Editor's Choice

January 13, 2011

A tweet made by @YousefA7X.
#JordanMovies trends on Twitter
09:28 GMT
Tweeps from around the region blow of some steam and have a little fun online… in movie titles.
A young Palestinian girl stands in front of her Bedouin tent slum, in the seaside al-Mawasi area.
On Poverty in the region.
08:45 GMT
The recent riots in the region by unemployed youth are a signal for authorities to take urgent action

January 12, 2011

On the Middle East and deportation
10:22 GMT
The world as we know it emerged out of the ceaseless wandering of humans on the planet and, more recently, with migrations of millions across national borders.

January 11, 2011

SANA'A, YEMEN - NOVEMBER 22: A view of the city of Sana'a on November 22, 2005 in Sana'a, Yemen
The games people play in Yemen
13:02 GMT
There is no doubt in anyone’s mind that Yemen is beset by a million and one problems, the worst of which is the poor leadership that we have to rely on to get the country out of all the predicaments.
A female prisoner combs her hair after washing it in the courtyard of the women's prison October 22, 2010 in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. According to Afghanistan's Ministry for Women and the Independent Human Rights Commission, many of the females that are incarcerated are being detained for 'moral crimes'. With the courts at many times refering to Islamic Sharia law, the court system in Afghanistan can be easily adapted to work against, in what many critics of Afghan law see, as the rights of Afghan women.
Shari’a law: misapplied, misunderstood or simply misguided?
08:26 GMT
As for flogging in cases of fornication, it seems hard to convince a Western person of Muslim society’s non-acceptance of sexual relations outside the course of marriage.

January 10, 2011

Pankaj Mishra points to moral narcissism and a 'rather weird obsession with head scarves'
Westerners - obsessed by the headscarf?
11:41 GMT
You haven't asked me the big question." Puzzled, I asked: "About what?" Laughing, she replied: "Many western journalists only want to know why I wear a headscarf."
MUSCAT, OMAN - DECEMBER 16: The games mascots dance during the Closing Ceremony at Al-Musannah Sports City on day nine of the 2nd Asian Beach Games Muscat 2010 on December 16, 2010 in Muscat, Oman.
A trip to Oman
07:31 GMT
I have fallen in love with Zanzibar from reading about its fascinating history, both in English and Arabic. It’s the history that brought me here to Oman...

January 9, 2011

The bride's father insisted on getting half her salary for his lifetime... but timed the demand quite badly.
Marriage cancelled after bride's father makes salary demand
12:24 GMT
Saudi couple's marriage cancelled after the bride's father insisted on getting half her salary for life
The sun may rise in the east, but according to this writer Muslims are still fascinated by the West.
Are Muslims "intoxicated" with the West?
05:26 GMT
During Pakistani poet and philosopher Mohamed Iqbal’s times, the Arab World was in the process of erosion. A number of Arab countries were under European domination...

January 7, 2011

Pakistani civil society activists hold lit candles as they march in tribute to slain governor Punjab province Salman Taseer during a rally in Lahore on January 7, 2011.
On the power of religious scholars in Pakistan
20:18 GMT
Technically there is no civil war in Pakistan. But the recent murder of the Punjab governor showed how society is deeply polarised.

January 6, 2011

Witness Hajar Tehrani, Evin prison survivor (1981-1984), who was personally tortured by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, joins Iranian exiles protesting against stoning and condemns the forced concessions
Women, Prison, and Iran
09:56 GMT
I was a little girl when the Revolution began in Iran....
As Egypt went on high alert ahead of Coptic Christmas, Christians and Muslims joined ranks in a mass protest under the watchfull eyes of riot police
Bigotry and religion - a combustible mix.
07:53 GMT
Men and women of goodwill should stand up to be counted, and reject bigotry

January 5, 2011

Sectarian terror effects everyone, according to Osama Al Sharif.
Sectarian conflict benefits the Arab world's enemies
12:36 GMT
Conspiracy theories aside, Israel stands to gain from a Middle East destabilised by religious and civil strife
According to ATI Arabs have a " huge appetite for food and sex."
Arab Thought Institution: Arabs have huge appetite for "food and sex"
08:30 GMT
Arabs are apparently more interested in filling their stomachs than their minds. They have also been caught ogling nude women and girls on the Internet.

January 4, 2011

According to one report, there are 30,000 roads accidents annually in Egypt
Egypt's roads: for whom the bell tolls
13:35 GMT
Crashes on Egypt's roads rarely take a break. last week, eight US citizens met their fate in a bus crash that also injured 21 other people.