Hotels gear up to welcome more tourists; 1.05 million visit Qatar in first 4 months
Amid stiff competition with the opening of several new hotels across the city, the hospitality industry is expecting a surge in business after the summer…
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The Sad Reason Abandoned Workers Are Refusing To Leave Saudi Arabia
Despite receiving a free ticket out of the squalid desert camps where food is scarce, migrant workers in Saudi Arabia do not want to go…
Sexual harassment: Displaced Yemeni women accuse villagers of abuse
For women who have had to flee Yemen’s cities, life in conservative countryside feels like ‘prison’ Afnan al-Soroori, 22, used to live a comfortable middle-class…
Russia ready to support weekly 48-hour humanitarian ceasefires in Aleppo – Defense Ministry
The Russian defence ministry on Thursday supported a proposal by the United Nations Special Envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura for a 48-hour weekly humanitarian…
Our future is female and Muslim
While politicians in Europe work themselves into a frenzy telling women what they can and can’t wear by banning burqinis at the beach, they may…
German interior minister calls for curbs on Burka
The German Interior Minister, Thomas de Maiziere, has called for a partial ban on the burka, a day after saying a full ban might not…
Rape warning for travel to Sweden at Turkey Ataturk Airport
A news ticker at Istanbul’s International Atatürk Airport displayed a message on Friday which reads, “Travel Warning! Did you know that Sweden has the highest…
Civilians continue to die wishing for a no-fly zone in Syria
Two Singaporeans who the government says intended to travel to Syria to fight for Islamic State have been detained under a colonial-era law that allows…
Iran’s ‘Nutella Bars’ face the chop over language controversy
It is Iran’s answer to the Academie Francaise, keeping the Farsi language safe from the corrupting influence of foreign words. Its latest, unlikely target: something…
Civilians continue to die wishing for a no-fly zone in Syria
Victims, observers, and stakeholders decry lack of international consensus on a measure that can still save precious lives. Implementation of a no-fly zone in Syria…