Bahrain’s authorities are investigating allegations that a five-year-old girl has been circumcised by a maid. The girl, who could not be named, was living with her father in a Gulf country (note to editor: UAE) following his divorce from her Bahraini mother. The couple married six years ago, but divorced soon after the birth...
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Handicapped Bahraini students are invariably granted university scholarships regardless of their grades and schools, the education minister has said. “Higher education scholarships are invariably based on merit. However, handicapped students receive them automatically without the need for the regular criteria,” Majed Al Nuaimi said. “According to directives from the prime minister, all handicapped high...
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Four women needed medical treatment after an alleged bomb threat spread panic and emptied a private school in Kuwait. Classes on all levels were suspended and the school in Naqra was evacuated shortly after the administration was warned in a telephone call that a bomb would detonate. The ensuing panic caused four women to...
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A Kuwait professor slept for three nights in one of the university classrooms after his wife locked him out of their home, a local newspaper said. “A watchman at the university discovered the professor after he heard snoring through the classroom walls,” Al Watan daily said. “He was shocked to see a professor sleeping...
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Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group of companies, will this week launch in Doha a Qatar-based telecommunications sector venture. “Branson will on Thursday host regional and international media for a press event at the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) in Doha to discuss the new initiative which will be based in Qatar,” a...
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Bahrain’s ministries and government agencies have been given one month to address employment irregularities, a senior official has said. “An auditing of several ministries and governmental agencies has found the existence of 530 redundant staff and 150 irregular cases of part-time recruitment,” Shaikh Ahmad Bin Atiyatallah Al Khalifa, the deputy chairman of the Civil...
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Qatar is set to launch its first satellite at the end of 2012 to provide superior coverage across the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia. The $300 million deal to launch and operate the satellite, named Eshail, was signed in Doha by Qatar’s Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology (ictQatar) and Eutelsat...
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Women should use their rights advocacy experience to assume a more proactive role and chart their own destiny, a Qatari woman activist has said. “For years, women have been known for advocating human justice. They can now use their experiences to help achieve equal benefits for everybody,” Shaikha Hessah Bint Khalifa Al Thani, former...
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