Stories about Women & Gender from July, 2007
Bahrain: Honour Killings
A new website on honour killings has been launched, writes Bahraini Esraa in Mideast Youth.
India: Women and Presidents
Random Thoughts on feminism, media and the Presidential Candidate.
Japan: Women's spending
Mari Kanazawa blogs about a local magazine survey on how single women in their 30s spend their money.
Lebanon: Wedding and School Reunion
Lebanese Rampurple gives us a sneak preview of two events she enjoyed – a wedding and a school reunion.
Kuwait: New Arranged Marriage Method
Kuwaiti Angelo tells us about a new arranged marriage method in Kuwait.
Lebanon: Is Flirting Healthy?
Lebanese Fonzy wonders if flirting is healthy for a relationship.
Afghanistan: Personal experience
On a detour from his usual policy analysis, Tom Perriello shares some of his personal experiences in Afghanistan, including locals’ expectations from marriage, road traffic and basketball games.
Palestine: Palestinians Celebrate Alan Johnston's Release
From the sad news of a death of a 31-year-old mother waiting to cross into Palestine from the Rafah Crossing to celebrations over the release of kidnapped BBC journalist Alan Johnston, Palestinian blogs this week are abuzz with activity. Ayesha Saldanha reports how one Canadian-Palestinian blogger is ashamed to be an Arab and how another expresses her disbelief at how veiled women are being discriminated against in Jordan.
Bahrain: Wearing Hijab Part-Time
There is one subject that unites everyone living in Bahrain: traffic congestion. In the last few years, the roads on the island have become clogged by the weight of traffic, and roadbuilding to relieve that congestion in the long term is making it far worse in the short term. Every single person has a story of frustration to tell, writes Ayesha Saldanha. Wearing a part-time Hijab, professionals ending up in the wrong jobs and the perks people get in summer are other topics discussed.
Korea: Advantages for Servicemen in Civil Service Exams?
As I wrote in an earlier posting, military service is a sensitive issue in Korea. Recently, a lawyer became a hero in Korea through his outspoken comments about these two issues. Recently, the government considered adding two points to civil service exam results for those male candidates who had gone...
Russia: Cheerleaders
The Accidental Russophile attempts to sound “intellectual” as he posts pictures of the Russian cheerleaders. Siberian Light points out in a comment that some of these cheerleaders “haven't quite figured out where to put the kneepads yet…”
India: Stripping on the street
To Each Its Own on a woman who had to strip down to her undergarments to ensure cops took notice of her grievances related to dowry demands from her husband and in laws.
Israel: Religious Date
Yael from Israel writes about her date with a religious man.
Jordan: Are Books Too Expensive?
“You see a girl, wearing fashionable clothes, driving a brand new car, carrying the latest mobile phones, going out often, spending money here and there, yet when it comes to books, 8 JD's is too much!!” writes Ola Eliwat from Jordan.
Lebanon: Muslim Women Activists are the Answer
Lebanese blogger Sophia “wonders if women's activism within Islam couldn't be, after all, the right remedy to the economic, political and social pressures exerted on Muslims and Muslim societies by the West and by their own rulers and their extremists.”
IRAN:A woman activist sentenced to prison and lashes
According to[Fa] Maydaan, Delaram Ali,a young activist for equal rights was sentenced to about 3 years prison and ten lashes. She had just participated in a peaceful demonstartion against gender discrimination.
Palestine: Online Dating
Palestinian Zinjabeelah discusses online dating here.
Arabeyes: Hamas and Fatah Dig Up Some Dirt
The war between Fatah and Hamas has just got dirtier, 33 Muslim Brotherhood students are arrested in Egypt, a video sheds light on how all the different hues of Egyptians are really one, an exhausting wedding in Saudi and the appearance of a dead grandmother in a dream are just some of the goodies in store for us in this week's Arabic translation of blogs.