Women journalists from all over the Arab region, Palestinian supporters and international football fans are campaigning for the release of Palestinian national football champion, Mahmoud Sarsak, detained by the Israeli... Read more
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By Iqbal Tamimi The fact that the majority of the new parliamentary seats in Algeria have been won by the ruling party has raised suspicions by the opposition. But this seems not to be the only problem the party is... Read more
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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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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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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