Nisa'ism (Islamic Feminism) - Links

Muslim Women's League: Women in Society - Political Participation
http://www.mwlusa.org/topics/rights/polirights.html

Fatima Mernissi: Women in Muslim History - Traditional Perspectives and new Strategies (ENGLISH)
http://www.teachmideast.org/essays/26-stereotypes/123-women-in-muslim-history-traditional-perspectives-and-new-strategies?format=pdf

Fatima Mernissi: Von arabischen Frauen die Haefen bauen (On Arab Women who build Ports) (GERMAN)
http://www.eurozine.com/articles/2005-11-16-mernissi-de.html

Fatima Mernissi: Die Praesenz der Frauen in den arabischen Medien (Arab Women the Media) (GERMAN)
http://www.eurozine.com/articles/2004-09-16-mernissi-de.html

Dahlia Eissa: Constructing the Notion of Male Superiority Over Women in Islam: The Influence of Sex and Gender Stereotyping in the Interpretation of the Qur'an and the Implications of a modernist Exegesis of Rights
http://edoc.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/HALCoRe_derivate_00002150/Constructing%20the%20Notion.pdf

Ragai N. Makar: New Voices For Women in the Middle East (Study)
http://www.mela.us/MELANotes/MELANotes6566/makar65.pdf

Margot Badran: Islamic Feminism Revisited
http://www.countercurrents.org/gen-badran100206.htm

Shamin Bashir Shah (15): The Importance of Women
http://www.articlesbase.com/news-and-society-articles/importance-of-women-881925.html

Arab Women Writers (featuring Fatima Mernissi)
http://www.arabwomenwriters.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=73&Itemid=81

Deniz Kandiyoti: Promise and Peril - Women and the 'Arab Spring'
http://www.opendemocracy.net/5050/deniz-kandiyoti/promise-and-peril-women-and-%E2%80%98arab-spring%E2%80%99?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzEmail&utm_content=714440&utm_campaign=0

Fatma Emam: Women's Day March and other articles
http://atbrownies.blogspot.com/2011/03/women-day-march-between-overwhelmed-and.html

Fatma Emam: Virginity Obsession
http://atbrownies.blogspot.com/2011/03/vriginity-obessesion.html

Margot Badran: Feminism in a nationalist Century
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/1999/462/women.htm

Margot Badran: What does Islamic Feminism have to offer?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2008/nov/09/islam-women?CMP=twt_gu

Margot Badran: Feminism in Islam - Islamic and Secular (Introduction)
http://www.oneworld-publications.com/pdfs/feminism_in_islam.pdf

Nawal El Saadawi Quotes
http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/68481.Nawal_El_Saadawi

Nawal Saadawi interviewed by Sara Wajid
http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/2008/02/13/nawal-el-saadawi-in-conversation/

Nawal El Saadawi: Twelve Wome in a Cell
http://www.pdfdatabase.com/download/el-saadawi-twelve-women-in-a-cell-1994-pdf-5964723.html
(paste link in order to view file)

Faith: Islamic Feminism and Black Muslimahs
http://modernmuslimwoman.com/2008/07/islamic-feminism-and-black-muslimahs.html

NAZRA Organisation for Feminist Studies (ARABIC/ENGLISH)
http://www.nazra.org/

L'Association Tunisienne des Femmes Democrates (FRENCH)
http://femmesdemocrates.org/

Tareq Mustafa: Magdy Rady Women (Women for Democracy)
http://anotherworld1985.blogspot.com/2011/03/blog-post.html

Islam_Feminism Community
http://community.livejournal.com/islam_feminism

Dr. Lois Lamya' Al Faruqi: Islamic Traditions and the Feminist Movement
http://www.jannah.org/sisters/feminism.html

Women in Islam: Muslim Women
http://www.uga.edu/islam/Islamwomen.html

Shahrzad Mojab: Theorizing on "Politics of Islamic Feminism"
http://www.lolapress.org/elec3/artenglish/moja_e.htm

Barry Bearak: Behind the Veil, a Muslim Feminist
http://www.feministezine.com/feminist/international/Islamic-Feminism-02.html

Syeda Hameed: Re-imagining Women in Islam
http://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article506.html

Heba Raouf Ezzat: Women and the Interpretation of Islamic Sources
http://www.sisterpower.net/profiles/blogs/women-and-the-interpretation

Nadje S. Al-Ali: Women's Movements in the Middle East: Case Studies of Turkey and Egypt
http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/4889/2/UNRISD_Report_final.pdf

Anita M. Weiss: Women's Rights in Pakistan
http://www.mei.edu/Portals/0/Publications/Anita_womens_rights_in_pakistan.pdf

The Revolutionary Association of Women in Afghanistan (RAWA)
http://www.rawa.org/index.php

Islamic Feminism in India
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-07-10/india/28281452_1_maulvis-muslim-women-fatwa
and http://www.islamopediaonline.org/scholarly-analysis/islamic-feminism-and-traditionalist-ulemas-stance-women-interview-waris-mazhari

Islamic Feminism in Turkey
http://articles.latimes.com/2004/nov/29/world/fg-feminism29

Collection of Literature on Gender Issues in Islam by Sheila Musaji (American Muslim Organisation)
http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/gender_issues/

Sakar Datoo: On Sitt al-Mulk (Fatimid Princess)
http://www.amaana.org/current/sittul.htm

Rachel Woodlock: Muslim Feminists and the Veil
http://www.islamfortoday.com/feminists_veil.htm
and http://www.irfi.org/articles/articles_301_350/veiling_and_hijab_as_understood.htm

Rachel Woodlock: Hijab - An Interpretation of Islamic Women's Dress
http://www.sistersinislam.org.my/index.php?Itemid=298&id=585&option=com_content&task=view

Islamic Fashion and Hijab Photo Gallery :)
http://www.fotosearch.com/photos-images/hijab.html
and http://www.hijab4you.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=10760560

Melania P. Mejia: Gender Jihad - Muslim Women, Islamic Jurisprudence, and Women's Rights
http://www.kritike.org/journal/issue_1/mejia_june2007.pdf

Faegheh Shirazi: Islam and Barbie in Islamic Perspective (related link)
http://iranianstudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Islamic-perspective-Journal-number-3-2010.pdf

Gabriella Coslovich: Making Sense of Dress (related link)
http://www.aussiemuslims.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-26141.html

Sharon Smith: Women and Islam (related link)
http://www.isreview.org/issues/35/women_islam.shtml

Suppressed Histories: Female Heroes of Resistance (related link)
http://www.suppressedhistories.net/articles/warriors.html

Beverly Guy-Sheftall: Black Feminism (Afro-American) 2011(related link)
http://www.theroot.com/views/do-we-need-feminism-2011?gt1=38002