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For years, the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood movement has won over Egypt's poor and working classes with charity work -- stepping in to provide many of the services that the former government did not provide, like subsidized healthcare. And the women of the Sisterhood (the name for female members of the More...
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While the world's eyes watched protesters in Tahrir Square in the run up to Egypt's revolution, state television -- based just down the road -- showed tranquil images of boats on the Nile. Now both independent and state media are testing their new-found freedom in post-revolutionary Egypt. New management at More...
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Amnesty International began reporting that the Egyptian military had subjected 17 women protesters at a Tahrir Square demonstration to "virginity tests." The women told Amnesty that they had been handcuffed and beaten, stripped searched and photographed by male soldiers, then restrained by female soldiers while a man in a white More...
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Known worldwide for their obscene oil wealth, Saudi Arabia has invited international architects to submit sustainable designs for Riyadh’s new royal wedding celebration hall. The brief calls for a regal building that props up the country’s historic legacy without creating a detrimental impact on the natural environment. Celebration Hall in More...
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Political unrest across the Middle East has increased appetite in the wider world for comment from within the region, and some are turning to bloggers for insider views on the events unfolding on their television screens. Social media -- including blogging, Twitter and Facebook -- has played an often-crucial role More...
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As election centers across Saudi Arabia opened for voters to register for forthcoming municipal elections, groups of women turned up asking to take part. As expected, they were turned away -- women will not be able to stand or vote in September's municipal elections -- but just by showing up More...
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When anti-government demonstrations first began in Yemen three months ago, many predicted that they were likely to fail because - unlike Tunisia or Egypt - Yemen would not be able to mobilize half of its population. The skeptics could not have been more wrong. Seated in her tent in the More...
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Around 80 per cent of Qatari women refuse to mix with men in the work place, a survey has concluded. But, while only 20 per cent of the women said that they did not mind working alongside men, 55 per cent of Qatari men said they had no problem working More...
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The on-going battles to bring about change tend to be small ones. Saudi women are taking small steps for change but are not always helped by other women. Radwa Yousef, who runs an organization called “My Guardian Knows What is Best For Me”, says she wants to "dispel the negative More...
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The U.N. refugee agency, the Tunisian government and NGOs have been helping to evacuate as many refugees as they can to their home countries, but they cannot keep up with the average 15,000 a day pouring over the border. The majority of those crossing the border are Egyptian migrant workers, More...
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