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For many observers, the Gulf region's unfailing fixation with the iconic represents the deflated essence of architecture.It's time that Saudi Arabia antes up and empowers its women to show the world they fear not the choice of powerful women.
When will we understand that Israel's security problem is everyone's security problem, that a threatened Jew is a threatened Muslim?
WHAT'S HAPPENING
This is why Hissa Hillal's poetry is such a colossal cultural moment: not merely because one Saudi woman has had the courage to speak out, but because of the cascading, tumultuous conversation this will certainly uncork. Like a gathering storm, a cloudburst of cultural rebellion is mounting.
Because of social networking I have a new circle of virtual friends who I enjoy and respect, even though we have never met or for that matter, may never meet.
I believe that if the Committee is to be kept then an accountability act should be implemented, to make sure no member of the Religious Police would ever abuse power given in the name of God.
Amando De Guzman is gazing out the window. His eyes are restless. He's staring at the people walking on 23rd Avenue, but all he's seeing is the rubble of Port-Au-Prince.
Something happened when I ducked into an airport bathroom to change into my Saudi uniform. It was depressing. It wasn't about color. It wasn't about style. It was about choice. About freedom.
In the neighboring country of Yemen, a very real opportunity to make good on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's promise of friendship is rapidly emerging for Iran.