Iqbal Tamimi

Nabeela Masaad, a Yemeni woman who was married for three years to her husband Ahmad, had a lump in her sexual organs and experienced recurrent pains. One day her husband took her to hospital to be examined by Dr Ali Altohami. After examination, Ahmad finds out that he was married to a man for the past three years. 

Pioneer Jordanian anchor-woman, Rabah Mahmoud Rousan has passed away Monday October 21, 2013 in Jordan following a heart attack while driving.  

Rabah was one of the earliest anchor-women to read the 10 o’clock English news bulletin ‘News At Ten’ on the second channel of the Jordanian state television. 

The 33-year-old woman, who can be identified only as Suad, may pay a heavy price for defying her well-connected father and marrying an Italian she met on holiday.

On 15 June 2013 the District Court in Al-Khobar sentenced two human rights campaigners, journalists Wajeha Al-Huwaider and journalist Fawzia Al-Oyouni who campaign for women's human rights, to ten months in prison, following a trial that lasted a year.