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King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has pardoned a woman journalist who was sentenced to 60 lashes for her involvement in a controversial TV show in which a Saudi man boasted publicly about his sex life.
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This post asks why the Arab world is so backwards, not Arabs. So for those looking for a racist post attacking Arabs, go somewhere else.
While Arabs are, of course,...
made popular Nov 9 2009
As Egypt gears for pop diva Beyonce Knowles’ first performance in North Africa, Islamic conservatives are branding her show an “insolent sex party”...
made popular Nov 6 2009
Being a Kenyan citizen, sometimes I wonder what would bring an end to the elusive drought that has claimed quite a number of lives as well as animals. I would be quick...
made popular Oct 28 2009
At least 25 people have been killed in a train crash in Egypt after a passenger train slammed at full spped into the back of a second train.
Another 55 passengers were...
made popular Oct 26 2009
A representative of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission and a senior Iranian official met last month to discuss the chances of declaring the Middle East a nuclear-free...
made popular Oct 23 2009
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood was swift in its rejection of reports that its leader resigned after a row with conservatives, but the crisis exposed a profound rift...
made popular Oct 20 2009
The authoritarian regime of Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak recently suffered a great indignity in Western eyes (they suffer an indignity everyday in front of Egyptian and...
made popular Oct 19 2009
A baby’s wail echoed across the plaza. His mother’s face was etched with joy as she struggled to subdue her writhing infant. The children who had gathered around...
made popular Oct 15 2009
I recently wrote about how Westerns often overstated the importance of Egypt’s al-Azhar University - the most authoritative voice in Sunni Islam. al-Azhar, which...
made popular Oct 15 2009
They are a desert king and a military officer-turned-president. Drive through their capitals and their images glow from billboards and painted walls, old men with their...
made popular Oct 14 2009
Western commentators on Islam and the Middle East often overstate the importance of al-Azhar University in Cairo. The oldest educational institution in Islam and...
made popular Oct 14 2009
Egypt’s Al-Azhar university said Thursday it would ban the niqab or face veil from female classrooms and dormitories, according to AFP.
“The Supreme...
made popular Oct 9 2009
Reporting from Cairo - Whether it’s seen as a clever little gadget to help a woman keep a secret or a devilish deception that threatens Islam, the Artificial...
made popular Oct 7 2009
Egypt’s highest Muslim authority has said he will issue a religious edict against the growing trend for full women’s veils, known as the niqab.
Sheikh...
made popular Oct 6 2009
Every timing is priceless for the living, our’s madly-fast controversially-challenging the generation-established myths surely.
Just news of the US judge Herman...
made popular Oct 6 2009
“Look, that’s where the swine flu is going to come from,” said a weary Marzouka Beshir, pointing to a pile of rubbish rotting under the blazing sun in...
made popular Oct 2 2009
In a recent post I wrote I described how sexually charged Arab society is:
Ammianus Marcellinus, the fourth-century Roman history, observed while traveling in Arabia...
made popular Oct 2 2009
As the West raises the pressure on Iran over its nuclear program, Arab governments, especially the small, oil-rich nations in the Persian Gulf, are growing increasingly...
made popular Oct 1 2009
The BBC reports that a well-known Egyptian scholar is calling for the death penalty for anyone caught importing devices that women can use to fake their virginity....
made popular Sep 29 2009
Faruq Hosni, Egypt’s cultural minister, was the nation’s highly-publicized UNESCO candidate; the United Nation’s cultural preservation agency. Egypt...
made popular Sep 24 2009
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Reporting from Cairo - Whether it’s seen as a clever little gadget to help a woman keep a secret or a devilish deception that threatens Islam, the Artificial...
made popular Oct 7 2009
The BBC reports that a well-known Egyptian scholar is calling for the death penalty for anyone caught importing devices that women can use to fake their virginity....
made popular Sep 29 2009
Iranian police have warned shopkeepers not to display female mannequins without a hijab, or showing bodily curves, Irna news agency reports.
Display of bow ties and...
made popular Sep 23 2009
Over the years, the government of Yemen has embarked on an awareness campaign to end the practice of young marriages, which has been deeply rooted in the rural cultures...
made popular Sep 18 2009
Egypt’s top Islamic authority defended women’s rights to wear trousers in public following a high profile court case in neighboring Sudan were women were...
made popular Sep 17 2009
Indonesia — Lawmakers in a devoutly Muslim Indonesian province voted unanimously that adulterers can be sentenced to death by stoning, just months after voters...
made popular Sep 15 2009
Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno was caught consuming alcohol when police raided a hotel nightclub in Pahang state last year.
The 32-year-old has now pleaded guilty and been...
made popular Aug 19 2009
Here’s a thought. If all the sub-prime deals in the US had been governed by Sharia there would have been no massive defaults and the credit crunch would never have...
made popular Feb 20 2008
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