Post Arab Spring in Libya is no holiday for women

Magdulien Abaida help liberate Libya but now must run for her life.
Libya rebel flees to UK as revolution sours for women
The irony of twenty-five-year-old Magdulien Abaidas' situation is clear:
“It’s very bad that you put yourself in danger to work hard for this revolution,” she says. “And then in the end you have to leave it because it’s not a safe place for you anymore.”
“It’s very bad that you put yourself in danger to work hard for this revolution,” she says. “And then in the end you have to leave it because it’s not a safe place for you anymore.”
Source: Shabab Libya
Saudi Arabia: Be Careful of What You Tweet or Blog!
A Saudi blogger wrote and also tweeted with an opinion about Saudi women who worked as waitresses at the Hardees in Jeddah.
His derogatory and negative statement so outraged many women (and others) on Tweeter that there was an outcry that the blogger/tweeter should have legal action taken against him based on Shari’ah law.
His derogatory and negative statement so outraged many women (and others) on Tweeter that there was an outcry that the blogger/tweeter should have legal action taken against him based on Shari’ah law.
Source: American Bedu
Jaraad Won the Honorable Mention Award for Best Expat Blog in USA
Great job to Jaraad for being chosen among the top 4 of all Expat blogs in the world!
Source: Jaraad















