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![Saudi activists said more than 60 women claimed to have answered their call in October to get behind the wheel in a rare show of defiance against a ban on female driving in the ultraconservative kingdom. [geo]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Saudi/saudi_women_driving_december.jpg?itok=FhrDK47C "Saudi activists said more than 60 women claimed to have answered their call in October to get behind the wheel in a rare show of defiance against a ban on female driving in the ultraconservative kingdom. [geo]")
![Egyptian students who support the Muslim Brotherhood (background) clash with riot policemen outside the University of Cairo campus in the capital on December 11, 2013. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/iran/455128605_1.jpg?itok=gp13Peir "Egyptian students who support the Muslim Brotherhood (background) clash with riot policemen outside the University of Cairo campus in the capital on December 11, 2013. [AFP]")
![All women in Iran are legally obliged to respect a dress code of contour-hiding gowns and headscarves [Reuters]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/morality.jpg?itok=ZpeMbTOH "All women in Iran are legally obliged to respect a dress code of contour-hiding gowns and headscarves [Reuters]")
![Former president Mohammed Morsi was reportedly "feisty, speaking loudly to the judges and [proclaiming] that he was still the president of Egypt" during Monday's trial (AP)](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/morsicage.jpg?itok=ZiJMsmRI "Former president Mohammed Morsi was reportedly \"feisty, speaking loudly to the judges and [proclaiming] that he was still the president of Egypt\" during Monday's trial (AP)")
![Within hours of launching its campaign against illegal workers, Saudi police have arrested thousands. [ethiovision]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Saudi/Saudi-police-arresting-an-Ethiopian.jpg?itok=8jYKvi99 "Within hours of launching its campaign against illegal workers, Saudi police have arrested thousands. [ethiovision]")
![Jail time is now an option for "status update" in the UAE without consent of your subjects in images posted to social media feeds. [itp.net]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/uae/9205-facebook_article.jpg?itok=xUVaiim7 "Jail time is now an option for \"status update\" in the UAE without consent of your subjects in images posted to social media feeds. [itp.net]")
