Saudi, Gulf Women Disagree Over Segregation Issue Maha Akeel, Arab News JEDDAH, 3 February 2005 — As is normal with conferences and other events in Saudi Arabia, the sexes were segregated at a workshop which concluded on Tuesday at King Abdul Aziz University (KAAU). The reason for the workshop was to find ways to implement …

Actually their unmitigated stupidity continues to baffle me. I just cannot understand it, have a look at this: Baby hurled from window of crash car A baby boy has died after being hurled from his grandmother’s arms and out through an open car window as the vehicle smashed into a tree. Mohammed Abdulla Anwar Bu …

Bahrain Financial Harbour, the US$1.3 billion landmark project for a financial district of leading global institutions in Bahrain, the financial capital in the Middle East, unveiled today the blueprint for an independent non-partisan Arab-International Think-Tank that will create global awareness about the Arab nation, while reaching out to link up with the fast-changing world as …

I’d like to offer my sincere congratulations to the winners of the first ever Best Arab Blogs Awards. Well done all, and here’s to you winning again next year! I know that the awards had some controversy, but believe you me that both Haitham and myself are very aware of these shenanigans and we are …