By Iqbal Tamimi Saudi human rights activist, Samar Badawi, who received the prestigious “Women of Courage Award” from the US State Department after she filed a lawsuit against her father challenging the kingdom’s rigid... Read more
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News
By Iqbal Tamimi At a time the chief centre of Arabic literature and Islamic learning in the world, Azhar University in Egypt, has endorsed a PhD research refuting the imposition of the veil in Islam, a bank in the moderate Kingdom of... Read more
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By Iqbal Tamimi Fatima Obeid Al Jaber, Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Emirates Businesswomen Council said that the number of Emirate business women has reached 13 thousand woman, who are the owners of 20 thousand companies
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Journalists of Written Press, Television, Radio and New Media, citizens of the 42 countries of the Union for the Mediterranean are now invited to submit their works for the 6th edition of the Award until the 20th July 2012 (12.00 Egyptian... Read more
Caricature
The Moustache is a sign of manhood in the Arab Region and more so in the GCC. And old Arab proverb once professed “every moustache has its scissors,” an indication that behind every moustache is a respectable male deserving of the utmost... Read more
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Facebook, the social network that listed this month in one of the largest initial public offerings (IPOs) in US history, said it has more than 45m users in the MENA region, with 20m users connecting daily. The California-based firm... Read more
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By Iqbal Tamimi The family of Yemeni girl who died on her wedding night, called for punishing the groom by death penalty. The girl, who died of bleeding following a savage intercourse leading to her death, had no say or choice regarding her... Read more
By Iqbal Tamimi An article published by the British newspaper, The Daily Mail, on 27 May 2012, seems to reveal yet another proof of worrying press attitudes towards Muslims of Britain. Entitled ‘Second and third generation migrants struggle to... Read more
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By Iqbal Tamimi More than 40 women from all over The Gaza Strip, and from different cultural backgrounds joined the project that has been implemented by ‘ Wissal Network’ , part of the Culture& Free Thought Association – Media... Read more
Art and Culture
Twickenham Films, the London-based firm behind the recently announced $97m Saladin movie, on Tuesday said its Film Academy plans for Bahrain should be operational by the end of 2013. The company, which is looking to produce more films in the... Read more