SEXUAL SEGREGATION in Saudi Arabia is built deep into the culture. So how does a fundamentalist country move into the 20th century, let alone acknowledge that women in the modern world want to attain financial independence? They’re letting the Jeannie out of the bottle by creating city islands where women can work, but also still [...]
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News Desk: Egypt Moves on Sinai Extremists After Security Force Killings
Deploying its air force for the first time in nearly 40 years, the Egyptian military launched an air offensive in the unruly Sinai Peninsula on Wednesday, three days after Islamists killed 16 Egyptian soldiers in an attack that threatened both the Egyptian-Israeli border and the political standing of Egypt’s new president. [McClatchyDC] THE ARAB SPRING [...]
The Meaning of Success
Amid glee across the sphere on Libya, while remaining against Pres. Obama’s decision to bomb Libya in the first place. What unfolded upon Gaddafi’s capture and subsequent assault, according to CBS, opens out on another one of those moments that begs for our humility. Segue to Jonathan Turley: The United States appears to have been [...]
SOFA for the ‘Islamic Republic of Afghanistan’?
–updated– Who said Afghanistan can’t get more backwards (or maybe this is a good thing)? Pakistan is proving it can with the new peace deal implementing Sharia in the Swat region. Fareed Zakaria spoke with Imran Khan, famous cricket player turned Pakistani politician, on GPS this past Sunday. Khan hailed the “peace deal” as the [...]
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