These “virginity tests” will spark Egypt’s next revolution
It is the revolution of fighting the patriarch. By Mona Eltahawy The Guardian There’s a thin line between sex and politics, and it is nonsense to keep repeating the mantra that Egypt’s revolution “wasn’t about gender”. What revolution worth its salt can be fuelled by demands of freedom and dignity and not have…
Iranian Actress Banned From Homeland : Golshifteh Farahani Sparks Naked Rebellion On Facebook
Actress Golshifteh Farahani attends the ‘Poulet Aux Prunes’ premiere during the 68th Venice Film Festival at Palazzo del Cinema on September 3, 2011 in Venice, Italy. (Getty) While the Iranian government may not be the biggest fan of native actress Golshifteh Farahani after her skin-baring photo shoot for Le Madame Figaro and for appearing…
Iran leader says CIA, Mossad behind scientist’s death
An undated photo released by Iran’s semi-official Fars News Agency claims to show Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, who was killed by a car bomb in Tehran on Wednesday, Fars News Agency / AP Pho Circumstantial evidence suggests the Mossad is responsible for a string of slayings of Iran’s nuclear experts, most recently Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan. At…
Middle East Demand For Sex: Prostitutes vs. Extra Wives
Demand For Sex : hidden in plain sight To guard their investment, super nightclub owners take their female employees’ passports and lock the doors of the hotel between 5 a.m. and 1 p.m. Lebanon — Twenty minutes north of Beirut, in the Christian heartland of Lebanon is Jounieh, the country’s little…
Egypt Joins “nude photo revolution” Aliya Mahdy with her body, debunk all myths of Egyptian liberalism.
Egypt Joins “nude photo revolution” Aliya Mahdy with her body, debunk all myths of Egyptian liberalism. Despise Aliya Mahdy or not, she has done what few revolutionaries in Egypt have been able to do: take revolutionary action. Her public display of her naked body in a blog post has seen attacks from…
Turkey: Prime Minister Erd is now being showered with Western accolades
Our prime minister has suddenly reached elevated status in Western capitals. Not so long ago, the same voices were accusing Recep Tayyip Erdogan an of changing Turkey’s orientation, of aspiring to establish an Islamic Republic. Now they are applauding him. Why? What happened to turn the tides so dramatically? What we have been witnessing over…
Egyptian Turmoil With Unfinished Revolution
A protester waves Egypt’s flag as riot police fire tear gas during clashes near Tahrir Square in Cairo; a plea for donations is made at the Occupy London camp outside St. Paul’s Cathedral
Assad`s Killer Regime: A Middle East Checkmate
What’s at stake in Syria goes well beyond the mere fate of a local dictatorship – however deadly it may be. What is at stake, and is on the brink of collapse, is a major strategic alliance in the Middle East. The Syrians who have been challenging Bashar al-Assad’s regime since March – many paying…
Tribes Ignore Yemini Women Are Cowards And Disgrace
Yemeni women burn veils to protest regime