Day: October 31, 2011

By Zia H Shah on October 31, 2011 ( Leave a comment )

Why Saudi men prefer to perform Haj alone

By MUHAMMAD HUMAIDAN | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: A quarter of women surveyed on the Internet by a Jeddah social center have said husbands who perform the Haj alone are being selfish. They said the men should take their wives with them. About a third of the women who answered the […]

By Zia H Shah on October 31, 2011 ( 1 Comment )

Intimidating and malicious

The US threat to stop supporting UNESCO financially if it votes for the admission of Palestine as a full member amounts, simply, to blackmail. Washington has been taking an actively hostile position on the Palestinian quest for recognition as an independent state by international organisations; now it is UNESCO’s turn […]