Shabana gets heavy on the snark. Can you blame her?
A traffic court in Dubai declares a woman guilty of manslaughter after a traffic accident in which she loses her child. Why not go ahead and ban pregnancy? [From Driving While Pregnant]
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The Female Factor – What the Head Scarf Means, When Everyone Wears One – NYTimes.com
Wait, Muslim women have opinions about veiling? Who knew? [/sarcasm] The Female Factor – What the Head Scarf Means, When Everyone Wears One – NYTimes.com. To take off the veil, as some women have done, is to ask the candid question of what it means to be a Muslim woman today.
More on Saudi gender Oxymorons
Emphasis on morons. Ali Eteraz has a good piece the fits in well with the questions I asked earlier on veiling and women in Saudi Arabia. Technorati Tags: Saudi Arabia, veil, women in Islam