<http://blog.dawn.com/2010/01/05/a-new-frontier-in-civil-liberties/> in Pakistan. - France drafts a bill to fine women wearing the niqab<http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ic9UEjc3Y5ArhH6mUZyhl47Ci9fw>. O RLY? - Bahrain plans on building a womens only park<http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=267637> . - A Massachusetts pharmacy college that drew flak for banning face coverings, including the veils worn by some Muslim women, has amended its policy to allow for a religious exemption<http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2010/01/college_approve.html>. More here <http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/01/07/veil>. - On the socio-cultural impediments to Indian Muslim womens struggles<http://www.ummid.com/news/2010/January/03.01.2010/socio_cultural_impediments_to_muslim_women.htm> for justice. - In Saudi Arabia, the Humanitarian Women Teachers Campaign demand pay equity for female teachers<http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2010010358966> . - One Iraqi writes about her experience having to cover her hair in her country<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/03/AR2010010302122.html> . - Yasmin Alibhai-Brown hops on the burqa-banning bandwagon<http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/yasmin-alibhai-brown/yasmin-alibhaibrown-they-are-right-to-ban-the-burka-even-if-it-is-for-the-wrong-reasons-1861412.html>. In other news, alliteration is great. - The Bahrain Womens Association for Human Development discussed ways for women to emerge from divorces<http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=267769> with alimony, rightful custody of their children and a roof over their heads. More here<http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?col=§ion=middleeast&xfile=data/middleeast/2010/January/middleeast_January54.xml> . - Muslim women in Godhra, India, claim that they have been sexually assaulted by local police<http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Godhra-women-allege-sexual-assault-by-cops/563959> . - Headscarves will not be banned in Swiss schools<http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/news/international/index/Veil_will_not_be_banned_in_Zurich_schools.html?cid=8009554>. Via Islam in Europe<http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/01/zurich-school-veil-ban-rejected.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IslamInEurope+%28Islam+in+Europe%29&utm_content=Google+Reader> . - More on the polygamy article heard round the Arab world<http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2010/01/muslim-world-polygamy-for-women-article-sparks-public-row.html>. More here <http://www.themedialine.org/news/news_detail.asp?NewsID=27648> and here<http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2010/01/05/saudi_polygamy/index.html> . - In Australia, a Muslim woman received a $2000 grant to run the Girls Only Gym program<http://waverley-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/monash-girl-power-in-the-gym/> at the Ashburton YMCA to give young Muslim women an opportunity to exercise comfortably. - Hamas encourages women to follow a specific dress code<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/03/content_12748559.htm> . - *The National *profiles Fatima Shama<http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100107/FOREIGN/701069936/1135/general1> . - An Egyptian court upheld a ruling by the education ministry to ban women from wearing the full face veil in university examination halls<http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hqFEoGKijz5zszq0SC-MYkzAUMHw> . - *The Huffington Post*s Nosheen Abbas believes that womens progress in Pakistan is a mirage<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nosheen-abbas/womens-progress-is-a-mira_b_409423.html> . - *elan* also discusses how the Arabic Fiction Prize Shortlist comes up very short<http://www.elanthemag.com/index.php/site/blog_detail/arabic_fiction_prize_shortlist_comes_up_way_short_for_women-nid601158158/> indeed when it comes to women. - On how the 2004 tsunami created devastating conditions for Indonesian women<http://se7enmagazine.com/the-issue/35-asia/825-tsunami-indonesia-recovery.html> . - *The Globe and Mail *reports that more Afghan women are committing suicide<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/afghan-women-turning-to-suicide-in-greater-numbers-report/article1421654/> . - A 23-year-old Muslim woman in The Netherlands who says she was not allowed into a first aid clinic on Christmas Day with her three-month old baby because she was wearing a burqa has submitted a complaint to the equal opportunities committee<http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2009/12/woman_in_burqa_turned_away_fro.php>. Via Euro-Islam<http://www.euro-islam.info/2009/12/29/woman-in-burqa-denied-entrance-to-utrecht-clinic/> . - Women are a growing force<http://se7enmagazine.com/the-issue/35-asia/823-hell-no-we-wont-go-women-a-growing-force-in-middle-eastern-business.html> in West Asian business. - Dr. Amal al Ghaferi is the first Emirati faculty member<http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100107/NATIONAL/701069834/1010> at Masdar Institute of Science and Technology. - Mansoureh Shojaee, an activist who is being held in Evin prison, has been allowed to contact her family<http://www.iranfemschool.com/english/spip.php?article356> . - A Michigan woman was singled out for a pat-down at an airport because of her hijab<http://detnews.com/article/20100107/METRO01/1070413/Muslims-question-full-body-search-of-woman-in-head-scarf> . - *The National* reports that more than half of women in the U.A.E. would not report a rape<http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100106/NATIONAL/701059902/1010> to police. - In Egypt, a new law has recommended tough punishments in an effort to combat sexual harassment<http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100106/FOREIGN/701059825/1002/NEWS> . - One womans struggle to get her husband a green card<http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/08/us/08cncfamily.html> . - A disgusting account of one womans sexual harassment<http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/doctor-sucked-pregnant-womans-breasts/story-e6frf7jx-1225817069446> by her doctor. *Editors Note: Readers, as always, if there are any news stories about Muslim women that weve missed, please feel free to post them in the comments.* *However, Ive noticed that our Friday links have become very Middle East-centric. 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