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Latest Inquiry & Analysis More > Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Tawakkul Karman – A Profile Inquiry & Analysis Series Report - No. 752 - October 24, 2011 - By: C. Jacob* In Saudi Arabia, Renewed Debate over Women Drivers Inquiry & Analysis Series Report - No. 694 - June 8, 2011 - By: Y. Admon* In Egypt and Saudi Arabia, Conflict Escalates over Child Bride Marriages Inquiry & Analysis Series Report - No. 594 - March 10, 2010 - By: Y. Admon and L. Azuri* 'Honor Killings' of Women in Palestinian Society Inquiry & Analysis Series Report - No. 588 - February 18, 2010 - By: C. Jacob* Egypt's Niqab War: The Regime and Islamic Establishment versus Extremist Islam Inquiry & Analysis Series Report - No. 573 - December 22, 2009 - By: By: E. Glass* Kuwaiti Liberals Criticize Islamist Demand That Women MPs Wear Veil Inquiry & Analysis Series Report - No. 571 - December 7, 2009 - By: A. Amar* In Response to Calls to Improve Status of Saudi Women, Saudi Princess Launches 'My Guardian Knows What's Best For Me' Campaign Inquiry & Analysis Series Report - No. 559 - October 27, 2009 - By: Y. Admon * Rising Criticism of Child Bride Marriages in Saudi Arabia Inquiry & Analysis Series Report - No. 502 - March 8, 2009 - By: Y. Admon* Iranian Women's Magazine Shut Down for Publishing Investigative Article on Martyrdom Movement Inquiry & Analysis Series Report - No. 439 - May 22, 2008 - By: M. Nissimov, Y. Mansharof and A. Savyon* The Public Debate in Saudi Arabia on Women Driving Inquiry & Analysis Series Report - No. 402 - November 6, 2007 - By: Y. Admon*

Latest Special Dispatches More > Saudi Columnist Princess Basma bint Saud bin Abd Al-Aziz Aal Saud Speaks Out against Islamic Extremism: This Is Not What the People Hoped to Achieve through Revolutions Special Dispatch - No. 4553 - March 7, 2012 Palestinian Campaign: 'No to Violence Against Women' Special Dispatch - No. 4552 - March 7, 2012 TTP Commander Maulana Fazlullah Says Jihad is 'Addiction', Defends Polygamy, Urges Women Not to Marry Pakistani Soldiers: 'Don't Wed with Army Soldiers…; They are Apostates; Persuade Your Husbands, Brothers, and Sons Categorically for Waging Jihad' Special Dispatch - No. 4551 - March 7, 2012 Taliban Spokesman: 'We will Attack ... [the U.S. Embassy in Kabul] in the Future As Well'; Qatar-Based Taliban Political Office 'will Serve the Jihadist Interests, Guarantee the End of Occupation, and Bring Security to Afghanistan' Special Dispatch - No. 4531 - February 28, 2012 Saudi Writer: Critics of Saudi Textbooks Are Ignoring Jewish Racism Special Dispatch - No. 4529 - February 28, 2012 Iranian TV Report on Female Ninjas in Iran Displays Ninjutsu Moves and Acrobatics Special Dispatch - No. 4510 - February 20, 2012 Exclusive: Moroccan Twins Sanaa and Iman Laghrissi, Recruited To Al-Qaeda at Age 13, Talk About Their Indoctrination and Say: 'We Looked Upon Osama Bin Laden as a Father Figure' Special Dispatch - No. 4501 - February 15, 2012 Egyptian Cleric Sheikh Abdallah Kamal Defends Prophet Muhammad's Marriage To Aisha When She Was Six And Copulating With Her When She Was Nine Special Dispatch - No. 4465 - January 31, 2012 Saudi Journalist and TV Host Nadin Al-Badir Calls the Saudi Religious Police the 'Enemy of Society' and Says: Most of Them Are Ex-Cons Who are 'Violently Extreme' Special Dispatch - No. 4449 - January 26, 2012 Afghan Girls Take to the Gym to Practice Boxing in Defiance of Taliban Threats Special Dispatch - No. 4423 - January 16, 2012

Special Announcement More > New Reports from the Women's Studies Project Special Announcements - No. 131 - August 7, 2011

Special Reports More > Muslim Clerics on the Religious Rulings Regarding Wife-Beating Special Report - No. 27 - March 22, 2004 Friday Sermons in Saudi Mosques: Review and Analysis Special Report - No. 10 - September 26, 2002