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Arab Spring was a revolution of the arts as well as the politics of many Middle Eastern countries. One form of artistic expression that became integral to the demonstrations on Cairo’s Tahrir Square and elsewhere in the region was music. Witness the rise of Ramy Essam, an architecture student in Mansoura who grabbed his More »
There’s nothing new about a hacker who steals credit card data and publishes it online. There’s also little new about a hack attack being launched from one nation against another. What’s new is when one of those targeted nations labels the attack “terrorism,” or when one belligerent swipes a secret military asset of the More »
Saudi Arabia has a population of 24 million citizens and the highest number of unemployed youth in North Africa and the Middle East. More than 30 percent of the population is made up of men and women under 30 years of age, with a large number of them unemployed, for the most part unable More »
Women in Saudi Arabia will not need a male guardian’s approval to run or vote in municipal elections in 2015, when women will also run for office for the first time, a Saudi officials announced. According to a Huffington Post report, the change signifies a step forward in easing the kingdom’s restrictions against women, but More »
Long-reigning rulers fell, others teeter on the brink, region is forever changed More »
