Ethar writes about how Egyptian universities and banks are teaming up to improve Egyptian women’s business skills. Hurriyet Daily News profiles Yaşar Seyman, a political powerhouse in Turkey. The New York Times examines Sheikh Hasina’s political troubles. Government offices in Dubai are getting ready to implement childcare in every office. YEAH! More here. Muzzammil Hassan […]

A prominent Tunisian academic, Amel Grami, calls for ijtihad. Rafia Zakaria writes for Pakistan’s Daily Times about the Pakistani Taleban’s increasing violence against women in Swat and elsewhere, despite Zardari’s pledges for women’s rights. IPS jumps in about what Pakistani women are doing to resist the violence. Dubai’s mufti declares that women can issue fatwas […]

A longer version of this article appears on altmuslimah, while this version appeared at Racialicious. I finally got around to watching AmericanEast this weekend. Full disclosure: I had originally read Tariq Nelson’s review, which was a pretty good rundown. AmericanEast is an attempt at mainstreaming American Muslims and attempts to portray the struggles Muslims face […]

Salam waleykum, readers! I have lots of announcements! altmuslimah, a kind of “sister” site to altmuslim, launched today. It’s a wonderful site that discusses gender and Islam in an intelligent, thoughtful way, and it’s put forth by many of the same people who are behind altmuslim, with one notable addition: me! I’m serving as associate […]

Salam waleykum, readers, and happy International Women’s Day! For more info, you can go to the IWD website, which lists IWD events by country and has a cool photo gallery of past IWD events.

The Independent reports on how activists are working to end female genital cutting in African countries. Women who give birth in U.A.E. jails may soon be able to keep their children with them for the duration of their sentence. Saudi poet Ayda al-Jahani is leading in Millions Poet. Women’s rights groups in Turkey voice concern […]

The Hijablog gives her thoughts on situation in Norway regarding the police forces’ rescinding of the allowance of headscarves on the force. More on the story at the Gulf Times, Islam in Europe,  and The Norway Post. An Oklahoma woman who wasn’t allowed to renew her driver’s license because of her headscarf was finally allowed […]

This was originally written by Megan and published on Jezebel. Sally Quinn just got back from a Brookings Institute conference in Doha and, judging by her appearance on MSNBC talking about the status of women in the Middle East, she didn’t apparently learn much. Quinn peddles so many offensive stereotypes about Middle Eastern countries, the […]

This was written by Cycads and originally appeared on her blog. \So there was this American guy, Jake, who sat with Gareth and me at lunch last Saturday and was telling us how much he wanted to go to Malaysia because it’s apparently a great place to meet women, and claimed that the country is […]

Salam waleykum, readers. Last week, we brought you daily updates on the Muslim community’s response to Aasiya Hassan’s murder. This week, we’re bringing you our own thoughts on the coverage surrounding the case. Media coverage around Aasiya Hassan’s murder has been slow but steady in its speculation. Much of it has been Islamophobic, throwing around […]