The real war on women is in the Middle East. BY MONA ELTAHAWY | MAY/JUNE 2012, Foreign Policy In “Distant View of a Minaret,” the late and much-neglected Egyptian writer Alifa Rifaat begins her short story with a woman so unmoved by sex… Continue Reading →
Mail Online, April 19-Accused of witchcraft: A Sri Lankan woman faces being beheaded after allegedly casting a spell on a 13-year-old girl during a shopping trip in Saudi Arabia A Sri Lankan woman has been arrested on suspicion of casting… Continue Reading →
Jillian C. York . Aljazeera Fighting online censorship when legal action fails A new plan for internet filtering could put Pakistan on par with Iran and Saudi Arabia, activists say [EPA] San Francisco, CA – When, in late February, Pakistan’s Telecommunications Authority… Continue Reading →
Reuters, March 25, 2012 Syria‘s economy might be broken but illegal construction has boomed – the authorities are too busy crushing the revolution – and cash, medicine, and petrol black markets have mushroomed all over BEIRUT: While Syria’s economy as… Continue Reading →
NO TO WAR ON IRAN ! DON’T MAKE DELHI BLASTS AN EXCUSE !! The US–Israel machinations in the Middle-East are taking a dangerous turn. The hypocrisy of calling American and Israeli nuclear weapons “responsible” and arm-twisting on Iran’s unproven… Continue Reading →
Hamza Kashgari fled to Malaysia after calls for death penalty in response to Twitter comment about Muhammad Kate Hodal, Bangkok, Feb 13, 2012,-Malaysia has deported a Saudi journalist accused of insulting the prophet Muhammad on Twitter, despite claims by rights… Continue Reading →
10th Feb, 2012 Elahe Amani – WNN Features (WNN) Beirut, LEBANON: In an amazing coordinated campaign, a Lebanese advocacy group dedicated to protecting women from violence shook up the media world by working closely with men as they asked them… Continue Reading →
On February 6th PHR Israel appealed to the court and to the Ministry of Health to allow the immediate and urgent medical examination of Khader Adnan Mousa, A Palestinian Administrative Detainee, who is on his 52nd day of hunger strike…. Continue Reading →
On Decemeber 30, 2011 , Facebook removed the profile picture of Rebecca Gomperts, which was text with information about how women can do abortions safely by themselves. Dr Gomperts is a well-known abortion rights activist and the Director of Women… Continue Reading →
DUBAI, January 2012 (IRIN) – New data out of Iraq shows what many psychologists suspected though little research has confirmed: Girls who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) are more prone to mental disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Results… Continue Reading →
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