Journey to Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – I fly out late tonight, Sydney time. Heigh ho, Heigh ho, it’s off to Jeddah I go. In December 2006, a major Middle East broadcaster had a writing competition. They invited young Arab women to write in and say why they mattered. As in “why do Arab women matter”. The prize was an internship at the company, working with their Arab Women’s channel and other media properties. Over 2000 women responded. HRH Princess Abta Al Saud attended the ceremony and 17,000 women signed up for an as yet unformed online community to support Continue Reading…
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