Mahsa Amini, an Iranian Woman ‘Beaten’ By Police for ‘Improper Hijab’ Dies After Coma: State Media
New
Age Islam News Bureau
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September 2022
• Turkish Female Wrestler Yasemin Adar Yiğit Becomes
World Champion Second Time
• Saudi Women ‘Stun’ Beauty Blender Creator at Makeup
Masterclass
• In Conservative Gaza, a Restaurant, “Sabaia VIP”,
Run by Women, For Women
• 'A Matter of Honour': Women Forced To Stay in
Flooded Pakistan Village
• UAE Women Eye T20 World Cup Qualification
Compiled by New
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Mahsa Amini, an Iranian Woman ‘Beaten’ By Police for ‘Improper Hijab’ Dies After Coma: State Media
22-year-old Mahsa Amini
was arrested on Tuesday by so called Iranian morality police.
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16 September, 2022
Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman who earlier
this week fell into a coma shortly after being arrested and allegedly “beaten”
by Iran’s morality police for “improper hijab” has died, the semi-official Fars
news agency reported on Friday.
Amini had earlier this week traveled from Iran’s
Kurdistan province to the capital Tehran to visit relatives when she was
arrested by Iran’s morality police, known as “Gasht-e Ershad,” for “improper
hijab” – that is, not fully covering her hair.
Iran’s police had said Amini “suffered a heart
problem” while in detention – an assertion activists reject. They say Amini was
beaten by police officers.
“Tehran’s police announced that Mahsa Amini ‘suddenly
suffered from a heart problem’ - as if a 22-year-old woman has a heart attack
that causes a coma and disfigurement naturally. Iranian media are publishing
this nonsense as fact,” Mahsa Alimardani, a digital-rights researcher with the
human rights organization ARTICLE 19, wrote on Twitter.
Hijab, which was made mandatory for women in Iran
shortly after the country’s 1979 revolution, is considered a red line for
Iran’s theocratic rulers. Women who break the strict dress code risk being
harassed and arrested by Iran’s morality police.
Based on the dress code, women are required to fully
cover their hair in public and wear long, loose-fitting clothes.
Amini’s story has sparked outrage on social media,
both from inside and outside Iran.
“What does the supreme leader [Ali Khamenei], who
rightly denounced the US police in the death of George Floyd, say about the
Iranian police’s treatment of Mahsa Amini?” Mahmoud Sadeghi, a former member of
Iran’s parliament, wrote on Twitter on Friday.
One person with the Twitter handle @rezahajilou
pointed out that Amini’s right ear looked bloody in a widely shared image of
her lying in a hospital bed.
“Mahsa Amini’s ears have bled. Most likely, her skull
was broken and her ears were bleeding due to a severe beating. The heart attack
story is a lie. We are dealing with a terrible crime,” the person tweeted.
Source: Al Arabiya
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Turkish Female Wrestler Yasemin Adar Yiğit Becomes
World Champion Second Time
Turkish female wrestler
Yasemin Adar Yiğit
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September 16 2022
Turkish female wrestler Yasemin Adar Yiğit has gained
her second world championship in her career after defeating her Egyptian
opponent Samar Amer İbrahim Hamza in Serbia’s capital Belgrade.
The 76 kg category Greco-Roman style wrestler said, “I
tried to show the strength of the Turkish women to the world,” on late Sept.
14.
The first time she had gained the gold medal in a
world championship was in 2017.
“I am so happy and proud,” she said and went to say:
“After 2017, I became the world champ once again. I am trying to present
Turkish women in best way.”
When asked about her next move, Yiğit said, “My next
target is to rank first at the Paris Olympics in 2024.”
She, then, highlighted her deep love to be a “role
model for young girls.”
“There are newcomers. I am trying to be a role model
to them [female wrestlers]. I am their idol, I know. When I started, I had no
one to inspire me. I struggled by dreaming.”
Following the ceremony, Turkish President Recep Tayyip
Erdoğan made a call with Yiğit via the deputy sports minister’s mobile.
Congratulating the champion, Erdoğan said, “Your being
champ once again gratified us.”
Born in 1991, Yiğit is an athlete for the metropolitan
municipality club of the northwestern province of Balıkesir.
Source: Hurriyet Daily News
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/female-wrestler-becomes-world-champion-second-time-176950
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Saudi women ‘stun’ Beauty Blender creator at makeup
masterclass
DEEMA AL-KHUDAIR
September 16, 2022
JEDDAH: Saudi women are no strangers to fashion,
glamour and sophistication. Many of them work as designers, makeup artists and
models.
And those good looks were not missed by Rea Ann Silva,
creator and CEO of Beauty Blender makeup application sponge, when she gave her
first beauty masterclass in the Kingdom, hosted by Sephora at Local Studio in
Jeddah, as part of the celebrations for Saudi National Day.
“The women here are so gorgeous and sophisticated and
have so much knowledge about beauty and makeup. It was such a pleasure because
they already knew so much,” she told Arab News.
Silva said she admired the different skin tones and
facial features of the people she saw in the audience.
“I was so surprised to see such a variety of beauty;
different skin tones, different facial shapes, amazing eyebrows, beautiful
eyes, amazing lips — it really is so stunning to be able to see the beautiful
faces and just the variety of looks that you have with different women here,”
she said.
During the masterclass, Silva taught the participants
about application techniques and introduced some of her new products, including
Bounce Foundation, Always On Radiant Skin Tint and a pH bronzer.
“It was about me sharing a little bit about my journey
and my background, and how I created Beauty Blender along with my newest
journey into the complexion category,” she said.
While the masterclass was new, this was not Silva’s
first visit to the Kingdom, as she attended a wedding here 12 years ago.
“When I came to that wedding, it was so over-the-top
gorgeous between the fashion and the hair and the makeup. And the makeup was
ahead of its time,” she said.
“Makeup was worn a lot heavier than at the time we
were wearing makeup in the States. So coming to Saudi Arabia and just seeing
really beautifully painted, expertly applied makeup was not something I was
used to seeing and it was just so mind-blowing.”
Sudanese model Hatoon Al-Rifaai, who is the face of
Sephora, said it was refreshing for her to be able to attend the masterclass as
a student rather than a professional.
“I used to always attend masterclasses as a model, but
I am so happy today to attend as one of the people who are seated and are
learning from it,” she said.
Source: Arab News
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2164011/saudi-arabia
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In Conservative Gaza, a Restaurant, “Sabaia VIP”, Run
by Women, For Women
September 16, 2022
A Palestinian woman has realised her dream of becoming
a chef in the male-dominated Gaza Strip thanks to a new eatery where she heads
an all-female staff looking after an all-female clientele.
Opened last month and offering light meals like
chicken sandwiches and pizza, “Sabaia VIP” has been doing brisk business in a
conservative and congested enclave where some women complain of lacking private
and safe leisure venues.
The chef, Amena Al-Hayek, trained at a hotel
restaurant where she worked for free. Although there were openings there for
new chefs, she was never considered.
“The administration rejected (me). They said they
wanted a male chef, not a female,” Hayek told Reuters.
Sabaia means “Lasses” in Arabic, a playful choice of
words for a clientele made up of women of all ages – and no men.
“The idea stemmed from our need to have something
private, where we can enjoy our independence and our privacy, a place only for
women,” said the owner, Reham Hamouda.
Hamouda employs eight women on staff and others who
prepare food from their homes. That provides much-needed income in Gaza, where
unemployment hovers around 50%.
“We proved to the world that we were able to open a
restaurant and succeed without a man’s supervision,” said Hayek.
Source: Indian Express
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'A Matter of Honour': Women Forced To Stay in Flooded
Pakistan Village
16 September, 2022
The 400 residents of Basti Ahmad Din, a tiny Pakistani
village left surrounded by floodwater after torrential monsoon rains are facing
starvation and disease.
But they have refused pleas to evacuate.
Leaving for a relief camp would mean the women of the
village mingling with men outside their families, residents told AFP, and that
would violate their "honour".
The women of Basti Ahmad Din do not get a say.
"It is up to the village elders to decide,"
said Shireen Bibi, 17, when asked if she would prefer to go to the safety of a
camp on dry land.
Catastrophic monsoon rains blamed on climate change
have left vast swathes of Pakistan under water this summer, with villagers such
as those in Basti Ahmad Din grappling with the destruction of their homes and
livelihoods.
More than half of the 90 homes in Basti Ahmad Din,
located in the Rojhan area of Punjab province, have been destroyed.
The cotton crops that surrounded the village when the
rains started in June are now rotting in flooded fields, and the dirt road that
once connected to the nearest city is under three metres (10 feet) of water.
Rickety wooden rowboats are the only way for villagers
to head out to purchase food and supplies.
They are also expensive, with their operators charging
fares far higher than normal.
Basti Ahmad Din's families have worryingly low amounts
of food left, and they have decided to pool and ration whatever wheat and grain
they managed to salvage after the rains.
Numerous volunteers who come to the village to drop
off aid packages have pleaded with the residents to leave for safety, to no
avail.
"We are Baloch. Baloch don't allow their women to
go out," said Basti Ahmad Din resident Muhammad Amir, referring to the
dominant ethnic group in the village.
"The Baloch would rather starve and make do than
let their families go out."
In many parts of conservative, deeply patriarchal
Pakistan, women live under a strict system of so-called honour.
It severely limits their freedom of movement and how
they interact – if at all – with men outside their families.
Women can even be killed for bringing
"shame" by interacting with men or marrying someone they, rather than
their families, choose.
And in a disaster situation such as the floods in
Pakistan, this code can completely cut off women and girls from basic needs
such as food and medical care.
Instead of taking their families there, the men of
Basti Ahmad Din make the expensive boat trip to the nearest relief camp for aid
and supplies once a week.
The village elders – all men – say it is only
acceptable for women to leave in "emergency" situations such as ill
health.
Natural disasters do not count, and one elder named
Mureed Hussain said they did not evacuate during the last catastrophic floods
in 2010.
"We didn't leave our village then," he told
AFP.
"We don't allow our women to go out. They can't
stay in those camps. It's a matter of honour."
Source: The New Arab
https://english.alaraby.co.uk/features/women-forced-stay-flooded-pakistan
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UAE women eye T20 World Cup qualification
by James Jose
17 Sep 2022
As the race for the two remaining spots inches closer,
UAE captain Chaya Mughal hoped that they can win all their matches and make the
cut for the ICC Women's T20 World Cup.
The T20 World Cup is scheduled to be held in South
Africa in February and March 2023 and eight teams — including hosts UAE,
Ireland, Scotland, Thailand, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, USA and Papua New Guinea
will battle it out for the two remaining berths in the ICC Women's T20
Qualifier that gets underway in Abu Dhabi from Sunday.
The qualification tournament runs until September 25
and the top two teams will seal their berth in the main event, which has
heavyweights India, Australia, England, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and
the West Indies.
The tournament will be played at the Zayed Cricket
Stadium and the Tolerance Oval, which recently became the UAE's fourth
international venue after Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah after being granted full
ICC accreditation.
“The only objective right now is to win all the
matches and qualify for the World Cup," Chaya told the ICC on Friday.
And Chaya believed that their mix of young and
experienced players will hold them in good stead.
“The unique thing about our team is our team
composition with a mixed blend of experienced and young players. It helps to
absorb the pressure easily. We have a lot of potential and talented players on
board and on a given day anyone could be a match winner for us," she felt.
The eight teams have been into two groups with UAE
placed in Group B along with Thailand, Papua New Guinea and Zimbabwe. Group A
consists of Ireland, Scotland, Bangladesh and USA. The top two teams from each
group will make it to the semifinals while the finalists will book their places
in the T20 World Cup.
And Chaya said that their preparations have been going
on well.
“We have been preparing and working really hard
despite the weather being extremely hot, our outdoor centre wicket practice and
match stimulation is something that is really helping us at present. Clearing
the boundary ropes is something that we have been focusing on and we will be
utilizing that in the coming games," said Chaya.
“Playing at this level itself is a challenge
considering the teams that we are going to face have already played the World
Cup and we are very much prepared for this. We are not taking any pressure on
us and just playing one game at a time," she added.
Thailand and Bangladesh will be strong contenders
after they had featured in the previous edition of the T20 World Cup in
Australia in 2020.
Meanwhile, Thailand have prepped for the tournament
and possibly the T20 World Cup by playing matches against state and academy
teams in India.
“Our team’s objective is to win the tournament. We are
a strong unit and have great teamwork and everyone will contribute to our
success," said Thailand skipper Naruemol Chaiwai.
“In the last three months we travelled to India to
train. We had a chance to play games with state teams and academy teams. We
faced a variety of bowlers and played on different type of pitches that will
help us adjust quickly and figure out our options," she revealed.
“Covid-19 has kept us away from International
competition. To come back and play in this tournament, it is quite exciting for
me. This qualifier is also a challenge for me as a captain to lead the team to
another World Cup," added Chaiwai.
Source: Khaleej Times
https://www.khaleejtimes.com/sports/uae-women-eye-t20-world-cup-qualification
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