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Hijab For Sports: A New Radical Invention

Julia Moulden | Posted 11.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Industrial Design, Careers, New Radicals, Montreal, Sport, Hijab, Julia Moulden, Religion, Living News

Instead of saying, "that's wrong!" and organizing a protest march, Elham decided to come up with a solution. That's a distinctly New Radical response: positive, constructive, and hopeful.

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Sakena Yacoobi's Vision for Afghanistan

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 10.11.2009 | Impact

Read More: Sheryl DuWunn, Afghanistan Infrastructure, Omega Women and Power Conference, Hijab, Women in Afghanistan, Sakena Yacoobi, Maternal Mortality Rate, Obama, Afghanistan, Nicholas Kristof, Creating Hope International, Koran, Education in Afghanistan, Impact News

Sakena Yacoobi is on a mission to bring education to Afghanistan, a country that has a 70 percent illiteracy rate. Her organization, the Afghan Institute of Learning, seeks to empower women in a troubled society.

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A Female Perspective on Ramadan in Cairo

Annelle Sheline | Posted 11.17.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Cairo, Hijab, Eid, Woman, Oman, Female, Ramadan, Iftar, World News

I was eager to experience Ramadan in Egypt. I would attempt to fast, but wondered how the experience would feel without the closeness of a family.

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Attacks On Muslim Women's Wear Intensify Across Europe, India (PHOTOS, POLL)

Huffington Post | Posted 09.28.2009 | World

Read More: Burqa, Religion, Headscraf, Burqini Ban, Sarkozy, Hijab, Burqini, Italy Burqini Ban, Slidepoll, Italy Burqa Ban, Sarkozy Burqa, Burqa Ban, France Burqa Ban, Denmark Burqa, Nicolas Sarkozy, World News

French President Nicolas Sarkozy declared earlier this year that the Islamic burqa was a symbol of subservience. In other incidents, two women were ba...

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Freed Academic Haleh Esfandiari: 'Iranians Want Evolution, Not Revolution'

Diane Tucker | Posted 10.01.2009 | World

Read More: Evin Prison, Kennebunkport, Harsh Interrogations, Iran Election, One Million Signatures Campaign, Iran Regime Change, Iran, Iran Liveblogging, Diane Tucker, Mental Stress, Green Wave, The Inner Life, Voting Problems, Haleh Esfandiari, Civil Rights, Stress, Green Movement, Iran Post Election Crisis, Women’s Rights, Kian Tajbakhsh, Press Freedom, Mixed Marriage, Women’s Books, Voting, Fear Watch, Tehron Mass Trial, Twitter, Hijab, Iran Solitary Confinement, Middle East Politics, European Union, Georgia, Color Revolution, Obama Mideast Trip, Velvet Revolution, Islamic Veil, Iran Protest Movement, Ukraine, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Nico Pitney Iran Liveblogging, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Haleh Esfandiari Solitary Confinement, Bush Administration, My Prison My Home, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Iran Family Protection Law, Islamic Revolution, Democracy Promotion, Diane Tucker Iran Blogs, Iranian Women’s Rights, Voter’s Rights, Woodrow Wilson Center, Iran's Cultural Prison, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, World News

Every two or three years, there has been a wave of protests like this in Iran. But this time I think there has been a fundamental change.

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What's Really Underneath the 'Burqini' Controversy?

Freedom House | Posted 09.19.2009 | World

Read More: Burqa, Burqini Swimwear, Muslim Women, Iran Islamic Republic, Hijab, France, Burqini, Burqini Paris, France Burqas, Hejab, Paris Burqini, Sarkozy Burqa, Sarkozy Burqas, Swimming Pool Controvery Paris, World News

Verbally attacking women and banning them from public places is not the right path for France to choose. These actions only serve to further isolate Muslim women from society.

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Good-Minded People Are Losing Ground to Shouting Race-Baiting Hooligans

Sabria Jawhar | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

Good-minded people who see a need to teach tolerance and engage in civil discussion are cowed into submission by the shouters.

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Lubna Hussein Pants Trial Adjourns Until Tuesday

Huffington Post/Associated Press | Posted 08.29.2009 | World

Read More: Women's Rights, Lubna Hussein, Sudan Flogging, Hijab, Foreign Affairs, Flogging Women, Sharia Law, Sharia Law Courts, Flogging, Lubna Ahmed Al-Hussein, Shariah, Sudan, Flog, Sudan Sharia, Sudan Human Rights, Advocacy, Sharia, Sudanes Lady Trial Indecent Clothes, Lubna Husein, Lubna Husein Punishment, Lubna Hussein Pants Trial Adjourns Until Tuesday, Flog a Female Journalist, Hussein Pants, Lubna Hussain Pants Trial, Lubna Hussain, Huffington Post Lashes Sudan Pants, World News

Lubna Hussein, who was arrested July 3 for wearing pants and is now standing trial, openly defied the court by wearing the very same outfit to trial t...

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Georgia State University Stands Behind a Professor Who Discriminated Against An Arab and Muslim Woman

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Institution of Higher Learning, News, Mary Stuckey, Big News, Workplace Discrimination, Terrorist, Higher Education, Georgia State University, Slma Shelbayah, Middle East Institute of Georgia State University, Arabs, Anti-Arab, Dr. Mary Stuckey, College, Discrimination, Bomb in Hijab, President Mark P. Becker and Slma Shelbayah, Bomb, Islam, Anti Muslim, Hijab, Holy Quaran, Politics, Dr. Mary Stuckey Racist Remarks, President Mark P. Becker, Dona Stewart, Rhetoric of Hatred, Racism, Dr. Mary Stuckey Anti Arab Remarks, Muslims, Arab, Racial Profiling, Mary E. Stuckey, Tenured Professors, Terrorism, Gsu, Quaran, Shelbayah, Politics News

It seemed okay in 2008 for a University Professor to harass a Muslim student and get away with it.

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Muslim Chic

Gioia Diliberto | Posted 07.27.2009 | Style

Read More: Burqa, Religion, Chadors, Style, Hijab, Muslims, Sarkozy Burqa, Women in Burkas, Fashion, Burka, Nicolas Sarkozy, Style News

Westerners often assume that Muslim women would get rid of their head scarves if given a chance. It must be a husband or father who forces them to cover up. That's a serious misconception.

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Where Burqas Meet Strippers

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 07.26.2009 | World

Read More: Burqa, Islam, Hijab, France, Head Scarf, Oppression, Exotic Dancers, Muslims, Objectification of Women, Strippers, Obama Cairo Speech, Feminism, Barack Obama, Nicolas Sarkozy, World News

Could the traditional burqa-clad woman and the modern Western exotic dancer be two sides of the same coin?

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We Can't Turn Our Back on Iran

Julie Menin | Posted 07.19.2009 | World

Read More: Women and Politics, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Women, Obama, Iran, Hijab, Iran Nuclear Weapons, World News

This week Obama proclaimed there was not much difference between Mousavi and Ahmadinejad in respect to Iran's relations with the US. With respect to women's rights, this is absolutely not the case.

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One of Islam's Greatest Threats is Dick Cheney and Those Who Bow to Him

Sabria Jawhar | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Muslims, Michael Savage, Islam, Hijab, Ann Coulter, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Politics News

The well-spoken and forthright Dick Cheney has been making the talk show and lecture circuit rounds sounding the alarm that Obama is making the Western world less safe from terrorists.

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Hijab and Civil War in the House of Lords

Christina Patterson | Posted 07.16.2009 | World

Read More: Racial Politics, Religion and Politics, Democracy, House of Lords, Hijab, Refugees, World News

One of the more cheering sights of the past week has been young women in hijab getting excited about politics.

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Iran's First Female President: Not Gonna Happen

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 06.20.2009 | World

Read More: Law, Women's Rights, Women's Issues, Al Zahra University, Iran Presidential Election, Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mehdi Karroubi, Zahra Rahnavard, First Lady, Mohsen Rezai, Supreme Jurist, Tehran, Female, Guardian Council, Dr. Zahra Rahnavard, Vetting, Iran Reformists, Women, Parliament, Iran Supreme Leader, Hijab, Women Voters, Hejab, University, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iranian Women, Women and Politics, Candidate, Chancellor, Presidential Election, Iran Women's Rights, Tehran-Iran, World News

In a society where about 70% of the university population is female, the election vetting process is a sad comment on the true condition of Iran's girls and women: second-class citizens.

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Egyptian Women: Image vs. Reality

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 04.30.2009 | Style

Read More: Egypt Women, Muslim Headscarf, Hijab, Cairo Media, Egyptian Women, Egypt Burqa, Media, Burka, Burqua, Burqa, Egyptian Media, Muslim Women Scarves, Cairo, Egypt, Muslim Woman Headscarf, Cairo Headscarf, Egyptian Woman Head Scarf, Cairo-Egypt, Style News

If you see a woman in Cairo with her hair uncovered, she is either Christian, a tourist, or very, very brave.

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Saudi Clerics Push To Ban Women From The Media

Breitbart | Posted 04.24.2009 | World

Read More: Saudi Women, Saudi Clerics, Mullahs, Saudi Women Driving, Hijab, Foreign Affairs, Saudi Arabia, Advocacy, Women's Rights, World News

Hardline Saudi clerics have called on the government to ban women from appearing on television and to prohibit their images in print media, which they...

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Norway Erupts Over Hijab Controversy

csmonitor.com | Valeria Criscione | Posted 04.19.2009 | World

Read More: Muslims in Europe, Religion, Europe, Norway Diversity, Norway Hijab, Norway, Norway Tolerance, Norway Veil, Hijab, Norway Muslims, Norway Hijab Controversy, Norway Religious Tolerance, Oslo Norway, World News

OSLO - Norway's biggest headache right now is not the financial crisis. Rather, the predominantly Christian nation is plagued by a religious dilemma o...

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Making the Hijab Work

Betwa Sharma | Posted 04.11.2009 | Style

Read More: Islam, Hijab, New York, Burkini, Capsters, Style News

Baggy jeans and loose shirts are old news for Muslim girls like Bhuiyan who, are mixing the Islamic dress code with in vogue. The element of élan and savoir-faire cannot be missed.

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