In Egypt, female taxi drivers for women only

The Committee of Fatwas of al-Azhar, which is responsible for issuing Islamic fatwas, or decisions, said it would allow women to work as taxi drivers in the country, but only

Upholding the Imprisonment Sentence of Blogger Wael Abbas, Six Months In Jail

The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information demanded the Egyptian government to discontinue persecuting Abbas and to stop devising methods to inhibit him from exposing the Egyptian government scandals. ANHRI

Islamic law in favour of Coptic Christian rights in Egypt

Over the past decades, numerous polls have demonstrated that the majority of Egyptians want shari'a-or Islamic principles-applied to parts of their country's legal system.

Egypt: More MB arrests in Kafr el Sheik.

A continued defiance of law with the unjust arrests of 10 members of the Muslim Brotherhood Movement in Kafr el-Sheik.

Egypt: Arbitrary arrests continue in Egypt – 10 new cases from Kafr Al-Sheikh

The Egyptian Security forces continue to suppress any opposition towards the government - often affiliating the detainees to banned organizations or terrorists groups as a pretext for arrest

HRW Jordan: Stop Withdrawing Nationality from Palestinian-Origin Citizens

Jordan should stop withdrawing nationality arbitrarily from Jordanians of Palestinian origin,

Headlines from the region – 3/2/2010

Families of Jordanian prisoners in Syria, Iraq, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Iran and the US appealed to the government to intensify its efforts to help secure the release of their beloved

Football is the new religion – a post-match musing

Back in the United Kingdom – where I’m from – a new phrase entered the national consciousness during the 2004 European Championships: ‘football is the new religion’.

The Litmus Test for the Legality of Iraq War

The future generation of Iraqis may see that the British population have a heart, not just the millions who marched against the war, but the vast majority disagree with this

British Media Portrayals of Yemen

Until very recently, only Mauritania among the Arab countries attracted less attention in the British media than Yemen. Not any more: since 25 December 2009, Yemen is mentioned more than