Gulf Daily News Star's Iran 'travel ban a rumour' | TEHRAN: Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani, who starred in a Hollywood movie, has left for the US, a colleague said yesterday, denying reports that she faced a travel ban. | "This trip took place l... (photo: AP Photo / Lucy Nicholson)
Bahrain Tribune Sheesha smoking ban in Ramadan? Tents to be targeted by govt bodies during holy month | Smokers to face the music from the Ministry of Health who is working with councillors and government bodies to ban sheesha smoking in tents duri... (photo: creative commons / )
Richmond Times Dispatch Belly dancing spins off big business | Lucy Smith discovered a need after returning from Egypt and Morocco on cultural-dance tours in the early 1980s. | Her friends and belly-dancing students in the Richmond area wanted dance-related acc... (photo: WN / Guillaume Poulet-Mathis) BusinessDancingEgyptMoroccoPhotos
Globe and Mail Is Avril Lavigne too sexy? | Malaysia's Islamic opposition party has urged the government to cancel a concert by Avril Lavigne, saying the Canadian singer's on-stage moves are "too sexy," an offici... (photo: Creative Commons / Robin Wong) ConcertIslamicMalaysiaMusicPhotos
Chicago Sun-Times Prime time Tammy time . . . | Sneed hears Iraq war vet Tammy Duckworth, who's being eyed as a replacement for Sen. Barack Obama, is being given a national platform. | • • Transla... (photo: AP / Alex Brandon) DemocracyIraqObamaPhotosUSA
Gulf Daily News Why we need Arab engineers not poets! | I AM surprised to learn that government schools are in session only five hours and 10 minutes every day as per the news story 'Ramadan plea blow' (GDN, August 5). | MP ... (photo: AP Photo / Alexander Zemlianichenko) Arab WorldEducationPhotosPoetsStudents
