OTTAWA – Ministry of Higher Education has delegated Dr. Fatimah Abdullah Al-Saleem, a Saudi academician, to work as a first woman in the cultural attaché in the Saudi Embassy in Canada. Dr. Al-Saleem has joined the embassy after getting a royal approval on her appointment. She said her appointment is a proof that Saudi women are second [...]

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  by Cyrus Farivar, Macworld.com   While the iPhone is currently available in a slew of countries ranging from Senegal to Japan, we’ll soon be able to  add two new Gulf countries to the list:the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. This deal marks the first new markets for the iPhone in 2009. UAE-based provider Emirates Telecommunications—aka [...]

Yvonne Ridley (born 1968, Stanley, County Durham, England) is a British journalist and RespectPartypolitician best known for her capture by the Taliban and subsequent conversion to Islam after release.   Capture by the Taliban, conversion to Islam after release Yvonne Ridley came to prominence in September 2001 when she was captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan whilst working for the Sunday Express. Repeatedly refused an entrance visa, she decided to follow the example [...]