by Farona | April 1, 2012 at 1:17 PM
As IOC (International Olympic Committee) assess a list of female candidates upon receiving a last minute unofficial inclusion decision from Saudi Arabia, we could possibly begin writing history of Sau
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by Farona | March 24, 2012 at 11:08 AM
He could not tell them about his lung scar, he was afraid to lose this opportunity, again. Upon pre-departure medical check-up he got stamped ‘unfit’ in 2011.
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by Farona | December 19, 2011 at 2:37 AM
Just as when int’l media outlet’s attention waned on the social issue of women drivers, Shaima, the woman whose lashing sentence was allegedly ‘pardoned by king’ is going to be lashed any way.
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by Farona | July 14, 2011 at 6:27 AM
In the past couple of months, mothers of detained prisoners have been protesting in front of several state buildings to demand release of their sons held without charges/false charges and calling fo
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by Farona | June 27, 2011 at 12:17 PM
I first typed on a typewriter when I was eight. Filled with excitement, I couldn’t sleep at night and typing was the first thing I did in the morning.
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by Farona | May 22, 2011 at 5:03 AM
Manal Al-Sharif, a 33 yr old IT consultant, a single mother and one of the organizers of ‘June 17th - Women2drive’ initiative has been arrested for the second time on Sunday.
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by Farona | May 8, 2011 at 2:48 PM
Mothers often shoulder the enormous burden of raising their daughters into defined or acceptable gendered roles or ideals, going at extraordinary lengths to suppress her own and daughter’s aspirations
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by Farona | April 7, 2011 at 10:47 AM
I desired to touch the sky, hear the unseen, feel a stone, and smell a sound… I was an ordinary child, with odd dreams.
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by Farona | February 28, 2011 at 4:55 PM
Today is momentous – I turn 21 and our 86 yr old King returns home after receiving treatment abroad.
To welcome him, foreign workers were busy embellishing the street with the national flag..
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by Farona | February 23, 2011 at 9:46 AM
The gov has unveiled a new plan to support citizens facing unemployment and housing shortages. The overall spending is expected to be around $35-37 billion. (The timing is noteworthy!)
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