Woman In Afghanistan Brutally Flogged In Public For Going To Shop Without Male Guardian
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• Women Join Protests In Iran’s Restive Southeast In ‘Rare’ Move: Rights Group
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Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Jessica Alba Among Glamorous Guests At Film Festival In
Jeddah
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'Israeli Women And Their Gulf Sisters Are So Similar'
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18th Nat’l Quran Memorization Contest for Women to Kick Off in Jordan on Sunday
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Woman In Afghanistan Brutally Flogged In Public For Going To Shop Without Male Guardian
Afghanistan: The woman can be seen being whipped.(Twitter)
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02
DEC 2022
A
woman in Afghanistan was seen being brutally flogged in public for allegedly
flouting the Taliban's conservative rule that prohibits women from going to
shops without a male guardian.
In
an almost two-minute video clip, posted on Twitter by a user named Shabnam
Nasimi, reportedly from the Takhar province, the woman can be seen being
whipped.
"The
women of Afghanistan are experiencing hell on earth under Taliban regime. We
mustn't turn a blind eye," Shabnam Nasimi wrote along with the video.
Last
week, three women and 11 men were flogged following the orders of an Afghan
court after they were found guilty of theft and "moral crimes", it
was reported.
Those
being punished received between 21 and 39 lashes each, after being convicted in
a local court of theft and adultery, reports said adding that hundreds of
people attended the lashings and a ban was imposed on taking photos and video.
The
resumption of the practice underscored the Taliban's intention of sticking to
their strict interpretation of Islamic law, or Sharia. Supreme leader
Hibatullah Akhundzada also ordered judges last month to fully enforce aspects
of Islamic law that include public executions and floggings.
The
Taliban carried out punishments in public during their first rule that ended in
late 2001.
Source:
Outlook India
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Women
join protests in Iran’s restive southeast in ‘rare’ move: Rights group
This screengrab of a video posted by the activist group 1500tasvir shows protesters taking to the streets in Iran’s city of Zahedan in Sistan-Baluchestan province on December 2, 2022. (Screengrab/Twitter)
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02
December ,2022
Women
in Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan on Friday joined nationwide protests sparked by
Mahsa Amini’s death, in what a rights group called a “rare” move for women in
the staunchly conservative Sunni Muslim province.
Online
videos showed dozens of women on the streets of the provincial capital Zahedan
holding banners that declared “Woman, life, freedom” -- one of the main slogans
of the protest movement that erupted in mid-September.
“Whether
with hijab, whether without it, onwards to revolution,” women clad in black,
body-covering chadors chanted in videos posted on Twitter and verified by AFP.
Iran
has been rocked by protests that flared after Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian of
Kurdish origin, died following her arrest in Tehran for an alleged breach of
the Islamic Republic’s strict hijab dress code for women.
Security
forces have killed at least 448 protesters, most of them in Sistan-Baluchestan
on Iran’s southeastern border with Pakistan, says Oslo-based non-governmental
organization Iran Human Rights.
“It
is indeed rare,” IHR director Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam said of the latest
protests by women in Zahedan, which has seen men take to the streets after
Friday prayers for the past two months.
“The
ongoing protests in Iran are the beginning of a revolution of dignity,” he told
AFP.
“Women
and minorities, who have (for) more than four decades been treated as second
class citizens, are empowered through these protests to come out to streets and
demand their fundamental human rights,” he added.
Mainly
Sunni Sistan-Baluchestan is Iran’s poorest region whose ethnic Baluch
inhabitants feel discriminated against.
At
least 128 people in Sistan-Baluchestan have been killed in the crackdown,
according to IHR, by far its biggest toll for deaths recorded in 26 of Iran’s
31 provinces.
Second
on its list is Kurdistan, Amini’s home province on Iran’s western border with
Iraq, another epicenter of the protests with a Sunni majority, where 53 people
died.
Iran
accuses its arch enemy the United States and its allies Britain and Israel of
fomenting what it calls “riots.”
An
Iranian general said this week that “more than 300 martyrs and people” have
been killed in the unrest.
Thousands
of Iranians and around 40 foreigners have been arrested over the unrest and
more than 2,000 people have been charged, according to judicial authorities.
Source: Al Arabiya
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Priyanka
Chopra Jonas, Jessica Alba Among Glamorous Guests At Film Festival In Jeddah
December
03, 2022
DUBAI:
International movie and TV star Priyanka Chopra Jonas made a glittering
entrance at the Women in Cinema gala at the Red Sea International Film Festival
in Jeddah on Friday night. Other glamorous guests included the likes of Jessica
Alba, Frieda Pinto, Tara Emad, Lucy Hale, Sharon Stone, Gurinder Chadha, Salma
Abu Deif, Sonam Kapoor Ahuja and more.
“Quantico”
star Chopra Jonas looked resplendent in a lavish gold gown by Lebanese designer
Nicolas Jebran. Hollywood actress Alba — famously seen in movies like “Sin
City” and “Fantastic Four” — also supported Middle East labels by opting for an
elegant, embellished gown from Lebanese couturier Elie Saab.
Meanwhile,
on the opening night of the film festival, stars took to the red carpet and
shone a light on Saudi designers. While stars like Sharon Stone, Shah Rukh
Khan, Oliver Stone, Priyanka Chopra Jonas and many more graced the red carpet
in striking fashion looks, Saudi designers also had their moment to shine at
the event.
Brazilian
supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio dazzled in a blue jumpsuit from Jeddah-based
designer Yousef Akbar. She completed the look with a gold bangle and matching
stud earrings. The model has often sported creations from Arab designers. Last
month, she wore a lime gown by Lebanese couturier Zuhair Murad to a holiday
brunch in Mexico.
Jomana
Al-Rashed, the first Saudi woman to be appointed CEO of the Saudi Research and
Media Group, was spotted posing alongside Hollywood star Sharon Stone, wearing
Saudi label Loodyana.
British
actress Jacqui Ainsley, known for her role in the 2017 film “King Arthur:
legend of the Sword,” took to the red carpet wearing US-based label Dazluq,
founded by Saudi designer Salma Zahran. Ashley is married to British filmmaker
Guy Ritchie, who was also in attendance.
Honayda
Serafi, founder of the Saudi label Honayda, represented her own brand in a
striking green ensemble. “Delighted to be attending the opening ceremony of the
second edition of the Red Sea Film Festival in Jeddah, surrounded by successful
talents from around the world and celebrating Arab artists. A grand event
bridging cultures from West to East, bursting (with) creativity and beauty,”
she posted on Instagram, along with shots of her outfit.
Lebanese
influencer Nathalie Fanj was seen wearing an ethereal mermaid black gown from
designer Tima Abed. She completed the look with dangling, heart-shaped earrings
from Chopard.
Source:
Arab News
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2210116/lifestyle
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'Israeli
women and their Gulf sisters are so similar'
By
Natalie Lisbona
December
03, 2022
Fleur
Hassan-Nahoum describes the first meeting of the forum she co-founded as
"how the sisterhood started".
Ms
Hassan-Nahoum, the Israeli deputy mayor of Jerusalem, is referring to the
Gulf-Israel Women's Forum.
It
was set up back in the autumn of 2020, immediately following the signing of the
historic, US-brokered Abraham Accords between Israel and the United Arab
Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain.
Those
agreements saw them become the first Gulf states to normalise relations with
Israel and end a decades-old boycott of the Jewish state.
The
agreements were signed at the White House in September 2020, and a month later
Ms Hassan-Nahoum hosted the first meeting of the women's forum, which was held
in Dubai.
The
idea behind the organisation is that Israeli and Gulf businesswomen and other
female leaders can regularly meet to develop trade ties and friendships. Ms
Hassan-Nahoum, who is also the boss of a PR company and a qualified lawyer,
says "the underlying belief is that women are natural leaders and industry
stalwarts".
She
admits that she was apprehensive before the first meeting, but that all went
well. "I was very nervous about it, but it was apparent that we all want
the same things - peace and prosperity in the region.
"Contrary
to what others want us to believe, we are not enemies. If anything, Israelis
and their sisters in the Gulf are so similar. We all came out of the first
meeting giddy."
The
forum now has hundreds of members from a wide range of professions, and
includes women from non Abraham Accords countries, such as Saudi Arabia and
Egypt. Saudi Arabia still doesn't have diplomatic relations with Israel, while
Egypt signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1979, but is not a Gulf state.
The
women meet up to eight times a year, either in person or via video
conferencing.
Bahraini
political commentator and former president of the Bahrain Journalists
Association, Ahdeya Ahmed Al-Sayed, is a fellow member of the forum. She says
that the while the organisation is helping to build "new alliances",
she admits that there is still much prejudice against Israel in the Gulf
region.
"Whether
they are political, military, security or economic cooperation and investments,
in a changing world with a lot of economic and security challenges, and food
security issues, we all need new alliances that help us face these
issues," she says. "And that's what the Israeli-Bahraini relations is
about."
Yet
she adds when she first voiced her backing for the Abraham Accords "the
amount of hate, threats and online harassment was unbelievable". "It
shows that women will always be viewed as vulnerable, and anyone opposing them
will attempt to break us with different opinions. But in my case it made me
stronger."
For
UAE-based, US-expat Leah Tedrow, one key benefit of the forum is helping
Israeli businesswomen learn the intricacies of working and securing deals in
that Gulf country.
"Having
local knowledge on the ground to guide you is incredibly important here, to
ensure you don't make any missteps that can have larger ramification,"
says Ms Tedrow, who is boss of Dubai-based PR firm Evoke International.
"While
the Western mindset is very transactional when it comes to business, here in
the UAE it is about building and developing relationships."
Ms
Tedrow adds that if you are new to doing business in the UAE you have to take
the time to build trust, and on a deep level. "Anyone who believes that
they can just walk into the UAE and sign several contracts in as many days, is
in for a rude awakening."
Ms
Tedrow was in fact involved in the first communications between Israeli and UAE
political and business leaders ahead of the Abraham Accords. She describes
listening into the first direct phone calls as "incredibly moving and
exciting".
"Then
it was about addressing the rudimentary business challenges of creating banking
channels to allow direct wire transfers between Israeli and UAE banking
systems, and accepting Israeli bank and credit cards in the UAE and vice versa.
"That
was all resolved fairly quickly between the two, but it seemed the biggest
challenge was letting the rest of the world know the two countries had even
signed the Abraham Accords," adds Ms Tedrow.
"We
heard many instances where airlines in mainland Europe wouldn't let Israeli
passengers travel on direct flights to the UAE in the beginning because they
had no idea the Accords had been signed and that travel was now allowed!"
As
the Gulf-Israel Women's Forum continues to meet, one study predicts that trade
between Israel and the UAE will reach $2.5bn (£2bn) this year, rising to $5bn
by 2027. The two nations signed a free-trade agreement back in March.
Israel
and Bahrain are continuing talks to establish a similar deal between their two
countries.
Yet
while Israeli and Gulf businesswomen develop ties, Palestinian entrepreneur
Maha AbuShusheh says that she and her compatriots are missing out.
"I
feel like we are in a bubble and isolated from other Arab countries when it
comes to business," says the chief executive of Ramallah-based
construction company AbuShusheh.
"It's
so hard doing business with them because we do not really have an open market
with the world, our economy is suffering due to many things, such as
uncertainty and no control of borders and resources.
"Yes
we are sisters and friends with Arab nations... but it's hard to have business
relations with them, with or without the Abraham Accords. It didn't make our
life easier that's for sure and I can't even tell you of any positives for
us."
Source:
BBC
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-63792841
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18th
Nat’l Quran Memorization Contest for Women to Kick Off in Jordan on Sunday
December
02, 2022
The
preliminary round will be held in different cities of the Arab country,
starting from Zarqa on Sunday, Al-Ray daily reported.
Other
cities planned to host the first stage include Aqaba, Tafilah, Ma’an, Irbid,
Ajloun and At-Taybeh.
The
competition’s first round will conclude in the cities of Jerash and Kufranjah
on January 21.
The
women affairs deputy of the Awqaf, Islamic Affairs and Holy Places Ministry
organizes the Quranic event,
Winners
of the top 30 ranks in final round will receive cash awards ranging from 1,000
to 5,000 Jordanian dinars.
Jordan
is a Muslim-majority country in the Middle East. Followers of Islam make up
around 95 percent of its population.
Source:
IQNA
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