2/2/12

Iranian table tennis players qualify for Olympics

›
TEHRAN  – Two Iranian table tennis players Noshad Alamian and Neda Shahsavari qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games on Wednesday.  Neda Shah...

Saudi Women Get to Be Fans on the Stands With New Soccer Stadium

›
Written by  James M. Dorsey Saudi Arabia is building its first stadium especially designed to allow women who are currently barred from att...

Afghanistan female boxers fighting their way to Olympics

›
For the first time in Afghanistan, around 20 women have been boxing in Kabul's Ghazi stadium, aiming to compete at London 2012. Report b...

Doha 2020: 1st Women and sport conference discusses their role in the Middle East

›
LAURA WALDEN /  Sports Features Communications LAUSANNE: The Olympic bid city of Doha hosted January 22-24 at the Museum of Islamic Art the...

Saudis to let woman compete in Olympics

›
By ARIEH O’SULLIVAN / THE MEDIA LINE Saudi Arabia has agreed to let one female athlete join their all-male delegation to the 2012 Olympics...
1/30/12

Saudi mulls allowing women into football stadium

›
Saudi mulls allowing women into football stadium By Staff Published Sunday, October 30, 2011 Saudi Arabia could for the first time lift a...

Saudi Arabia to allow women into sports stadiums By Staff Published Sunday, January 29, 2012 Women in Saudi Arabia will have the chance to watch foot

›
Saudi Arabia to allow women into sports stadiums By Staff Published Sunday, January 29, 2012 Women in Saudi Arabia will have the chance ...
1/26/12

Sudan’s Islamic Fiqh Council bans formation of womens soccer team

›
January 23, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Islamic Fiqh Council in Sudan issued a fatwa (religious order) saying that it is forbidden for the country...

Portrait: Widaad Gukhool

›
Original French (google translation to English will be followed): Du haut de ses 17 ans, Widaad Gukhool a d’ores et déjà marqué le tenni...
1/25/12

Announcement: Look for Muslim female athelete

›
Human Rights Watch is looking for a Muslim female athlete to speak at an  upcoming press conference they are hosting for the launch of a rep...
1/17/12

In their football boots, these women have seen the world

›
In their football boots, these women have seen the world Mona Abouissa Dec 24, 2011 She knocks him to the grass and leaps over him. Leg...