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March 12

By Kipp • Mar 11th, 2010 • Category: Best of the web, Cover Story

Middle Eastern Mirage; Carlos Slim, the World's Richest Man; How Safe Is Your Cell Phone?

Going the extra mile for equality

By Aarti Nagraj • Mar 4th, 2010 • Category: Cover Story, Regional, The Work, employment

Despite a slight improvement in gender equality, women make up just 15 percent of the working population in some Gulf states.

Saudi women’s war to work

By Aarti Nagraj • Feb 14th, 2010 • Category: Cover Story, Regional, Saudi Arabia, The Work, employment

Women in KSA are again campaigning to ban men from working in lingerie stores. If successful, the move could create new job opportunities for the rising number of unemployed women in the Kingdom.

Behind the veil

By Kipp • Feb 10th, 2010 • Category: Kipp's Blog

An Arab man in Dubai was apparently conned into marrying a cross-eyed woman who sported a beard, because she wore the niqab.

Why are women ungrateful?

By Kipp • Dec 9th, 2009 • Category: Kipp's Blog

Female teachers are demanding equal pay. The nerve!

UAE’s weaker sex

By Aarti Nagraj • Nov 9th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Nation, The Life, social

Gender inequality in the Emirates is high, and women lack economic opportunities, according to a recent report by the World Economic Forum.

Kuwaiti women to get passports without husband’s consent

By Kipp • Oct 21st, 2009 • Category: Middle East Business News

Married women in Kuwait can now…

Saudi’s “house of wisdom” opens

By Aarti Nagraj • Sep 23rd, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Education, Saudi Arabia, The Life

The kingdom’s new university promises to offer an environment where young researchers – both men and women – can work together.

Hell hath no fury

By Aarti Nagraj • Aug 4th, 2009 • Category: Kipp's Blog

Four women in Wisconsin have learned the hard way that there are limits to getting even with a cheating partner.

UN asks Arab World to get its act together

By Dana El Baltaji • Jul 22nd, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Economy, Labor, Regional, Saudi Arabia, society

A report entitled Arab Human Development Report 2009 highlights the region's failings, and calls on the Arab World to make significant changes.

Saudi women on the prowl

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.