LAHA

The dream of Amany Al-Tunisi, a 25-year old Egyptian young woman, came true in July 2008 when her radio station went on air. “Banat wi Bass” (Girls Only) is the first Arabic radio station of its kind in the Arab World – it is run exclusively by young women and focuses on women’s issues.
Amany, the [...]

From BBC News
A Jordanian man has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years for killing his married sister in what he said was an act to save the family’s honour.
The man strangled the 16-year-old after she refused to explain absences from her marital home, the court heard. It emerged she had seen a female friend.
The sentence had [...]

اغرب شيء في الحياة ان تعرف بالضبط ماذا تفعل ، ولكن لا تفعله
ان تدرك الحقيقة ولا تتبعها، ان تملك الحق ولا تطالب به
ان تضع الاشياء في مكانها الصحيح اصبح من الماضي على مايبدو ، نفس الاراء اينما ذهبت عن المرأة وعن مفهوم حريتها ((المحدود جدا)) في كل مكان حتى في الجامعات التي من المفترض ان [...]

(From the Chronicle Herald Editorials…)
WORLDWIDE outrage has rightly greeted reports that Saudi Arabia’s “justice” system recently sentenced a young woman, gang-raped by seven men, to 200 lashes for being alone with a male friend who was not related to her through blood or marriage.
We stand with and commend the actions of decent people like Nancy [...]