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Sweden to train female Saudi entrepreneurs

Riyadh - Muslimchronicle

Sweden will train female Saudi entrepreneurs under a new agreement signed on the sidelines of the first Saudi-Swedish Joint Committee meeting in Riyadh early this week. The agreement was inked by Ghassan Ahmed Al-Sulaiman, governor of the General Authority for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), and Annika Rembe, director general of the Swedish Institute in the presence of Commerce andRead more

Saudi Education, Transport Ministries sign accord on traffic safety at girls’ schools, universities

Riyadh - Muslimchronicle

Minister of Education Ahmed Al-Issa said an agreement had recently been signed with the Ministry of Transport to promote awareness on traffic safety at girls’ schools and in universities. Al-Issa also said that the universities will be able to provide parking spaces for their female staff students and that the Education Ministry has adequate positions for female employees. “I saluteRead more

Al Shaab Club appoints first female director general

Sharjah - WAM

The Board of Directors of Al Shaab Cultural and Sports Club has appointed Dr. Noha Ahmed Sami as director general. She is the first woman to hold this post in the country. Dr. Noha is a qualified administrative human resource officer, and has an ideal experience in the administrative sports work in Al Shaab Cultural and Sports Club company. Dr.Read more

Dhaka arrests 4 female militants

Dhaka - Arab Today

Police in Bangladesh arrested on Sunday four female members of a home-grown militant group blamed for a bloody attack on a cafe in which 22 people were killed, most of them foreigners, an officer said. Authorities have intensified a hunt for militants after five young men stormed the upmarket restaurant popular with foreigners on July 1. Among those killed wereRead more

Congolese musician faces the music for kicking woman

Nairobi , Kenya - Arab Today

Kenyan authorities have deported a popular Congolese musician accused of assaulting a female member of his band on Friday. George Wajackoyah, a lawyer for the entertainer known as Koffi Olomide, said his client was deported early Saturday along with three dancers in his ensemble. Footage posted on social media shows Olomide kicking the woman, one of his dancers, as theyRead more

7000 Palestinian prisoners are currently held in Israeli jails, ministry

Ramallah - Arab Today

A total of 7,000 Palestinian prisoners are currently held in Israeli prisons, including 450 children, according to Palestinian Ministry of Prisoner Affairs. The ministry said in a statement on Sunday that 41 male prisoners have been held for more than 20 years including Karim Yunis, who was arrested in January 1983. "Israel is also holding 70 Palestinian female prisoners, 7Read more

Air France cabin crew told to wear headscarf in Tehran

Paris - Arab Today

A number of female Air France cabin crew are resisting an airline ruling that they should wear a headscarf while in Tehran, when flights to the Iranian capital resume on April 17, a union representative told AFP on Saturday. "Every day we have calls from worried female cabin crew who tell us that they do not want to wear theRead more

IOF demolish home of female prisoner’s brother, Jerusalem

Jerusalem - Arab Today

Israeli Occupation bulldozers on Monday morning have demolished the home of the brother of a Palestinian female prisoner in Jabal Al-Mukabber town, East Jerusalem. Eyewitnesses said that IOF cordoned off the home of Mohammed Jaabis, brother of 31-year-old Israa Jaabis, who was shot and injured by a soldier while driving back in October, under claims of an attempted operative. According to PIC, the family saidRead more

OIC condemns suicide bombing attack on mosque in Nigeria

Jeddah - Arab Today

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), has condemned the Tuesday bomb attack on a mosque in Nigeria believed to have been detonated by two female suicide bombers. The attack resulted in the death of at least 22 worshipers and injuring more than 35 others who have gathered for the dawn prayers in Umurari Molai area in Maiduguri, capital of BornoRead more