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Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Salman bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud meets with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at Ziguangge Pavilion in the Zhongnanhai leaders’ compound in Beijing in this file photo from March 14, 2014. REUTERS/Lintao Zhang/Pool/Files

King Salman Issues Historic Royal Decree Granting Driving Licenses for Women

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 26, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman issued on Tuesday a historic royal decree granting driving licenses for women in the kingdom as of next June, said the Saudi-owned network Al-Arabiya . The royal decree also ordered the establishment of a high-level committee of involving...

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Mumtaz, right, with her cousin at a safe house in Kunduz, Afghanistan, in 2015, four years after a militia leader doused Mumtaz and her family with acid. Credit Shah Marai/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Years After Acid Attack, an Afghan Story of Survival Takes a Dark Turn

by Rod Nordland and Jawad Sukhanyar | Aug 18, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

Kabul, Afghanistan — Mumtaz’s new baby still has no name. Mumtaz is a 23-year-old woman from the northern Afghan province of Kunduz, the victim of an acid attack when she was 18, whose tormentors were jailed. It was a rare legal victory in the struggle for women’s...

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Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi awaits for the arrival of EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini on February 13, 2015, at the Carthage Palace in Tunis. AFP PHOTO / FETHI BELAID

Tunisia: Clerics Oppose Equal Inheritance Rights

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 18, 2017 | Middle East

Tunis- Clerics in Tunisia on Thursday voiced opposition to President Beji Caid Essebsi’s plan to introduce legislation granting equal inheritance rights to women, considering it contradictory to Islamic precepts. Essebsi has announced the formation of a...

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Medical Program to Release Stress May Help Reduce Diabetes Risk

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 17, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

London- US researchers in Pennsylvania have developed a medical program to reduce anxiety through meditation and body awareness. Eight weeks later, researchers concluded that the program not only reduces stress, but could also lower blood sugar. Dr. Nazia Raja-Khan...

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ISIS has enslaved and auctioned off women. (Reuters)

ISIS Wives Live in Oppression, Slavery

by Taha Abed alWahed | Jul 16, 2017 | Features

Moscow – The terror group ISIS is known for its demeaning and objectifying treatment of women. The ultra-hardliners would enslave and auction off women in a special arena to the highest bidder. What is more is that even the wives of ISIS members have not been spared...