by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 25, 2011 | Interviews, Lifestyle & Culture
Abha, Asharq Al-Awsat – A study by Saudi Arabian social researcher at the University of Umm al-Qura, Dr. Mahmoud Kisnawi, claims that 60 percent of Saudi Arabian husbands financially exploit their wives. The study argues that many working wives allowed their husbands...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 25, 2011 | Interviews, Middle East
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat – Informed sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that mass resignations have hit various Libyan state institutes, in protest against the regime’s use of violence to suppress the anti-Gaddafi protests. Sources also claimed that after over a week of...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 24, 2011 | Interviews, Lifestyle & Culture
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat – Internet celebrity Lieutenant Colonel Hussein Sharif, better known as “the guy behind Omar Suleiman” has appeared in public, only this time it is Egyptian youths who are standing behind him. Lieutenant Colonel Hussein Sharif became...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 24, 2011 | Features, Interviews
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat – The international community has responded to the violence taking place in Libya in a number of different ways, with countries condemning the Gaddafi regime’s brutal crackdown on protestors, and international bodies discussing sanctions,...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 23, 2011 | Features, Interviews
RIYADH, Asharq Al-Awsat – Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz issued a series of royal decrees on Wednesday which aim to improve the social welfare of Saudi citizens, estimated to be worth around 127 billion Saudi Riyals [SR] or 34 billion...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 23, 2011 | Interviews, Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat – The Islamic Movement for Change has issued a statement calling on Arab states and the international community to intervene and aid the Libyan protestors. The statement said that Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is intent upon pursuing a...