An important sign of progress in Kuwait

By Michael J.W. Stickings

From the BBC: "Kuwait's new education minister is welcomed by a member of parliament after taking the oath amid protests by some Islamist MPs that she was not covering her head."

For more on women in Kuwaiti politics, both as voters and as candidates, see here, here, and here.

If only more of the Middle East, if only more of the world, were moving in this positive direction.