Here is a nice piece from HuffPo that tries to understand why Muslim women wear the hijab. I think it is still a bit essentializing, but overall is very good.
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My friend Zeba Iqbal has a piece at Goat Milk: Over 30 and Unmarried – Breaking a Stalemate. I’m not recommending it because she’s my friend, but because it’s brilliant. I only know about it because she’s my friend. I don’t normally hang out with brilliance otherwise.
Muslim Women’s Shelter Provides Refuge, Support : NPR
Muslim Women’s Shelter Provides Refuge, Support : NPR. As families come together over the holidays, the victims of domestic abuse are often sequestered in shelters — a situation that’s especially difficult for Muslim women, because few facilities meet their cultural and religious needs.
First boxers…now fighter pilots?
OMA (oh my allah!), What has happened to the clean watan? As the BBC reports: the Pakistan Airforce is now admitting women into their ranks. They are flying planes (maybe those newly released F16’s will be flown by a sister) They are shooting with rifles And they are marching in Parades: Yes!!!! Go Sisters Go!!!! What no Burqa?