Posts Tagged ‘society’
By Dana El Baltaji • Oct 13th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Nation, society
In an effort to reduce the bureaucratic heartache, the UAE’s Ministry of Interior will merge labor cards, residency permits and the national ID into one card starting from July 2010.
By Dana El Baltaji • Jul 12th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Regional, Saudi Arabia, The People, society
French President Nicolas Sarkozy opened up a can of feisty worms when he said the burqa is "a sign of subservience." Arab News asks scholars what they think the burqa signifies.
By Ibtisam Sheqdar • Jul 5th, 2009 • Category: Article, Cover Story, Regional, Saudi Arabia, society
Saudi men claim women are stalking and harassing them at the workplace. Makkah’s Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice is looking into the complaints.
By Dana El Baltaji • Jun 3rd, 2009 • Category: Article, Cover Story
A 25-year-old Egyptian man cut off his penis in protest against a forced marriage.
By Parinaaz Navdar • May 18th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Crime, International, The Life
Iran’s arrests its first reported female serial killer. But the country is no stranger to headline grabbing serial killings.
By Aarti Nagraj • May 14th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Regional, The Life, society
Muslim religious experts say that there is a need to regulate the ‘fatwa industry’, because of the increasing number of unqualified muftis dishing them out.
By Najah Alosaimi • Apr 20th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Media/Marketing, Regional, The Life, society
A new television program in the kingdom vividly portrays the problems faced by Saudi women, hoping to bring them out in the open, reports Arab News.
By Dana El Baltaji • Dec 15th, 2008 • Category: Cover Story, Media/Marketing, The Life, advertising
Six ads, one campaign: the ‘mercy’ PSA highlights a pressing issue faced in many Saudi households.
Around 35% of the medication sold in the Middle East is fake, compared to just 1% in the US. Kipp examines the threat posed by this $75 billion global trade, ...
Yemen’s many problems could soon render the country ungovernable, enabling the lawlessness in the Horn of Africa to leap across the Gulf of Aden, says Trends magazine.
The News Corp boss did not make a single reference to Dubai in his speech at Abu Dhabi’s glitzy media summit. But he still has links to the emirate’s high-profile ...
Democracy is the “most important priority” for the Arab youth, according to a recent survey. But some say this marks an urge for greater self-determination, rather than a change in ...
The Dubai police chief, who has caught the world’s attention for his role in probing the murder Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, is predictably connected to a lot of people who ...
One was rocked by a ‘fake ads’ scandal, the other has seen a steadily declining number of entries. So which of the region’s competing advertising awards has the edge?
Middle Eastern Mirage; Carlos Slim, the World's Richest Man; How Safe Is Your Cell Phone?
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