| Clapper: Arab Spring concerned bin Laden UPI.com WASHINGTON, April 27 (UPI) — At the time of his death in 2011, Osama bin Laden was concerned about the Arab Spring’s effect on his al-Qaida terror network, the US intelligence chief said. The Arab Spring protests across the Middle East and northern … |
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Malaysia’s Arab Spring?
GlobalPost
BANGKOK, Thailand — In the Arab Spring’s wake, pundits and politicians have toyed with predicting where a Tahrir Square-style street upheaval might catch on next. Candidates, however implausible, have included Russia, China, North Korea and, of course …Was Osama Bin Laden Worried About Arab Spring Ending Al-Qaeda?
Middle East Voices
In a rare interview, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told VOA that at the time of his death Osama bin Laden was concerned that his al-Qaida movement was being sidelined by the forces of what came to be known as the “Arab Spring.No Arab Spring for women or gays
Washington Post (blog)
By Jennifer Rubin According to the Dubai-based, Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya news channel, two new laws are under consideration by the new Egyptian parliament. One of these would lower the age at which a girl can be married to 14.
| After the Arab spring, the sexual revolution? The Guardian An explosive call for a sexual revolution across the Arab world in which the author argues that Arab men “hate” Arab women has provoked a fierce debate about the subjugation of women in countries such as Egypt, Morocco and Saudi Arabia. |
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Hatred, Women, and the Arab Spring
Harvard Crimson
By Eric T. Justin This week, Foreign Policy magazine published a controversial polemicon women’s rights in the Arab World titled, “Why Do They Hate Us?”Mona Eltahawy, a Muslim Egyptian-American journalist and columnist, scathingly and methodically …Arab Spring: A race between democracy, theocracy
DesMoinesRegister.com
Two revolutions were precursors of the Arab Spring. In Lebanon, the Cedars Revolution of 2005 was the first massive peaceful demonstration that led to the end of military occupation by Syria. In June 2009, millions marched in Tehran against the …Arab Spring needs to be jolted by another revolution, says author
Toronto Star
Particularly in the countries that went through the Arab Springuprisings, where you’ve had political transitions that are underway . . . where it is not all clear that those political transitions will result in advances for rights of women and girls.
| Brilliant idea Lloyd ! Arabs spring to dead wives and have sex with them National Turk English Critics fear it highlights a trend of increasingly anti-female legislation since the Arab Spring. The Arabic ‘farewell Sex’ bill was inspired by a Fatwa issued by a Moroccan cleric last year. Zamzami Abdul Bar claimed that since the two would meet in … |
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Tourists Are Coming Back to the Middle East
The Media Line
Not so long ago written off as a victim of the Arab Spring no less than Hosni Mubarak or Zine Al-Abidine Ben Ali, the Middle East and North Africa’s (MENA) tourism industry is showing signs of revival even as unrest continues to stir across much of the …
