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The following link is a blog entitled Saudi Women Driving. The blog posts about issues regarding the law against women driving in Saudi Arabia. The first blog post currently on the page is about a television interview with a man with extreme views on this law. He went as far as to say that not allowing women to drive is to protect them from the possibility of being raped if their car ever broke down.

A man has a conversation with a cab driver about women and FGM. What the cab driver has to say is really interesting.

Divorce in Saudi Arabia differs for men and women. Men can easily obtain a divorce while women struggle to divorce their husbands. Even in cases of abuse courts tend to side with the man feeling that the wife likely provoked the actions.

When we think of domestic abuse or abuse in general we often think at home situations involving a man and woman. In Saudi Arabia, and surely other parts of the world, maids are frequently subjected to abuse. This article is one example of a maid that was severely abused for the simple act of bringing coffee too late. Foreign workers in Saudi Arabia are often abused by their employers.

This link tells the story of a woman named Salma. Salma was sold at the age of 13 to an elderly man. She was then abused for 17 years and then divorced, the ex husband taking the children. This is one example of gender inequality and lack of a decent legal system and protective laws. I am not saying that all marriages are bad but stores such as this are horrendous and actions should be taken to prevent it from happening in the future.

This shocking video is of an interview of a young child who was married off at the age of 10, to a 26 year old man. She describes marriage as servitude. Luckily, this is her story of fleeing the marriage 1 week before it being real.

By Reem Abdellatif, freelance journalist It wasn't easy growing up as a teenage Muslim girl, with a father who thought he owned your body just because he put a roof over your head or food on the table. Not just that-this was a Muslim man who perverted the teachings of his own religion to justify. A very recent article.

Sisa took on male identity after her husband s death in order to find work to support her daughter. This lasted for 40 years. She is not up for a presidential award.

The people of Tunisia responded to the attack on the museum with an anti-terrorism march. The people walked around the streets chanting "'Tunisia is free! Terrorism out!'". Political leaders supported the people on this one. Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi said, "' The Tunisian people proved today that they do not bow to terrorism, and that as one man and one woman, they defend the nation. When Tunisia is targeted, the whole nation stands as one'". The march was to show that they are democratic people, Tunisians are moderate and there is no room for terrorists here. Some leftist political groups chose to boycott the rally because they feel it is a participation of an Islamist party and they are the ones accountable for the rise of Islamic extremism in the country.

19 year old Amen met with a man her mom set her up with in an attempt to escape poverty and start a new life in Spain. However, this was all a hoax and she would spend the next four years of her life in a living hell going from different parts of Northern Africa, being imprisoned, and encountering other difficulties.

A marriage law in Egypt is being condemned as "legalized prostitution" by women's rights activists. A foreign man who wants to marry a young Egyptian woman must pay for the privilege.

This article discusses a man who was so inspired and impacted by the use of facebook and other social media aspects and how they played a part in middle eastern revolutions that he named his daughter facebook. This really demonstrates how deeply social media really impacted the lives of the everyday people in this area.

This article shows what women in Egypt go through to try to provide for themselves. In one story, Sisa Abu Daooh dressed like a man for 30 years to work as a shoe-shiner. It also describes what is holding back women back for providing for themselves.

He is the architect and very public face behind Saudi Arabia's boldest military campaign in nearly 100 years. But Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the country's young, newly-minted defense minister, remains a virtually unknown figure at home and abroad.