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Photo slide show of Egyptian women protesting Hosni Mubarak’s rule.

Brainquake honors the accomplishments of Iranian women with a visual history of their earth-shattering contributions–Brainquake also provides a space for all women and girls to show off their abilities, their creativity, their ingenuity to empower and remind each other of women’s greatness!

At TEDWomen, Tony Porter makes a call to men everywhere: Don’t “act like a man.” Telling powerful stories from his own life, he shows how this mentality, drummed into so many men and boys, can lead men to disrespect, mistreat and abuse women and each other. His solution: Break free of the “man box.”

The blog Pictures of Muslims Wearing Things: Muslims Dressed in Their Garb is a compilation of photographs of Muslims around the world dressed in a variety of attire.

Two anonymous French women, one of them Muslim, caused a stir on the streets of Paris while dressed in niqabs and mini-shorts, reports the Montreal Gazette. Calling themselves “Niqabitches,” the duo said the act was a tongue-in-cheek way of criticizing France’s niqab ban.