STILL, ER, ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT IN THE ARAB WORLD:

DUBAI – Tensions were running high in Ras Al-Khaimah, a member of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), yesterday after the crown prince was ousted reportedly for being too sympathetic to women’s rights.

‘Sheikh Khaled was told, at a meeting with his father and six of his brothers, that he had to banish his wife from the emirate and demolish the ladies’ club that helps women here if they have problems,’ the employee was reported to have said.

‘She has done a lot to bring the country forward, but Sheikh Saud does not feel there is a place for women in today’s Arab society.’

The Arab world is overdue for a shakeup — so maybe the point of emphasis in the above should be the word “today’s.” (Via Kathy Kinsley).