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5. A mufti of their own
Date of source: Thursday, October 14, 1999
While Egyptian women can be ministers, lawyers, doctors, and hold many other prestigious jobs, they are still shut out of the upper levels of the religious hierarchy. Now one female religious scholar wants to become a mufti which is a high level cleric charged with giving out religious opinions on...
38. Big Brother is watching you - from Saudi Arabia
Date of source: Thursday, August 26, 1999 to Wednesday, September 1, 1999
The Saudis seem bent on fostering the growing Saudi political hegemony over the Arabs and use both their media and political pressure to further their interests. Saudi Arabia, like any other Arab political regime, is interested in maintaining strict control over its image. A report of Reporters...
37. Saudi media moguls gobble up the Arabic market
Date of source: Friday, August 20, 1999 to Thursday, August 26, 1999
The Financial Times put the Saudi billion dollar rush to conquer the Arabic media market in a negative light. The Kingdom cannot be criticized and the image of Islam needs to be improved but Saudi-owned media have striven to achieve Western journalistic standards. The technological level of the...
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