TOP 100 ARABIAN SITES
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| Letter from Egypt: On Beaches, Intolerance Wears a Veil Along the miles of crowded beachfront in Egypt's second city, women in bathing suits are nowhere in sight. They all wear long-sleeve shirts and ankle-length black caftans topped by head scarves, a sign of growing intolerance in this once cosmopolitan city. feeds.nytimes.com |
The Self-Correcting Presidency George W. Bush made two disaster-averting interventions for which presidents usually get canonized but in his case, the disasters he averted were created on his watch. nytimes.com |
Main Rival Criticizes Karzai Reelection as Illegal Speaking for the first time since President Hamid Karzai was declared the winner of the fraud-marred Aug. 20 election, Abdullah Abdullah said the decision was illegal. feeds.nytimes.com |
3 Sites Hit by Bombs in Baghdad A series of apparently coordinated car bombs exploded on Tuesday morning, killing at least four people and wounding 14 others, Iraqi police officials said. nytimes.com |
Egypt Also Tries to Restrict Veils As French legislators continue to wrestle with the idea of imposing a partial ban on full facial veils, Egypt's courts have been dealing with the same issue. feeds.nytimes.com |