Iraq's child prodigy

A round-up of recent 'shock-value' sex slavery or coercing-children news to be picked out from the Gulf news but presented to you in a neat digest: concubines and child-brides while common in Medieval times have less of a place in today's society; and celebrating Egypt's initiative by a woman to really implement a change in the way things are done around here.

Saudi men studying abroad could do with a mahrem, using the 'C-word', Macy Gray in Israel, Lebanese coffee conversations, and disturbing footage from a public school in Jordan.

Will Islam be the Libyan way forward for the liberated and re-born Libya; Obesity is a world-wide killer; Rest in Peace Prince Sultan, while Saudi-aired TV soaps take three days off air as the Kingdom mourns its loss; And from Pharaohs to Arab Spring.