January 2012 -

A Woman’s Place: Saudi Princes in Row Over Kingdom’s Image

Politics Not As Usual, Violence Against Women, Women's Rights=Human Rights / anushayhossain / January 23, 2012

Saudi women have taken the wheels in recent months literally by defying the country’s notorious driving ban, and figuratively in attempting to advance their rights in the wake of the Arab Spring in the famously “conservative” Kingdom which allows women virtually no rights without male guardianship or representation. In addition to the battles Saudi women […]

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An Education: What a Good Teacher Really Means

Last week I had the tremendous honor of attending an event with Her Majesty, Queen Rania of Jordan. She was in Washington to promote a great initiative for girls education called “10×10.” The fact that around the world millions of girls are still denied an education, unable to go to school for reasons ranging from