Gender gulf
Women in the Gulf seek to prise open the male-dominated world of banking
THE Prophet Muhammad's first wife, Khadija, is known as "the pure one"...was...a wealthy businesswoman who supported her husband financially, it is believed...often cited in conservative Gulf states by working women increasingly fed up with having to entrust management of their money to husbands or male relatives. Laws based on Islam have guaranteed women's right to own property for centuries; many have inherited wealth, and, more recently, earned it. ... Full Story »
Posted by Beth Wellington
