At a wedding in Ramallah last Thursday, the groom Ashraf repeated after Ms Hamad, while shaking hands with the father of his bride, Ranya: “I accepted the marriage of your daughter and agreed to a dowry of one dinar according to God’s book and... Read more
By TOM MARSHALL Police are investigating after a group of women allegedly ripped off a Muslim mother’s hijab during a “racist” attack as she went to collect her children from school. The young mum was allegedly set upon by... Read more
Arab Women Media Watch Centre in UK mourns Saudi PhD student Nahid Almanea who was stabbed to death.
The University of Essex PhD student, Nahid Almanea, was stabbed 16 times on Tuesday. Her body was repatriated to Saudi Arabia on Saturday. A post-mortem examination in UK revealed that she died from 16 stab wounds to her head, neck, body and... Read more
Somayya Jabarti, the new editor-in-chief of the Saudi Gazette Somayya Jabarti takes over at helm of Jeddah-based English daily Saudi Gazette following departure of Khaled Almaeena A woman in Saudi Arabia has been appointed... Read more
AWMWC Unidentified gunmen opened fire, using small arms (pistols) on on Sunday night, the 15th of December, on Iraqi female journalist Nawras Mohammad Hashim Al- Nuaimi, near her home in the Algiers neighbourhood of eastern Mosul. Bringing the... Read more
Pioneer Jordanian anchor-woman, Rabah Mahmoud Rousan has passed away Monday October 21, 2013 in Jordan following a heart attack while driving. Rabah was one of the earliest anchor-women to read the 10 o’clock English news bulletin ‘News... Read more
A 24-year-old Norwegian woman has been sentenced to a 16 month prison sentence, convicted of ‘having sex outside of marriage’, after reporting a rape incident to Dubai police. 
Read moreThe 33-year-old woman, who can be identified only as Suad, may pay a heavy price for defying her well-connected father and marrying an Italian she met on holiday
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