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The Unlikely Young Cosmopolitans of Cairo

Commuters about to board the Cairo metro - picture by Asim Bharwani

Heba Elsayed argues that young members of Cairo's lower middle classes, because of their ability to negotiate for themselves a heterogeneous cosmopolitanism dependent upon local repertoires yet also drawing on global discourses, are more deserving of the cosmopolitan label than their upper-class counterparts.

Saudi bloggers, women’s issues and NGOs

The home page of the Saudi blog nooooor.net

Chiara Bernardi's preliminary work on Saudi bloggers and international NGOs finds that they sometimes seem to have different priorities when it comes to women's issues.

Cyber infidelity in Egypt’s virtual world

Arabic chat rooms on offer in an Internet cafe

Ingrid Wassman reports on the effects the Internet, satellite television, and other cyber technologies are having on marriage, relationships, and gender interaction in Egypt’s traditionally conservative society