Rob L. Wagner

Stiff New Visa Penalties Announced in Saudi Arabia

Stiff New Visa Penalties Announced in Saudi Arabia

ROB L. WAGNER: Social media channels in the Kingdom have been alive with chit chat surrounding the new visa rules.

 M.-Lynx-Qualey

Tunisian Writers Launch Campaign Against Censors

Tunisian Writers Launch Campaign Against Censors

M. LYNX-QUALEY: Censorship is developing many tentacles in Tunisia today but writers are refusing to take attacks lying down

 American Bedu

“Story of a Saudi Slave”: The Cruelty and Abuse

“Story of a Saudi Slave”: The Cruelty and Abuse

AMERICAN BEDU: Filmed some time ago the film highlights the continuing flaws in the system …

 Eman-Al-Nafjan

Back in Gear: Saudi Women Driver’s Campaign

Back in Gear: Saudi Women Driver’s Campaign

EMAN AL NAFJAN: There have been several significant developments this week in the campaign to allow women to drive in the Kingdom

 Rob L. Wagner

Saudi Arabia: “The Female Body is a Battleground in the War to Stem Reform”

Saudi Arabia: “The Female Body is a Battleground in the War to Stem Reform”

ROB L. WAGNER: An online battle between conservatives and reformers following the Saudi Intellectual Forum illuminates their diverging opinions…

 Rob L. Wagner

A Quiet Revolution: Saudi Judicial System Tries Alternatives to Jail

A Quiet Revolution: Saudi Judicial System Tries Alternatives to Jail

ROB L. WAGNER: The moves have been under-reported in the Kingdom but they mark a significant change in thinking about how to deal with petty crime.

 Common Ground News Service

U.S Withraws: Iraqi Independence is at Hand

U.S Withraws: Iraqi Independence is at Hand

AHMED KADHUM FAHAD, CGNEWS: It’s time for politicians within Iraq to seize the unique opportunity that full independence will provide. Are they up to the challenge?

 Rob L. Wagner

Smear Campaign Targets Women Journalists

Smear Campaign Targets Women Journalists

ROB L. WAGNER: Conservatives anonymously attack outspoken women by questioning their morals and beliefs in Islam.

 Tabsir

‘Ask Not for Whom the Bell Tolls, Ali Abdullah Salih’

‘Ask Not for Whom the Bell Tolls, Ali Abdullah Salih’

TABSIR: It looks like Yemen’s President has finally reached the end of the road but he’s giving new definition to the phrase ‘clinging to power’.

 Naseem Tarawnah

The Day My World Was Turned Upside Down

The Day My World Was Turned Upside Down

NASEEM TARAWNAH: I joined the March 24th group’s sit-in with little expectation. What I witnessed has changed my view of my homeland.

 Zeinobia

Syrians Protest in Front of the Ministry of Interior

Syrians Protest in Front of the Ministry of Interior

ZEINOBIA: Writer Belal Fadl was right when he said yesterday that no one can appreciate how brave those who participated in the protests are, save those who know Syria.

 Tony Saghbini

Lebanese bloggers: pioneers in the Arab world

Lebanese bloggers: pioneers in the Arab world

A recent survey of readers of the more than 400 blogs in Lebanon shows that their numbers are close to the online readership of Lebanese newspapers, but do their readership rates mean that blogs can be a tool for change?