Remember Calendar Girls when a group of women posed nude to raise money for charity? As a follow up to the photo of Israeli women…
Don’t utter her name but feel free to mention who she belongs to
23 year old Afghan university student Khaleda Mohammadi was beaten by her husband and prevented from leaving home for three weeks. Why? One of her…
Some women are deficient in intelligence…
Mona Salah, an Egyptian parliament candidate for the Islamist Salafi Movement told Al-Sharq Alawsat (an Egyptian newspaper) ‘Women are deficient in mind and religion’* and are…
Forget breasts, cover those tempting eyes!
The Saudi Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (yes, it’s really their name), can order women with ‘tempting’ eyes to…
Women: how not to get punished!
Here’s a good video for women who keep getting punished. It’s unnecessary as long as you remember to ask permission and to know your place…
The EU, like Sharia courts, doesn’t want women to speak up
A few days ago, Ophelia Benson blogged about Gulnaz, the Afghan women jailed for 12 years after being raped in Afghanistan. On the day, I…
Finally, a more woman-friendly Koranic verse (it had to be made up though)
You have all read or know of the famous Koranic verse or sura al-Nisa (The Women), which basically speaks of the ‘excellent’ status of women…