---

• Justin Podur interviews a representative from the Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan.

• Mohamed Elmasry examines the idea of liberation for Muslim women in the west.

• Kashmiri women protest against India.

• Dr. Qanta Ahmed seeks to clear up misconceptions about Muslims with her book In the Land of Invisible Women.

• Women in Egypt attempt to fight against female genital cutting with grass-roots activism.

• Holy crap! How did I forget to post this?! The Muslimahs Speak Up! Carnival has been up for a week! Get over there if you haven’t already!

• In Afghanistan, many female prisoners are serving sentences for being raped.

• Women Living Under Muslim Laws highlights the fact that many female Muslim athletes didn’t make it to the Olympics–not because they weren’t qualified, but because they weren’t allowed.

• The Christian Science Monitor examines Yemen and the issue of child marriage. Via Progressive Muslima News.

• A young Saudi woman bravely defied the driving ban to bring her injured father and brothers to a hospital. Via Jezebel.

• KABOBfest’s Maytha points out that there are Muslim women who don’t wear headscarves in the Olympics, too.

• Speaking of Olympics, Global Voices Online highlights Ruqaya Al-Ghasara.

• The Moor Next Door profiles Khatou El Boukhari’s role in her husband’s (the former president of Mauritania) downfall.

• On obstetrics in Syria.

• Hamid Karzai, the president of Afghanistan, pardons three men who are convicted of rape. Via TalkIslam.

• Coverage of Sheikha Maitha from the U.A.E. in the Olympics.

• An eight-year-old girl has been married without her consent (or knowledge) to a 50-year-old man. She is filing for divorce. More from Al Arabiya. This has sparked a debate in Saudi society.

• MidEast Youth discusses female suicide bombers in Iraq and a rude welcome back to Saudi Arabia.

• On dolls in Iran. Via TalkIslam.

• Muftis and the Human Rights Campaign in Saudi Arabia both speak out against child marriages. Via PM’s World.

• Asharq Alawsat investigates Susan Tamim’s murder.

• Shirin Ebadi denies that her daughter has converted to the Ba’hai faith.

• The Economist looks at books that tell the stories of Darfur survivors.

• Muslim organizations speak out against the Sisterhood project.

• The Federation of Muslim Women Association in Nigeria calls for harsher penalties for government officials convicted of corruption.

• More on women-only beaches.

• A criticism of Shabana Azmi’s moderate Muslim agenda.

• A 15-year-old girl in Iraq is found with an explosives vest that comes with a harrowing story. More from the Guardian, and Reuters.

• A conference on the challenges that Muslim women face in order to achieve “lasting peace” occurred this week in Tehran.

• Nigeria’s first lady calls for civil society agencies to partner with government to reach millennium development goals.

• Human Rights Watch says that every week, an immigrant domestic worker dies in Lebanon. More from Al Arabiya and the LA Times.

• Sabria Jawhar examines the brain-drain of professional Saudi women.

• More Noor-mania

• A woman is attacked during a flight.

• The Egyptian film Her Man gains fame.

• Randomly Placed’s thoughts on being an educated Muslim female. Via Ijtema.

• Islam in Europe examines a Somali woman whose book is riling up her countrypeople in Norway, how boys also face honor violence in Sweden, and the fact that non-Muslim Danes are against marrying Muslims.

• Angela Wu talks about what’s legally wrong with the denial of Faiza M’s French citizenship.

• MidEast Youth interviews Pakistani journalist and activist Huma Imtiaz.

• MuslimMatters highlights a rational approach to Dr. Aafia Siddiqui’s case.

• Riazatt Butt discusses the verbal abuse her sister faces because of her face veil.

• Izzy Mo’s Blog has some words of major wisdom for raising our children.

• Nuseiba posits that oil is what’s holding Muslim women in West Asia back. Salon has a similar discussion.

• A woman wearing a face veil was told to leave an Italian museum. The head of the museum has since apologized. More from Arab News.

• Last week, we reported that Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani was banned from leaving Iran. This week, there are reports that contradict that.

• Amnesty International renews its demand that Iranian authorities end harassing and imprisoning women’s rights activists.

• Muslims in Malawi are boycotting voter registration because women with headscarves are being forced to remove them during registration.

• Muslim women in India are protesting against Personal Code rules that are biased against them.

• Women’s groups in Indonesia call for safer abortion laws to prevent maternal mortalities.

• Muslim women win the right to wear skirts in an Arizona airport.

• A man who pimped out his wife has been sentenced to jail for one year. WTF?

• A charity in the West Bank has given shelter to a mentally disabled woman after it was discovered that both she and her brother, who has similar difficulties, had been living in an unsafe cellar under their father’s house.

• A state in northern Nigeria has banned mixed-sex education for junior and senior schools.

• hegab-rehab puts together a collage of Algerian women’s dress.

• The Islamic Council of Norway says that imams should listen to gay and lesbian Muslims, and should not face persecution in the Norwegian Muslim community.

• A principal has resigned after allegations that he has become sexually involved with one of his students, claiming that he’s taken her as a second wife. Via TalkIslam.

• The Pakistani Embassy in the U.S. has voiced its concern over treatment of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui.

• Muslim and Christian women will gather in Sweden in the beginning of September for a conference organized by the Iranian Institute for Interreligious Dialogue and the World Council of Churches that aims to explore interfaith peace.

• The Ottowa Citizen takes a moralizing tone by pointing out that non-Muslims can learn “modesty” from Muslim immigrants. Good points in there about the rejection of sexualized culture, but a bit moralizing nonetheless.

• The Yemen Times covers an exhibit in Malaysia that showcases the role of women in the Muslim world.

• IslamOnline interviews Ausma Khan, editor of Muslim Girl magazine.

• A hip-hop group in Jaffa includes but Jewish and Muslim girls.

• Calgary, Alberta allows headscarves and saris in public pools.

• A Muslim American reflects on the ignorant idea that headscarf = immigrant.

• On Iranian Sara Khosh Jamal’s performance in the Olympic tae kwan do events.

• Muslim women in Britain are challenging perceptions of Islam through pub quizzes.

• Couples in Iraq marry abroad to ensure a safe and happy wedding.

• The issue of allowing or banning headscarves in Irish schools has not been given a concrete directive.

• The Pakistani Spectator interviews Margari Aziza Hill.

• A Pakistani senator defends honor killing as a “norm that should not be highlighted negatively.” (head exploding)