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POPSTwo slightly related news reports Girl Power! The amendment to the judiciary law will make the UAE the second Gulf Arab country to allow women to become judges, ending a male domination of the vocation, according to the Middle East Times
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POPS Tyson dances to Bollywood music in Las Vegas "He was courteous and friendly on the sets and spoke to everyone from the assistants to the production guys with ease." The music video was shot over a two-day period with nearly 100 American performers
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POPSSaudis waking up I don't in any way support violence, but I'm glad to see that young Saudis are waking up. I think the time has come for a major rebellion of sorts so that the Saudis can join the modern world. I was very happy to read about the number of women increasing in their workforce
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POPSThings beginning to look up for Saudi women Observers believe that the Saudi society's view to type of works undertaken by women began to change as a number of women have been seen working as security guards in some companies and government departments
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POPS 'Honour' killing of teen spurs outcry in Syria The family then asked one of Zahra's cousins to marry her, which according to tradition would restore honour to the family. Her family and the family of her soon-to-be-husband all came to the shelter to formalise her marriage, and her father signed a sworn statement guaranteeing that neither he nor anyone in the family would harm Zahra. Zahra moved into her new husband's home in Damascus. But one month later, her brother came to visit. On the morning of his third day with them, when Zahra's husband went to work and Zahra slept in, Fayez stabbed his sister to death.
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POPSSaudi Arabia gears up to welcome Haj pilgrims "Overcrowding is a perennial worry but this time, regional tension between Shiites and Sunnis has heightened security concerns while authorities remain on the look-out for Al Qaida-linked militant violence - a fear in recent years."
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POPSGhaf - National Tree of UAE "The Emirates Wildlife Society and the World Wide Fund for Nature (EWS-WWF) with the support of Al Fahim Group launched a campaign to designate the ghaf as the national tree, Bedouin gave it their full support."
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POPSTen Ways to Make Sure That Peace Stays Dead Too many people on each side see the other as wholly culpable. Too many people on each side see themselves as wholly innocent, wholly victimized, ill-served by the well-meaning, abandoned by former allies, betrayed by the media, misunderstood by people who should know better, forgotten by the world. Too many people on each side see only the suffering that has been caused them. Too many people have learned to wall themselves off from the suffering that they have caused.
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POPSDemystifying "modesty" I have seen most of these on women here in the UAE, I never really thought about there being any difference among them...