Marina is right to note that the West is far from blameless in its routine objectification of women as sex objects. But let’s not rush to draw equivalencies with religious fundamentalists.
New technology enabling the extraction of shale oil from Israel's Shfela Basin could well be one of the most geo-politically consequential discoveries of the twenty-first century.
I suggest tuning into the medium-sized brouhaha that has emerged in the wake of "A Gay Girl in Damascus" - an affair far more morally and politically significant than what a Long Island congressman decided to do with his digitally-rendered private parts.
Hakary Dzayi, who is currently working with the Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC), discusses sex trafficking in the Middle East.
