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Ignoring the Role of Women Is Hindering the Arab World


[San Antonio Express-News] Mansour El-Kikhia - The social status of women in the Middle East is a serious impediment to all forms of development. The absence of free women is hampering the evolution of the region's societies. Arab society has not come to terms with the modern, literate, and independent woman. Unfortunately, women in much of the region have not come to terms with that change either, given that many are highly educated and skilled, yet revert to the behavior of their grandmothers.
2006-08-25 01:00:00
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