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By Kipp • Oct 29th, 2009 • Category: Kipp's BlogA 17 year old girl married a man 95 years her senior in Somalia. Why?
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A 17 year old girl married a man 95 years her senior in Somalia. Why?
Saudi’s 10-year-old bride
By Kipp • Aug 26th, 2009 • Category: Kipp's BlogThe little girl ran away after she was married off to an 80-year-old man by her father.
Saudi’s lost women
By Fatima Al-Saadi • Jun 29th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Regional, Saudi Arabia, The Life, societyWomen abandoned as babies on Saudi’s streets cannot lay claim to a traceable lineage, and face social problems in the kingdom.
Two frogs married in India
By Dana El Baltaji • Jun 24th, 2009 • Category: Middle East Business NewsResidents of the Indian suburb of Nagpur, in the state of Maharashtra, married two frogs in a...
Calling divorce
By Kipp • Jun 4th, 2009 • Category: Kipp's BlogA man in Saudi divorced his wife because she answered a phone call from a man who dialed a wrong number.
Sex Ed and the city
By Aarti Nagraj • Feb 26th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Nation, People, The LifeA book on sex education published recently by an Emirati woman has come under fire for tackling taboo subjects.
Rethinking the call to kill Mickey Mouse
By Aarti Nagraj • Jan 19th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, People, Regional, The LifeSaudi’s King Abdullah has said that several individuals have to be stopped from issuing “chaotic and whimsical fatwas.” So, is Mickey Mouse safe?
Battling the stigma of divorce
By Dana Moukhallati • Jan 5th, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Article, Cover Story, People, The LifeThe divorce rate in Saudi is rising, and women are keen to fight for their rights.
In Egypt, love isn’t enough
By Kipp • Dec 9th, 2008 • Category: Analysis, Article, Cover Story, International, Money, People, Real estate, The Life, trendsThe difficulty of finding and affording an apartment has forced couples to postpone marriage. But new housing policy reforms may be giving young couples a break.
