Saudi to let women ride bikes, buggies
Arabianbusiness - By Courtney Trenwith - Saudi Arabia will lift a ban on women riding buggies and bicycles in public – as long as they are accompanied by a male relative, according to local Arabic daily Al Youm. Bikes and buggies can only be used for recreational purposes and not as a means of transport, the newspaper quoted a source within the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, the kingdom's religious police, which was responsible for lifting the ban.
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Behind the walls
Arabnews - Saad Al-Dosari - “They were our neighbors,” my father in law said. “One of them, a Greek, was owning the grocery shop at the end of the street. They spoke Arabic very well. They were part of the community back then. Their kids playing with the rest of the kids, and families exchanging social visits.”
Feminist Group Declares April 4 “International Topless Jihad Day”
Tunisia Live - An international campaign under the name “Titslamism Free Amina” has spread over social networks, calling for support of a young Tunisian feminist activist, who recently posted photos of herself topless. The campaign calls for protests in front of Tunisian embassies around the world on April 4.
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Interior ministry spokesman talks drugs, illegal immigration, and Saudis fighting in Syria
Mansour Al-Turki Details Saudi Security Situation - Badr Al-Qahtani - Riyadh - Asharq Al Awsat - Major General Mansour Al-Turki, security spokesman for the Saudi interior ministry, has stressed that Riyadh did not point the finger at Tehran when it announced the arrest of the Saudi espionage cell last week.
Authorities Blamed for Rape of Three-Year-Old Girl
Farah Samti - Tunisia Live - The alleged rape of a three-year-old Tunisian girl in a suburban Tunis daycare center has sparked outrage against the Ministry of Women’s Affairs for failing to adequately patrol such facilities. The mother of the infant, face blurred to protect her identity, appeared in a filmed interview posted by Assabahnews.tn on March 22 and claimed her daughter had returned from her La Marsa daycare center bleeding from her genitals.
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