Hijabs and the beautiful game
Despite their conservative reputation, a growing number of veiled Muslim women are taking up football… and giving men a run for their money.
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Smashing the Arab world’s glass ceiling
Arab women are not waiting for others to empower them, they are doing it for themselves. Over 40 are on the list of the most influential young Arabs.
Read moreEgypt’s return of the “noble” outlaws
Three years after a revolution against Mubarak-era cronyism, fugitive tycoons are scrambling to buy back their freedom… at knock-down prices.
Read moreUgly discrimination in the face of beauty
The curious case of Arab men reportedly deported for being “too handsome” demonstrates that the beautiful can also be the victims of discrimination.
Read moreWhere ‘no’ means jail time
In Dubai, the Middle East’s self-styled party capital, women who say they have been raped can find themselves behind bars for adultery.
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