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Joining the Fight for Freedom at the Underwear Counter
Majid wants to show me a negligee.
The New Tehran-Riyadh Rivalry
Afghanistan has been something of a forgotten war in recent months because of the world’s preoccupation with Libya and Egypt and the wave of antigovernment protests spreading throughout the Middle East. That will soon change, now that the Obama Administration is stepping up talks with the Taliban in an effort to come up with some peaceable endgame to the half-trillion-dollar war
Yemen in Crisis: Last Impasse Before the Storm?
The President of Yemen had been under intense pressure. First, from the U.S
The Women of Islam
For his day, the Prophet Muhammad was a feminist. The doctrine he laid out as the revealed word of God considerably improved the status of women in 7th century Arabia
Female cartoonist’s provocative work challenges Saudi society
For Saudi Arabia’s lone female cartoonist drawing is more than just satire, it’s “a duty.”
Saudi court summons second journalist over sex braggart TV show
A Saudi court that sentenced a journalist to 60 lashes for her work on a controversial television show has summoned a second woman affiliated with the TV station.
Saudi journalist sentenced to 60 lashes
A Saudi court sentenced a female journalist Saturday to 60 lashes for her work on a controversial Arabic-language TV show that aired an episode in which a man bragged about his sex life, two sources told CNN.
Iran mourns dozens killed in militant attack
Three days of mourning began in the Iranian province of Sistan-Baluchestan on Monday, after dozens of people were killed in a militant attack a day earlier, state media reported. A man carrying explosives blew himself up Sunday as participants headed to a conference between Shia and Sunni groups in southeastern Iran, killing at least 42, state-run Press TV reported
Egyptian woman protest ban on austere veil
There’s more to wearing the “niqab” — the austere, all-covering veil favored by ultra-religious Muslim women — than meets the eye. A recent declaration by a leading Egyptian cleric that women will not be allowed to wear the niqab in university areas frequented only by women has sparked demonstrations by female students in Cairo determined to wear the all-encompassing veil wherever they go