Resources on Muslims for the Entertainment Industry
Though the progress looks glacial to Western activists, the pace of change in Saudi Arabia can seem dizzying to people living inside this conservative Kingdom. What are the next steps and who is … [Read more...]
The controversy of Muslim women wearing religious garments covering the face continues in Australia, where women wearing the niqab or burga are now confined to a separate glass enclosure if they want … [Read more...]
Born in Saudi Arabia, Princess Reema bint Bandar Al Saud spent her formative years in the United States, where her father was ambassador from 1983-2005. Princess Reema earned a degree in museum … [Read more...]
In India, Talaq-ul-Bidat (also known as “triple talaq”) allows a Muslim married man to instantaneously divorce his wife by uttering “I divorce you. I divorce you. I divorce you.” Female activists like … [Read more...]
For the first time in Saudi Arabia history, women voted and ran in local elections, resulting in twenty women getting elected for local government seats. The newly minted female politicians come from … [Read more...]
Meet the ‘200 Most Powerful Arab Women’ according to Forbes. … [Read more...]
In these times of increasing Islamophobia, especially in light of the recent Paris and San Bernardino attacks, a Muslim woman in Toronto has opened a self-defense workshop geared to Muslim girls and … [Read more...]
When an observant Muslim woman got viciously attacked in Sweden last year, women from all religions showed support by posting photos of themselves online wearing the hijab. … [Read more...]
In Saudi Arabia, due to the conservative culture, women are not allowed to drive cars however they are being encouraged to work outside the home. In fact, the country just announced incentives to … [Read more...]
Muslim women’s rights in China vary – greatly. On the one hand, in the Northeastern Chinese city of Jina, female imams lead evening prayers in women-only mosques, following a long tradition of … [Read more...]
