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• Is Harassment Hilarious? Nile Comedy TV Thinks so

  October 14th, 2009

  There’s a new government-sponsored comedy channel in Egypt, Nile Comedy TV, which has created a humorous series of...

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• Let the Funky Arabs Turn you On!

  June 11th, 2009

  Sexy Girls. Arab Beauty that’ll rock your world. Sea, sex and sun. Let the funky Arabs turn you...

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• The Hole Story: Sexual Abuse in a "Strict Muslim" Household

  April 2nd, 2009

  “Sexual Abuse in Islamic Society” is the title of a recently published BBC article.* Right away, I knew...

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• The Ideal Egyptian Woman, According to CityStars Mall

  March 19th, 2009

  For those who don’t know, CityStars mall in Cairo was the biggest mall in the Middle East until it...

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• The Age of Innocence: the Mistreatment of an Elderly Woman in Saudi Arabia

  March 16th, 2009

  The internet is abuzz with talk of Khamisa Sawadi, a 75-year-old Syrian widow living in Saudi Arabia who...

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• What's Love Got to Do With It? Amours Voilees' Representations of Love and the Veil

  March 5th, 2009

  There’s a new Moroccan movie out that, on the surface, seems to tackle the issue of pre-marital sex...

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• Love in a Headscarf

  February 26th, 2009

  Okay, I’ll admit it. When I first heard the title, my immediate reaction was to roll my eyes. “Not...

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• Jasad: Sex, Fetishes, and the Erotic in a new Arabic Glossy

  February 9th, 2009

  Sex. Always an attention getter. So there’s no wonder why Jasad, or “Body,” a new quarterly Arabic magazine published in...

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• The Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow

  January 22nd, 2009

  Those of you who know me well know I’m not the most modest person in the world. For those...

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• Egyptian Women Hanging out in Mosques

  January 8th, 2009

  I came across an interesting Associated Press article a couple of days ago titled Egyptian women break new...

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