Tunisian Airports to be Closed from March 18 to 20
 Tunisia Live - Amira Masrour - A strike of union workers demanding higher wages will close all Tunisian airports from March 18 to 20, according to Abdallah Hajlaoui, a leading member of the General Federation of Transportation (GFT) and the General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT).
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A big ‘no’ to Saudization of teaching jobs at universities
 Saudi Gazette - Dr. Haya Al-Manea - Al-Riyadh - An official source at the Ministry of Higher Education reportedly said the ministry was considering a plan to attract prominent university professors from foreign countries to Saudi universities by offering them Saudi citizenship.
In principle, I am not against any move that will improve the standards of our universities through employment of qualified foreign personnel. However, I have reservations on offering them citizenship, especially at this particular time.
Saudi panel considers ending public beheadings
 The National - Associated Press - RIYADH - A Saudi ministerial committee is looking into dropping public beheadings as a method of execution.
Saudi Arabia is the only country where a death sentence can result in beheading in a public square.
Al Watan newspaper reported today that committee is considering fatal shootings as an alternative.
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‘Revolution Against Classical Arabic Is Now Required’
 M.-Lynx-Qualey - Mideastposts - In an interview at the shortlist announcement of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, AL correspondent Kaouther Jellassi asked judging chair Galal Amin about the status of 3ameya novels — novels written in “colloquial” Arabic — on the list.
How can the royals champion women and endorse Saudi?
 Catherine Bennett - The Observer - Charles and Camilla's visit to the repressive state makes a mockery of the couple's support for female rights. /// When he endorses the oppression of Saudi women, Charles will also, with his retinue of arms salesmen, be giving a British blessing to the country's religious and political intolerance, its torture, absolutism, imprisonment without trial, capital punishment for minors, pardons for rapist fathers, deals with al-Qaida, opposition to nearby democratic movements and executions for apostasy, homosexuality and adultery.
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