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Is Islam Compatible With Women's Sports, Fitness and Health?
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted August 31, 2012 at 8:22am

By Shahnaz Taplin-Chinoy As the Olympian winners savor their gold, silver and bronze medals and the London party winds down, I think much of the world is still perplexed by the intersection between Islam, women and sports.The global Muslim mosaic is mult...more

An Islamic Opinion: "The Integration between Sports and Islam
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted August 31, 2012 at 8:19am

Sports and Islam have relevance and be consistent when done accordance Islamic rules and laws applicableExercise a key factor in order to be a healthy and strong body to perform various activities. In Islam, the sport not only intended to make the body he...more

Grand Jury Won't Press Charges Against Xavier Student Expelled for Sexual Assault
by Title IX Blog
posted August 29, 2012 at 9:22pm

The University of Montana, which we blogged about earlier today, was not the only university in the news this week in a story involving athletes and sexual assault.  A grand jury in Ohio decided not to file charges against Dezmin Wells, a former Xavi...more

University of Montana Imposes Online Training to Prevent Sexual Assault
by Title IX Blog
posted August 29, 2012 at 9:20pm

As readers well know, the Department of Justice is currently investigating the University of Montana on charges that it failed to respond appropriately and prevent numerous incidents sexual assault in recent years, including the possibility that the Unive...more

Complaint Filed Against Wisconsin School District
by Title IX Blog
posted August 23, 2012 at 9:13pm

Parents in New Berlin, Wisconsin filed a complaint with the Office for Civil Rights last week alleging that inferior facilities for female athletes, as well as other inequities in athletics at Eisenhower High School, violate Title IX.  Primarily, the...more

Why is the focus on Gabby Douglas' hair and not her Olympic accomplishments?
by Sports, Media & Society
posted August 17, 2012 at 4:32pm

The ridiculous attention given to the hairdo of Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas knows no bounds. The 16-year-old recently received a “makeover” in which her hair looks much more in line with European beauty standards, according to media reports...more

Did Nike Just Call Women Olympians Gold Diggers?
by stephaniemp
posted August 16, 2012 at 12:08pm

Nike released this "Gold Digging" t-shirt yesterday in response to the great women Olympians in London. The description of the tee says, "We aren't saying they're gold diggers – we're just saying that they're out for the gold! What's wrong with th...more

Another Piece on "Western Media on Muslim Women Athletes"
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted August 15, 2012 at 8:15pm

By Mariam MORSHEDI By Mariam Morshedi, Small Media Guest Researcher Edited by Small Media A Narrow FocusThe western media has a narrow focus when it comes to Muslim women athletes. Most news pieces relating to Muslim women and sporting discuss...more

The Gender of Second
by From A Left Wing
posted August 13, 2012 at 7:45am

Mariya Savinova and Caster Semenya When Caster Semenya raced from last to second in the final stretch of the women's 800 meters, some wondered is she aimed for silver. She has a turbo drive of a kick - if she'd engaged it sooner she might have taken gold...more

Female Olympians fight back against shamers and haters
by Caitlin Constantine
posted August 8, 2012 at 1:29pm

The Olympics may have provided us with a global exhibition of some seriously retrograde ideas about athletes and femininity, but they have also provided us with something even more important, and that's the sight of female athletes fighting back....more

A different kind of sexist male sportswriting
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted August 6, 2012 at 2:57pm

Tweet The reaction to Jeré Longman’s story on American Olympic hurdler Lolo Jones in The New York Times Sunday was as swift and harsh as his piece that slammed her for waging “a sad and cynical marketing campaign” around her...more

Oregon father proceeds with lawsuit
by Title IX Blog
posted August 6, 2012 at 8:39am

We noted last month that Randy Anderson, the father of a softball player at Oregon's Seaside High School, was planning on filing a lawsuit because no girls' team was slated to play at the new sports complex, which seems to have been designed around the ne...more

"Too big" for women's clothes
by After Atalanta
posted August 4, 2012 at 5:26pm

This article features comments from US Olympic weightlifter Sarah Robles about how athletic gear is not made for larger women. One could argue that clothes in general are not made for larger women. But Robles point is that she, as a heavyweight lifter--an...more

London 2012 Olympics: Tahmina Kohistani, Afghan female sprinter, on her 'special' experience at the Games
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted August 2, 2012 at 7:16pm

Tahmina Kohistani, Afghanistan's only female competitor at the Olympics, on the unique challenges she faces as an athlete and her hopes for the 100 metres.Pioneer: sprinter Tahmina Kohistani is enjoying a unique, if sometimes lonely, life as Afghanistan's...more

Humble or Bold- Do Male and Female Olympic Athletes Respond Differently to Media?
by stephaniemp
posted August 1, 2012 at 1:36pm

They are calling this the Twitter Olympics because it seems that fans are taking to the web to chat about the competition, athletes and the media. It is wonderful to see so many people involved in such a great event. But it has taken some willpower to...more

Solo shots and the Saudi Olympic predicament
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted July 31, 2012 at 3:21pm

Tweet As the Hope Solo-Brandi Chastain feud sucks up American media attention in London, the matter of other female athletes touted by Western women’s sports activists has flown under the radar since their notable entrance during the Opening Ceremo...more

So How Much of An Impact Will Saudi’s Female Olympians Have On Gender Equality? Apparently Not a Lot
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted July 29, 2012 at 4:36pm

By Anna BRESLAW Saudi Arabia's decision to send women to the London Olympics for the first time this year lasted right up to the wire vis a vis ongoing talks with the International Olympic Committee, finally reaching the decision to the affirma...more

Waving Hijab? Nah! Waving Flag!
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted July 28, 2012 at 4:11pm

By Tales From a Hijabi FootballerToday was the 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremonies. The Parade of Nations has always been my favourite part as it humanizes the Olympics and lets us see the different teams express their excitement. Dreams will be realiz...more

Marathon Olympic challenge: More female athletes, but fewer events
by Fair Game News
posted July 28, 2012 at 8:59am

  By Laura Pappano In 1963, a Sports Illustrated story headlined, “Why Can’t We Beat This Girl?” got at one tender aspect of the Cold War conflict: U.S. Olympic medal counts suffered in comparison to the Soviets because Ame...more

Saudi female athletes challenge Muslim norms
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted July 27, 2012 at 5:29pm

By Susan BerkDUBAI: Behind concrete walls and with no men in sight, Saudi women wearing shorts and short-sleeve shirts meet three times a week to play football in an all-female club in Saudi Arabia's port city of Jeddah.Cheering them on is Jeddah King's U...more

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