Women Leading Men’s Prayer: Defying Inequality or Proving Insecurity?
Last Friday, a Canadian born Muslim author was the first to lead a mixed congregational prayer in Britain.
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News Briefs for the week of June 12, 2010
This week, a call for more Muslim women to lead prayer, a terrorist suspect leaves Yemen, Indonesia is hit with a sex tape scandal, five American women who wear the face veil are interviewed, and a Chicago mother struggles with her daughter’s decision to wear the head covering.
Read MoreNews briefs for week of June 7, 2010
‘Women-friendly’ mosques directory launches in England, Woman imam to lead mixed-gender prayer in Britain this Friday, and Ontario Sheik’s program designed to heal Muslim youth who show signs of extremist behavior.
Read MoreRace-ing down the Aisle: The Numbers Speak on Interracial Marriage
Once upon a time, Fareed, a tall, dark, and handsome duke of Bangladeshi descent, and Laila, a fair damsel of Eastern European Circassian blood, decided to get married. Having finally found life partners in one another, they embodied all the metaphors and symbols that stand for wedded bliss: white doves, harps and violins, red roses, and a pumpkin that not only turned into a carriage, but remained one even after the stroke of midnight
Read MoreUmrah: a redefining journey into the “Muslim-girl” self
I remembered struggling to make sense of what was happening. I was here, it was real. It was more real than it was before.
Read MoreSex and the City and Muslim women
We haven’t watched “Sex and the City 2”, as we cannot get ourselves to devote that much time to what, according to many commentaries, will insult our female Muslim sensibilities.
Read MoreNews Briefs for week of May 29, 2010
This week, the growing trend of mosque pray-ins was highlighted, “The Stoning of Suraya” was reviewed, inspirational Muslim women from history were listed, and Egypt’s first veiled model and Ayaan Hirsi Ali were interviewed.
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In 1986 I was blessed with breath, Biracial birth bread beauty y borders, Black hair, black eyes brown pride resides birthed from my insides…
Read MoreHow women entrepreneurs are driving business in the Middle East
Reema Bint Bandar Al Saud is an Arabian princess with an entrepreneurial streak. As president and CEO of ALFA International and AL HAMA LLC, two leading luxury retail corporations in her native Saudi Arabia, and cofounder of Yibreen, a women’s day spa in Riyadh, she is eager to defy the misconception that Saudi women are unsophisticated consumers who will buy any product put in front of them.
Read More10 ways to avoid marrying the wrong person!
There is a right way and a wrong way to get to know someone for marriage. The wrong way is to get caught up in the excitement and nuance of a budding relationship and in the process completely forget to ask the critical questions that help determine compatibility.
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