Israel is world's largest drone exporter
By Saladin on Asia / Middle East from www.guardian.co.uk
Half of Israel's drone exports are to Europe, including a substantial number to the UK, according to a recent study
Half of Israel's drone exports are to Europe, including a substantial number to the UK, according to a recent study 
Obama urges Myanmar to stop violence against Muslims
By shaboo on Asia / Middle East from www.reuters.com
"I also shared with President Sein our deep concern about communal violence that has been directed at Muslim communities inside Myanmar. The displacement of people, the violence directed towards them needs to stop," Obama said.
Meet Saudi Arabia’s first female pilot, Hanadi Zakariya Al-Hindi
By HijabGirl on Asia / Middle East from www.emirates247.com
In November 2004, Saudi Prince Al Waleed bin Talal made history by hired the first-ever woman pilot in the history of Saudi Arabia.Captain Hanadi Zakariya Al-Hindi flies the private fleet of the billionaire investor. Hanadi Zakaria al-Hindi is the first S 
Meet Arwa Al-Hujaili: Saudi Arabia's first female lawyer
By HijabGirl on Asia / Middle East from edition.cnn.com
As Arwa Al-Hujaili begins her legal career, she has not only her own expectations to live up to, but those of a generation:she has just become Saudi Arabia's first female lawyer.
After three years of petitioning the Ministry of Justice, Al-Hujaili, 25, has finally received her registration to practice as a trainee lawyer, the first woman to do so.
"People tell me I'm a pioneer and I feel need to live up to what they expect of me," says Al-Hujaili. "There's a
great sense of responsibility. From now on, people will look at everything I do."
Al-Hujaili, who decided on a legal career while preparing for university, graduated from King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah in 2010 and expected to be able to practice as a lawyer immediately.
But much to her frustration, she has spent three years in a professional no-man's land, able to work as "legal consultant" but not officially recognized as a lawyer.
Universities in Saudi Arabia b
Raha Moharrak: First Saudi Woman and Youngest Arab to Climb Mt. Everest
By HijabGirl on Asia / Middle East from www.policymic.com
Raha Moharrak is the first Saudi woman, and youngest Arab ever, to climb Mt. Everest. 
Young girl in Saudi uses Quran's help to stop serial child rapist
By HijabGirl on Asia / Middle East from www.emirates247.com
10-year old girl puts rapist in jail
Girl was his last victim but she overpowered him with prayer
Saudi Arabia religious police condemn Twitter users
By Saladin on Asia / Middle East from www.bbc.co.uk
The head of Saudi Arabia's religious police has warned citizens against using Twitter, which is rising in popularity among Saudis. 
Ongoing Nakba: Powerful infographic Visualizing Palestine shows century of land theft, expulsion
By shaboo on Asia / Middle East from electronicintifada.net
Powerful infographic from Visualizing Palestine shows century of land theft, expulsion
Stephen Hawking Joins Boycott Against Israel
By shaboo on Asia / Middle East from www.nytimes.com
Stephen W. Hawking, the physicist and cosmologist, has pulled out of a high-profile conference to be held here in June in order to support an academic boycott of Israel to protest Israel’s policies toward the Palestinians.
'Israel may be behind Syrian chemical weapons use'
By cricketguru on Asia / Middle East from www.jpost.com
A former senior official in the Bush administration said on Thursday the use of chemical weapons in Syria might have been a "false flag operation" of Israel, meant to implicate Syrian President Bashar Assad.
"We don’t know what the chain of custody is. This could’ve been an Israeli false flag operation, it could’ve been an opposition in Syria... or it could’ve been an actual use by Bashar Assad. But we certainly don’t know with the evidence we’ve been given. And what I’m hearing from the intelligence community is that that evidence is really flakey," retired Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, Colin Powell's former chief of staff, told Cenk Uygur in an interview with Current TV.
