Can Faisal al Yafai asks why haven’t Arab women broken the glass ceiling? On the popularity of plastic surgery in Saudi Arabia. Na’ima B. Robert offers her portrait of a Muslim marriage. Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno’s caning has been postponed for Ramadan. AltMuslim examines the situation further. School girls in Gaza are being told to […]

Emel profiles Afghan architect and clothing designer Zoleykha Sherzad. Via HijabStyle. Esha Momeni  discusses her work and incarceration in Iran during an interview. The New York Times offers a chilling portrait of one female suicide bomber-to-be named Baida in Iraq. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he will propose at least three female ministers in his […]

Muslims in England weighs in on the Burqa Ban. More from The Washington Post. Saudi Amber comments on the significance of the four female Kuwaiti parliament members elected a few months ago. the long slumber comments on sexual harassment in the Arab world. He also pointed us to a very interesting refutation of myths about […]

More on Lubna al-Hussein and the Trouser Fiasco: here, here, and resulting social issue unrest here. In Nigeria, Hauwa Ibrahim fights Shariah with Shariah. The wife of Daniel P. Boyd, who is currently charged by the U.S. in a terror plot, defends her family and denounces her treatment by U.S. marshals. More on France’s negligible […]

The BBC looks at the women who clear Sudanesse minefields. The New York Times tells the story of Assiya Rafiq, may Allah give her justice. Mukhtar Mai is helping her in her fight. South Africa’s Muslim Marriage bill is under threat. Iran’s silly ban on Golshifteh Farahani’s movies has been lifted. Muslim women in Ghana […]

Last weekend, Natalya Estemirova was murdered. There are pictures of her burial ceremony, which was stopped by police officers. May Allah give her peace and justice. A South African Constitutional Court has ruled that widows of polygamous marriages deserve to inherit a share of their deceased husbands’ estates. Dilshad Ali attends the WISE conference in […]

Genius headline of the week: lewd stares distressing for women. You don’t say! TwoCircles.net reports on a study of maternity care and births among Muslim women in Mumbai slums. More on Marwa el Sherbini’s murder and global reactions: here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. More on France’s burqa ban: here, here, […]

The New York Times reports on the headscarf’s rise as a political symbol in Indonesia. Women in Turkey take back the night. A Palestinian journalist claims that Hamas arrested her while she was at the beach. The man who murdered Banaz Mahmood will be extradited to stand trial for her rape and murder. More on […]

Afghan Shi’as rallied for the passing of the women’s law in Kabul. A widow and several other men and women in Bangladesh were whipped according to a women and children repression prevention act. The BBC highlights two sisters who design couture abayas in Dubai. More here. Via Hijab Style. A Moroccan woman is Spain’s first […]

On the death of a young Iranian woman named Neda: analysis from Time, Jezebel, the Los Angeles Times, the Guardian, A suspect has been arrested in connection with a suspected honor killing in Chechnya. An obscure Al-Azhar decree says that “misyar” marriage is acceptable. The story of a survivor of sexual abuse and her continued […]