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A woman looks at a Facebook page in Agadir published in support of the three Moroccan teenagers arrested for posting Facebook photos of two of them kissing outside their school in the northern town of Nador last week. (AFP)

October 13th, 2013 - 11:32 GMT

Stagnant society: Why is the Middle East so backwards?

At a time when the rest of the world is being awarded Nobel Peace prizes, the Middle East is still dealing with archaic issues. Why is it lagging behind so considerably?