Mona Eltahway details her Asharq al-Awsat banning

"Egyptian journalist and columnist Mona Eltahawy, who's writing was banned from the Saudi-owned Asharq al-Awsat publication, has written an op-ed for the International Herald Tribune explaining her experience with the Arab daily. You can read the whole article here. It's worth your time. Here is an excerpt:

Writing for an Arab newspaper is like playing hopscotch in a minefield. From January 2004 until early this year I played my game of hopscotch in a weekly column on the opinion pages of Asharq al-Awsat, the London-based, Saudi-owned newspaper that is read across the Arab world. "

Mental mayhem