GENEVA, December 19, 2013 (AFP) – UN-Arab League peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi on Thursday demanded the release of leading Syrian women’s rights campaigner Razan Zeitouneh and three fellow activists, abducted last week by unknown kidnappers. “We have all got to demand that they are released,” Brahimi told activists from Syria and other countries as well … Read more
Pakistan Federal Shariat Court Chief Justice, Justice Agha Rafiq Ahmed (R), receives an oath from Justice Ashraf Jehan (L) as she becomes a judge at the sharia court in Karachi on December 30, 2013. Pakistan’s national sharia court, which hears cases under the country’s Islamic legislation, appointed a female judge for the first time in … Read more
Check out these Muslim women and their multifaceted accomplishments in 2013, curated by Afia R Fitriati. From conquering Mount Everest to conquering a Masterchef kitchen, Muslim women all over the globe continued to showcase their fabulousness in so many splendid ways in 2013. In January, Madam Halimah Yacob became the first female speaker of Singapore’s parliament. In the … Read more
The woman behind Pearl Daisy was recently in the city-state for her very first meet and greet here – and the crowd was massive. The event officially began at 2.30pm on January 11th, but diehard fans of Amenakin, the effervescent fashion and lifestyle guru of the Muslimah world, started dropping in an hour ahead of … Read more
Zahra’a exudes sophistication with her take on Middle Eastern fashion fusion. By Shea Rasol. A Kuwaiti law student with a sophisticated fashion sense, Zahra’a shows us how fusing Middle Eastern style with a Western touch can go a long way. Even amongst the rising number of fashion trendsetters around the world, it’s easy to see why … Read more