DHAHRAN, 20 March 2005 — Increasingly hectic modern lifestyles, working mothers and changing role models are just some of the factors encouraging fathers to become more involved in their children’s
JEDDAH, 20 March 2005 — For many marriages, husbands’ hopes to preserve traditional Saudi values and wives’ aspirations to pursue meaningful careers have set a collision course on the freeway of love.
JEDDAH, 20 March 2005 — Female circumcision is a very sensitive issue that is rarely discussed in Saudi Arabia because it is not practiced by the majority of the population. It is known, however, to
RIYADH, 19 March 2005 — Alina L. Romanowski, director of the office of the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI), said the United States was going ahead with the initiative with the support of
Reem, who turned 17 last month, complains that she is presently under heavy pressure from her parents to marry a rich man she does not like. She is an intelligent student who dreams of being a doctor.
I flew into another Gulf country recently and had the shock of my life. It was almost as if all the staff had been replaced by a bunch of courteous capable androids programmed to smile and process
CAIRO, 16 March 2005 — Egypt’s Shoura Council, the upper house of Parliament, recently rejected a draft law to legalize abortion and give women the freedom to end unwanted pregnancies. Abdel
MANAMA, 16 March 2005 — Twelfth-century military leader and English mercenary Sir John Hawkwood’s words “Few victories are won on an empty belly” comes to mind when entering the kitchen of the USS
