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International Intrigue

international intrigue Aug. 24, 2017

Afghan Women Are Fighting for the Right to Be Called by Their NamesRather than by their husband’s or brother’s.

By Claire Landsbaum
bad ideas Aug. 17, 2017

A Non-Muslim Australian Senator Wore a Burka in Parliament to Push for Burka BanPauline Hanson’s stunt outraged Senate leadership.

By Claire Landsbaum
domestic violence Aug. 14, 2017

Saudi Man Sentenced to Just 19 Months in Prison for Setting His Wife on FireShe’ll get no compensation for her costly surgeries.

By Claire Landsbaum
women abroad Aug. 10, 2017

Nepal Criminalizes Custom of Banishing Women During Their PeriodsIn the past year, two teenage girls have died because of the custom.

By Claire Landsbaum
Aug. 9, 2017

The Taliban Launched a Lifestyle Magazine to Recruit WomenIt includes an editorial urging women to hold “gatherings” with “like-minded sisters.”

By Claire Landsbaum
politics Aug. 1, 2017

Melania Trump Is Causing a Tourism Boom in SloveniaThe number of American visitors is up 15 percent since her husband took office.

By Claire Landsbaum
July 19, 2017

Saudi Woman Arrested for Wearing a Miniskirt in Public Released Without ChargePolice in Saudi Arabia have released Model Khulood, who was arrested for wearing “immodest clothes.”

By Claire Landsbaum
July 17, 2017

Woman Wanted by Saudi Police for Posting Snapchat of Herself in a MiniskirtThe country’s Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice is looking for her.

By Claire Landsbaum