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In Nimroz, a Taliban-controlled province in Afghanistan, an eloping couple was publicly executed in front of a mosque. The local religious leaders said that the couple’s action runs against a religious decree, and was an ‘insult to Islam.’ The couple attempted to elope and run to Iran because their families disapproved their marriage plans. Taliban [...]

It isn’t too hard to understand why a fight for the right to purchase lingerie is extremely difficult in a country that prohibits women from voting and driving. The mobilization of Saudi women against oppression in one of the most macho of Arab regimes may be prosaic. Saudi women have come together to demand their right to be able to buy lingerie [...]