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Qatar embraces female athletes
And as a controversy heats up over women and the 2012 Olympics, that’s not making Saudi Arabia happy.
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Jennifer Koons - April 16, 2012 06:00
DOHA — Gulf heavyweight Saudi Arabia and its feisty little neighbor Qatar are at odds over recent calls to include female competitors on their Olympic teams. While Saudi Olympic Committee President Prince Nawaf Bin-Faisal, a member of the royal family and the country’s sports minister, said he does “not approve” of sending female athletes to the London Games, Qatari officials are working overtime to reverse the perception of gender bias.

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Saudi Arabia's bridge to the West
The Kingdom establishes its first Western studies center.
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- March 25, 2012 19:30
RIYADH – The Kingdom gets its first Western studies program. full story