Coptic and Evangelical Christians in Egypt Begrudgingly Choose Shafiq

What options do Christians have as a minority in Egypt, a Muslim majority country having their first elections? The Islamist or the Old Regime. Who did they choose?

"The majority of Copts voted for Shafik, according to Mina el-Badry, an evangelical pastor in Upper Egypt. “Not from love, but to oppose the Islamists,” he said, “because [Shafik] is from the army and will know how to run the transition, and because he is clear and firm in his word and decision.”"

"More condemnation, meetings and denials after the Houla massacre in Syria, but the expulsion of Syrian diplomats from several Western countries is the most concrete development that these countries have taken against Assad's regime.

It's not a moment too soon, and should have happened months ago, so what has changed?"

Read this take on what Syrians really want and what life after Assad might look like.

A saudi woman and her daughter being compared to trash bags. Forget what outsiders, think, how do the Saudi women repsond to this?

This blog is most interesting by looking at the varied comments by readers, many of whom are Saudi women.

Is Lebanon silently killing its people by not restricting the sale of asbestos based products?

This blogger reports on a killer in many Lebanon households.