Some links for Friday, October 12, 2007: A Saudi woman is sentenced to lashings for being raped. What the hell? Dr. Ruqaya Al Alwani is presented with the Tunisian President Award for her publication The Role of the Muslim Women in Development Al-Ahram argues that the Carnegie Endowment on International Peace’s recent publication on the […]

As you may have noticed, we’ve changed the name and site of the blog. I just added an ‘h’. That lack of an ‘h’ was really killing me. Sorry for the confusion for our loyal readers! I know that “muslima” and “muslimah” are the same things, but I just like it better with an ‘h’! […]

Jon Hemming for Reuters reports that a city in Afghanistan has its own answer to America’s Next Top Model. The news agency boasts that the television show “is breaking boundaries and revealing the beauty under the burqa.” (Thanks to NayLah for the tip!) But before going on to totally ignore which kind of boundaries are […]

Gender segregation is NOT a long-term solution to harassment, stares, or rape. It’s a tidy short-term solution, but it will not solve the reasons that men harass women; in fact, segregation may make harassment worse. Men of any race, religion, or nationality will harass a woman because they view women as acceptable targets—if men are […]

Here’s a really good review of The Kingdom. I’m not surprised by anything in the review, but I am curious about how Muslim women are portrayed in the film; I remember seeing a sloppily-placed cut of a Saudi niqabi somewhere in the commercial trailer. Has anyone wasted any money on this film? If you did, […]

Here are some links for 10/05/07: Sisters are doin’ it for themselves: some Muslim moms open a law firm. What’s new in Gulf abaya fashion. Didn’t we tell you? Colleges look at Muslim women’s memoirs that reinforce Western stereotypes. Two plays about Muslim women come to the U.S. The Veiled Monologues and Is.Man: two different […]

So the new season of Little Mosque on the Prairie began in Canada tonight on CBC and as a Canadian Muslim I felt I should watch. Also, as someone who watched every episode last season I felt the need to catch the first episode of the second season. It began quite funny. I was very […]

Everybody’s jumping on the “Ban Hejab” bandwagon these days. For Germany and Canada, it’s done in the name of secular society and “equality.” For Turkey and Tajikistan, it’s done in the name of secularism, too, but also as a distinct agenda to curtail religious influence in popular opinion and government. The idea of banning hejab […]

So I just barely got around to watching CNN’S God’s Warriors. I know it’s old news. In fact, I found some interesting analysis here. But I still said to myself, “This would be great for my blog!” This might give you an idea of how short on material I’ve been lately. Anyway, I pulled out […]

The Executive Officer, on his/her blog Executive Outcomes, has drawn a link between Muslim women and suicide bombings! Hey, I’ll bet no one’s ever though of that before! Oh, wait. Forbes did. Muslim women don’t have enough negative stereotypes associated with us…thank you for adding one more! “Hey, everyone. Guess what? Not only are Muslim […]