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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.
Rosanna al-Yami was sentenced to be flogged on...
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Travelers often have a tendency for odd complaints. They will book a visit to, say, the Australian outback and then complain that it is too - oddly somehow -...
made popular Nov 25 2009
The rice has been harvested, the chaff burned. It’s time for planting winter wheat, seed sunk deep into new furrow, as white birds with razor beaks land on fields...
made popular Nov 24 2009
There’s nothing like the threat of war to mobilize the support of a nation. So perhaps it’s not surprising that posturing over a soccer war with Algeria may...
made popular Nov 23 2009
Here is Egypt’s tyrant giving a speech in front of the puppet parliament:
“I want to say in clear words that the dignity of Egyptians is part of the...
made popular Nov 23 2009
Cris Bouroncle/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Egyptian demonstrators burned an Algerian flag in Cairo on Friday, during a protest outside the Algerian...
made popular Nov 23 2009
The Cairo Arab Media Festival, in which 642 audiovisual productions from 17 Arab countries took part, aims at improving the standard of radio and television production...
made popular Nov 23 2009
President Hosni Mubarak vowed on Saturday that Egypt will be firm in dealing with attacks on its nationals, amid hot tempers and a diplomatic spat with Algeria over a...
made popular Nov 21 2009
Since the U.S. military created the Internet, it is only fair that the U.S. government controls it. Control in the sense that the Internet Corporation for Assigned...
made popular Nov 21 2009
You’d think that with all the problems facing Arabs and the impotency of Arab regimes in the face of Israeli aggression, that pan-Arab sentiment would be...
made popular Nov 21 2009
This is how low and stupid Arab regimes are:
Earlier this week, the Algerian national soccer [football] team traveled to Cairo for the World Cup qualifying match....
made popular Nov 20 2009
So stupid Egypt did not advance to the World Cup and was beat out by Algeria, ha!
This playoff match first needs some background, which I previously wrote:
One may...
made popular Nov 19 2009
One may expect that given the level of racism often directed towards Arabs and the malaise that inflicts the region, that the Arab people would be more united in a...
made popular Nov 17 2009
Algeria’s team bus was attacked by stone-throwing fans in Cairo on Thursday ahead of Saturday’s highly-charged World Cup qualifier against Egypt, police officials...
made popular Nov 14 2009
Hosni Mubarak has ruled Egypt for 28 of his 81 years, but he’s not likely to run for reelection in 2011. And growing public debate over the identity of his...
made popular Nov 13 2009
Christain women in Egypt are going through a horrible time, reveal the Christian Solidarity International (CSI)and the Coptic Foundation for Human Rights.
made popular Nov 12 2009
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
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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...
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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...
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