Gulf Cooperation Council Secretary General Abdul Rahman Al Atiyyah on Saturday said that Gulf women’s representation in leading posts was below ambitions and did not match their achievements in other areas. Addressing the inaugural session of a seminar on “the role of women in the development process in the GCC member states” in Riyadh,...
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A Saudi woman hid for days in the Haram Mosque in Makkah to escape from her husband of one month, local media have said. “The woman, in her 20s, stayed inside the mosque and did not leave it to avoid being with her husband,” Saudi daily Al Watan has reported. The disgruntled husband in...
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Kuwait has arrested seven Egyptian expatriates for planning to set up an association to support Mohammad El Baradei, the former head of the UN nuclear watchdog, and potential contender in the 2011 presidential elections in Egypt. Kuwaiti media on Saturday reported that security officials have prevented around 30 Egyptians from holding a meeting on...
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The Palestinian ambassador to Bahrain is under fire for urging the local authorities to go ahead with a football match next month in Palestine. “We are shocked that while our people are suffering from the onslaught of those who promote normalisation of ties with the Zionist enemy, the Palestinian ambassador adds fuel to the...
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