- Facebook and other social networking sites have increased Egyptian women’s political activism.
- A girl in Swat Valley shares her story with the BBC.
- The U.N. finds that few nations are truly serious about stopping sex trafficking.
- Gyms for women are doing a world of good in Saudi Arabia, but are still in danger of government shutdowns.
- The Guardian asks whether Iran’s next president will be female.
- The LA Times reports on the The Stoning of Soraya M.‘s reception at the Cannes Film Festival.
- Moroccan “mourchidates” will visit the U.S. this week as a part of an interfaith dialogue aimed at women’s improvement, during which they find they have much in common with Jewish women.
- On the veil debate in Canada.
- AltMuslimah reviews Mother of the Believers.
- Experts gathered in Riyadh last Saturday to discuss abuse of women and children. Princess Adela bint Abdullah lends her support, and the group seeks a fatwa against using religion to justify abuse.
- epiphanies discusses why women watch Bab el Hara.
- Two men and two women were murdered in Pakistan; the families of the women refused to claim their bodies. May Allah give them all peace and justice.
- Four Kuwaiti women won seats in the country’s parliament! More from the Telegraph and the BBC. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is also excited. And here’s a clip about the blogosphere’s reaction.
- A Saudi women takes matters into her own hands.
- More than half of women in the Arab world who own companies do not take part in their management.
- A series of women-only hotels are planned for the Saudi Arabian market.
- Bitch Magazine covers Turkey’s first mosque designed by women.
- Emirati women need more local role models, say Professor Fatima al Sayegh.
- On the female players of Jeddah United.
- Roxana Saberi has left Iran.
- Craig and Marc Kielberger discuss their visit to Saudi Arabia’s volunteerism conference.
- Women’s eNews examines Ayse Onal’s work with men who have committed honor killings in parts one and two.
- GOATMILK’s “Muslims Talking Sex” series features a discussion of teen dating by Mohja Kahf and more thoughts on sexual double standards by Hesham Hassaballa.
- Nuseiba’s third part in a series about Orientalism.
- According to Payvand News, 80% of divorce petitions in Iran are filed by women. Via ifeminists.
- More coverage on the Muslim Women Making Music tour.
- Common Ground News Service discusses Muslim women in Europe.
- Zainah Anwar talks about what happens to children of inter-religious marriages in a divorce.
- A Kuwaiti MP insists that a female MP wear a headscarf while in parliament.
- The latest on the Muslim Marriage Bill in South Africa. More here.
- Dr. Zahra Rahnavard brings the awesome on her husband’s campaign trail, calling for more freedoms for Iranian women.
- A Saudi Arabian appeals court refuses to ratify the verdict given to the 75-year-old woman who was accused of “khulwa” for being along with two younger men delivering her bread.
- A 9-year-old girl’s family lost an appeal to waive mixed gender swimming classes. But she has been allowed a burqini.
- bitch magazine covers the lebanese election posters, too.
- Islam in Europe looks at Saudi NGOs’ development of Bulgarian Muslim gender identities.
- Shahrazad discusses women in Iranian elections.
- Iranian women and Turkish women have a lot in common.
- A 75-year-old Saudi woman is involved in a car crash; it’s then discovered that she’s been driving in the kingdom for over 40 years because she has no living male relatives.
- Riazatt Butt interviews the designer behind Elenany, a new Muslim women’s clothing line.
- Female journalists in Pakistan and Afghanistan face huge challenges.
- Some people are pretty open about their dislike for women’s-only gyms.
- Though the number of Indonesia’s female lawmakers is growing, it doesn’t necessarily mean anything for women’s rights in the country.
- The house of Rubina Ali, one of the child stars of Slumdog Millionaire, has been demolished.
- The Peninsula discusses Islamic feminism. And I discuss Muslim feminists for Double X.
- Several Muslim women are among those who were awarded the Asian Women of Achievement Awards.
- An Egyptian businessman has been sentenced to death for the murder of Suzanne Tamim. via epiphanies.
