Here is a  selection of possibly useful and informative sites  that we have come across and that we thought might be of a general interest to visitors of Muslim Women Studies.  If you know of similar sites that you would like to see included in our list,  you are welcome to get in touch with us through -  contact@Muslimwomenstudies.com  

 Provide us the URL, along with a brief description, and  we will gladly consider adding it to our site,  if found suitable.

Compilation and classification in progress..and we attempt to update links as we go!

• Muslim Women's League:  
   http://www.mwlusa.org/welcome.html 

One of the richest databases on issues of public concern to educated Muslim women, as well as a reliable and well documented source on Women in Islam.  

• International Muslimahs Artists Network (IMAN)
  
• For general perspectives on Islamic Culture go to a beautifully maintained site in islamiCity at http://www.islamicity.com/Culture/
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• World Council of Muslim Women Foundation: (Canada)
  http://www.connect.ab.ca/~lfahlman/wcm.htm
  URL no longer valid! They seem to have moved or shut down. Jan 2003- Confirmed!!  Keeping it around a little longer for the historical record - especially if we note the dates at which these sites tend to drop out and relate it to sea changes going on in the affairs of Islamic institutions and foundations in North America since... Jan 07)

• National Center for Curriculum Transformation Resources   Go to http://pages.towson.edu/ncctrw/( Problem with original link fixed since they changed their address to the towson.edu site!  .  Still an active site & useful on resources in its field. Jan 2007)

• National Women's Studies Association 
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• Association for Middle East Women's Studies: 
  
• http://www.amews.org/

• Artemis: Search For Women's Studies Programs -  
  Provides a listing of graduate and undergraduate women's studies programs throughout the U.S.
  
  
• Women's Studies Database - University of Maryland: http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/WomensStudies/

• Matrix
  http://matrix.divinity.yale.edu/ (changed address and following links are actually more accessible to this matrix of resources on medieval collections.
•  http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/fc/fcwebho.htm
   
• http://www.haverford.edu/library/reference/mschaus/mfi/mfi.html
  
  
  Provided by the Divinity School at Yale University, Matrix is a collection of resources for the study of women's religious communities, 500-1500CE. The core of the site is the Monasticon, a repertory of profiles of religious women's communities. The Monasticon, which currently contains information on over 1100 religious communities and three in-depth community profiles, can be used to find individual histories of communities or can be searched as a database.
  
• http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/mideast/cuvlm/women.html 
  
  For resources on women in the Middle East - and for a venue to a forum on Women and Civilization with a focus on women in history check out the Virtual Civilization Library, http://www.faculty.de.gcsu.edu/~dvess/innet2.htm - rich in bibliographies and other useful data

• Minister Ava Muhamad is the Southern Regional Representative of the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam and provides an interesting insight into women leaders in an influential grass-roots movement in American Islam.  http://www.ministerava.com/About_Ava.htm
  Note: This link is broken so we removed it.. It seems this URL is no longer valid, or the site was  closed down. Jan 2003
  
  
• http://www.islamonline.net/arabic/adam/2001/07/article1.shtml
  
  
  This is an interesting site in the Arabic section of Islamonline that informs and comments on women centered issues with originality and perspective, and not a few surprises... If you want to catch the mood of some new currents in engaged Muslim women circles,  and if you can read Arabic, then make sure you stop to listen to some lively, informative and intelligent state of-the-realm views and voices at the 'Eve & Adam' corner ( "hawa' wa adam...") http://www.islamonline.net/arabic/adam/topic3.shtml
  
  
• For an online anthology of select views & reprints on "Islam and Women"  that reflect a shaping identity and commitment of an emerging 'rainbow generation' of American Muslims, check out a recently launched web page:  http://www.islam101.com/women/
  
  

• http://www3.sympatico.ca/ccmw.london/ccmw.html  
  
  Canadian Council of Muslim Women (1982) : A national organization with chapters across the country, with the objective of having Canadian Muslim women develop their Muslim identity, make significant contributions to Canadian society and provide positive role models for Muslim youth.  Conference held in 1997 w theme: "Democratic Leadership: Muslim Women as a Positive Force for Change"  - Sponsors studies on Muslim women in Canada.
  
  [Women and Islam] "Islam's attitude toward woman is a dream come true for anyone who is interested in equal rights and feminism - really interested, not just because of a "cool feminist" fad. Take an open-minded look at some of the articles on RIGHTS and you'll see what I mean. Please do not confuse androcentric behaviour of men with the real teachings of Islam. That's like blaming the car for the irresponsibility of a driver."    Here's an interesting site packed with leads on the subject, but nothing to identify its origins.  It seems to be addressing a wider, grassroots order of readers, not so much a scholarly site, but could be useful for college students trying to find general resources on women and Islam from mostly American Muslim experiences and perspectives.

  Here's a lively and informative site that contains some valuable  collections reflecting on the mind and spirit of a new generation of Muslimas in the American Muslim Community who take pride in their identity and are eager to reach out to others with their message across the spectrum of diversity that makes for the uniqueness of the American setting.  (Check out our NEWS & VIEWS Platform for excerpts from their above - women and Islam collection!)

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