http://muslimahmediawatch.org/2010/01/friday-links-january-22-2010/
Friday Links — January 22, 2010January 22nd, 2010 Fatemeh <http://muslimahmediawatch.org/author/fatemeh/> 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<http://gulfnews.com/about-gulf-news/al-nisr-portfolio/notes/articles/feminism-in-the-arab-world-1.568915> * - *DAWN.COM | National | Jury selected for Dr Aafia’s trial<http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/national/16-jury-selected-for-aafias-trial-hs-09> * - ** *Anything for fair skin, even SR30,000 placenta shot<http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=131392&d=18&m=1&y=2010&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom> * - *We will not send women to work as housemaids in Kingdom: Egyptian minister<http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=131340&d=17&m=1&y=2010&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom> * - *Qassim women start computer business<http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.con&contentid=2010011760433> * - *Women set their targets on the Turkish hunting scene<http://www.sundayszaman.com/sunday/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=198777> * - *Stereotype studies won’t save lives<http://www.arabianbusiness.com/579093-stereotype-studies-wont-save-lives> * - *gulfnews : Fresh graduate sets up frozen yoghurt empire in UAE<http://gulfnews.com/about-gulf-news/al-nisr-portfolio/notes/articles/fresh-graduate-sets-up-frozen-yoghurt-empire-in-uae-1.568914> * - *Islam in Europe: Paris: Algerian actress attacked<http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/01/paris-algerian-actress-attacked.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IslamInEurope+%28Islam+in+Europe%29> * - *Islam in Europe: Denmark: Burka report based on guesswork<http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/01/denmark-burka-report-based-on-guesswork.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IslamInEurope+%28Islam+in+Europe%29> * - *Race Card: French Law to Target Muslim Women | Bitch Magazine<http://bitchmagazine.org/post/race-card-french-law-to-target-muslim-women> * - *Egypt: battling sexual harassment on the phone | Bikya Masr<http://bikyamasr.com/?p=7619> * - ** *Saudi rights body lauds steps to empower women<http://www.sahilonline.org/english/news.php?catID=gulfnews&nid=7273&viewed=0> * - ***Women media beautifies the current Yemeni media landscape<http://www.yobserver.com/culture-and-society/10018003.html> * - ***Al Aan TV empowers women with brand new show Amira<http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093297178> * - *Abu Dhabi court jails 13 for trafficking Moroccan women<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8468324.stm> * - *Muslim accuses Christian teacher of snatching veil<http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=1&article_id=110785> * - *Farah Salka – Caritas shelter for trafficked women turning into a prison…act Now!<http://palestinethinktank.com/2010/01/17/farah-salka-caritas-shelter-for-trafficked-women-turning-into-a-prison-act-now/> * - *Iran threatened by female activists<http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100118/FOREIGN/701179822/1002> * - *Egypt: battling sexual harassment on the phone<http://bikyamasr.com/?p=7619> * - *Expat women seek more work choices<http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2010011760423> * - *Child marriages still continue<http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=131378&d=18&m=1&y=2010&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom> * - ** *Amid cabinet setback, Afghan women face slow political climb<http://www.ethiopianreview.com/news/13067> * - *gulfnews : Shaikha Fatima receives wife of Turkish prime minister<http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/government/shaikha-fatima-receives-wife-of-turkish-prime-minister-1.570066> * - *Iran hands over two Turkish women arrested for PKK links – Hurriyet …<http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=iran-hands-over-two-turkish-women-arrested-for-pkk-links-2010-01-18> * - *Documentary on First Female Iranian Olympian to Premiere at Sundance<http://www.niacouncil.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1633&Itemid=2> * - *Campaign on violence against women and children tackles taboos<http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100119/NATIONAL/701189844/1010/national> * - *Women behind the wheel<http://www.arabianbusiness.com/blogs/1178-women-behind-the-wheel> * - *Trafficked women’s deep sense of relief after trial verdicts<http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100120/NATIONAL/701199870/1138/OPINION> * - *Human traffickers jailed for life<http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100120/NATIONAL/701199854/1138/OPINION> * - *Seven Syrians Get Life for Human Trafficking<http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?col=§ion=theuae&xfile=data/theuae/2010/January/theuae_January581.xml> * - ** *Women line up to hail Kuwait’s pink taxis<http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100120/FOREIGN/701199920> * - ***Women’s fitness center closed<http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=131488&d=20&m=1&y=2010&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom> * - ***Princess Khuloud’s research to help understand breast cancer<http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=131501&d=20&m=1&y=2010&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom> * - *Women who wear the burka should be banned from benefits and public transport, claims French government spokesman | Mail Online<http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1244402/Women-wear-burka-banned-benefits-public-transport-claims-French-government-spokesman.html> * - ***Prostitution in Lahore, Pakistan « GOATMILK: An intellectual playground edited by Wajahat Ali<http://goatmilkblog.com/2010/01/19/prostitution-in-lahore-pakistan/> * - ***Syrian jailed 14 years for ‘honour killing’ of cousin – thestar.com<http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/752647--syrian-jailed-14-years-for-honour-killing-of-cousin> * - *Stress, quarrels and neglect: the ‘normal’ polygamous family | openDemocracy<http://opendemocracy.net/5050/masjaliza-hamzah-norami-othman/stress-quarrels-and-neglect-normal-polygamous-family> * - *Pakistan’s female squash player defies tradition<http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jWHGnK3xEN8lipq5HLZt9JT_1Uhg> * - *Al-Qaeda Woman? Putting Aafia Siddiqui on Trial<http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1954598,00.html?iid=tsmodule> * - *Afghanistan: Women Dying and Torture Run Amuck<http://www.truthout.org/afghanistan-women-dying-and-torture-run-amuck56185> * - ** *Islam in Europe: Denmark: PM supports ban on burkas in school<http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/01/denmark-pm-supports-ban-on-burkas-in.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IslamInEurope+%28Islam+in+Europe%29> * - ***Improvisations: Arab Woman Progressive Voice: The Fabulous Elia Suleiman<http://arabwomanprogressivevoice.blogspot.com/2010/01/fabulous-elia-suleiman.html> * - *Sarkozy Says Burqa is Not Welcome in France … Again – elan: The Guide to Global Muslim Culture<http://www.elanthemag.com/index.php/site/blog_detail/sarkozy_says_burqa_is_not_welcome_in_france_again-nid847148127/#When:18:40:10Z> * - ***Kuwait Cabs for Women Paint the Town Pink – elan: The Guide to Global Muslim Culture<http://www.elanthemag.com/index.php/site/blog_detail/kuwait_cabs_for_women_paint_the_town_pink-nid773496749/#When:18:15:33Z> * - ***Egypt: Coptic man accused of rape has trial postponed | Bikya Masr<http://bikyamasr.com/?p=7708> * - ***Girl reportedly commits suicide in eastern city – Hurriyet Daily News …<http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=kurdish-girl-reportedly-committed-suicide-in-eastern-city-2010-01-18> * - ***Saudi girl, 13, sentenced to 90 lashes after she took a mobile phone to school<http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1244689/Saudi-girl-13--sentenced-90-lashes-took-mobile-phone-school.html> * - *Saudi ’sorcerer’ who raped 100 sentenced to death<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/saudiarabia/7037020/Saudi-sorcerer-who-raped-100-sentenced-to-death.html> * - *‘Illegal’ Saudi women’s gym shut: media<http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jZ-ReASUrtehiVwFEjds1A6FPiog> * - *How Asian women made trade union history and shattered stereotypes<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/20/asian-women-trade-union-grunwick> * - ** *Egyptian female bodyguards trade hijabs for aikido / The Christian Science Monitor – CSMonitor.com<http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2010/0121/Egyptian-female-bodyguards-trade-hijabs-for-aikido> * - ***It is not part of anyone’s culture to be abused | Jasvinder Sanghera – Times Online<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article6960875.ece> * ** - *Iran Unfiltered – Home – Q&A with Fatemeh Haghighatjoo<http://www.iranunfiltered.com/journal/2010/1/21/qa-with-fatemeh-haghighatjoo.html> * ** - *Hijabi Mama: breastfeed in public without the worry<http://hijabtrendz.com/2010/01/21/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<http://goatmilkblog.com/2010/01/21/contemporary-muslim-woman-series-love-or-arranged-marriage-by-naila-sheikh/> * ** - *Kidnapped Tarragona woman still missing : Euro-Islam: News and Analysis on Islam in Europe and the United States<http://www.euro-islam.info/2010/12/31/kidnapped-tarragona-woman-still-missing/> * - *You Know I Love You, Baby: Muslims in Secret “Urfi” Marriages – elan: The Guide to Global Muslim Culture<http://www.elanthemag.com/index.php/site/blog_detail/you_know_i_love_you_baby_muslims_in_secret_urfi_marriages-nid283768310/#When:19:51:26Z> * - *KUWAIT: New job listings website serves Arab women | Babylon & Beyond | Los Angeles Times<http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2010/01/kuwait-new-job-search-website-targets-women.html> * - ***No religious justification for child marriage: Saudi cleric – Yahoo! News<http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100121/wl_mideast_afp/saudichildrenmarriagereligionrights> * - *Muslim women refugees say they are safe but still struggling<http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx%3Fid%3D153904&ct=ga&cd=P5KrR8t86JQ&usg=AFQjCNFQpI_YYa5-7V3Ipyfpzv5aAvNWlw> * - *Hairdos now in Indonesia Muslim clerics crosshairs<http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/lifestyle/hairdos-nowindonesia-muslim-clerics%2560-crosshairs_437177.html&ct=ga&cd=P5KrR8t86JQ&usg=AFQjCNHk-hFXW_EnWauPNW4KyM7V55rWYg> * - *Ambreen Sadiq, Muslim girl boxer, aims to combat prejudice to succeed in the ring<http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/more_sport/boxing/article6997531.ece&ct=ga&cd=P5KrR8t86JQ&usg=AFQjCNGrhGdZY6jWwusB3CdLKaeyfKzMbA> * - *Mauritanian Muslim imams initiate rare ban on female circumcision<http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.alertnet.org/db/an_art/58388/2010/00/21-170431-1.htm&ct=ga&cd=P5KrR8t86JQ&usg=AFQjCNFsD5WHWNfmWxxwQbCV_oX0Aqksyw> * - *Sudan: Al-Hussein is Runner-Up<http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://allafrica.com/stories/201001210303.html&ct=ga&cd=VBA6A_7YOEs&usg=AFQjCNEULVw_R_Fn5r7ikCdv3TV299Mvkg> * - *Women’s Fitness Center Forced To Close In Saudi Arabia<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=GgYHq8DH%2FPUkO5nvyQYmEF1KBLn17bvu> * - *Arrests For A Revealing Dance Pit Flesh Against Faith<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=3wvNVCVSu8DHRPgQkEKRUV1KBLn17bvu> * - *women reciting Quran in spotlight<http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://gulfnews.com/news/region/egypt/egyptian-women-reciting-quran-in-spotlight-1.571065&ct=ga&cd=uYEOYGWw12Q&usg=AFQjCNEzzIiUmhJSbTVIsygc1o5a0RFlmw> * - *Burqa Unwelcome in Denmark: PM<http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite%3Fc%3DArticle_C%26cid%3D1262372549634%26pagename%3DZone-English-News/NWELayout&ct=ga&cd=WyAwIUBK6wU&usg=AFQjCNHFHf4u04eEzVi49O3MquEUMaefDw> * - *Documentary on First Female Iranian Olympian to Premiere at Sundance<http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.niacouncil.org/index.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26task%3Dview%26id%3D1633%26Itemid%3D2&ct=ga&cd=9efLa5oku2g&usg=AFQjCNH1btxzMip6OvaxOqJvTGX_7tF36Q> * - *Women behaving badly in mosques<http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.altmuslimah.com/a/b/a/3512/&ct=ga&cd=0YofzER0I5c&usg=AFQjCNHxZqAZWwjG-CDisqHtRB3q62fa8w> * - *‘Veiled threats’ from Egypt’s nightclub owners<http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.kippreport.com/2010/01/%25E2%2580%2598veiled-threats%25E2%2580%2599-from-egypt%25E2%2580%2599s-nightclub-owners/&ct=ga&cd=S3dgs04b9NM&usg=AFQjCNGlRj98IvJRJiOt213DIZZXzYvT0A> * - *Women reject fatwa on hairstyles, ‘ojek’<http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/01/18/women-reject-fatwa-hairstyles-%25E2%2580%2598ojek%25E2%2580%2599.html&ct=ga&cd=a4HjZjndxFc&usg=AFQjCNGPbLWrajQfiF-iknKTh7Swdc-8jw> * *As always, if you see new stories about Muslim women we missed, feel free to post them in the comments!* [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
