Most people in the North and Horn of Africa region have very similar cultures and are all in the Semitic language group.

Islam is the biggest religion in Africa. But I still get your point, it's a regional cultural thing.

It's definitely a cultural thing in that region. In Ethiopia and Eritrea it's more common for them to do the type 1 procedure or poke the clitoris with a needle to make it bleed out the "dirty" blood. But the worst type has to be the type 4 where they remove everything and sew up the remaining skin, which has to be…

I just hope sailor moon is still the clumsy, naive, funny character I fell in love with when I was 8.

When you've built your country with slave labor, you usually have a few extra millions kicking around to spend on unnecessary sports cars for the police.

First off, FIFA is ridden with corruption itself so them choosing a corrupt country built on the backs of modern day slaves is a perfect union. I honestly don't understand the appeal of vacationing in any of these built overnight countries in the gulf. I understand if you have to go there for business, although I…

If you want to talk about oppression just look at north and east Africa. You think Arabs just originated from those regions? Whole cultures and religions were stripped out of that land including the indigenous people to make room for the Arabs. Islam was used as a tool just like the Christian missionaries in order to…

The middle east gave us the first laws during the Babylonian era. That has nothing to do with the current Islamic laws that are enforced in middle eastern countries other than being its foundation, much like it is everywhere in the world. I guess the point I was trying to make is that regardless of what religion is…

I'm glad you pointed that out. When was the last lynching in the US? We're talking about 2014 here. Racism is still an issue in the west but at least there are open discussions about these issues and immense progress has been made compared to how it was in the 60s. In so called "modern" countries like Dubai and Qatar…

You can't even begin to compare our justice system to theirs no matter how flawed it is. Their justice system is a whole thousand years behind. I admit there is a lot of progress to be made, but as a Canadian living in Canada I have more than enough confidence that I wouldn't be forced to marry my rapist or be…

Well the majority here doesn't need to do much more than express their outrage because we have a judicial system to take care of these things. I'll admit it's not perfect but it's far from completely useless like the ones in the mentioned countries. There's a woman sentenced to death that just gave birth in jail…

Ok I kinda made a broad generalization. But where is the majority when this is happening so frequently? This question also applies to India where honor killing happens within the Sikh and Hindu communities. http://hbv-awareness.com/regions/ I'm just confused as to why the police and judicial system acts so fast when…

I think the difference is that in a western society people get outraged and those directly involved are punished, where as in most muslim societies only a minority would find the stoning of a pregnant woman outrageous, while the majority would be like "she shamed her family so she deserves it". Btw I'm not saying…

I never said you're racist. If you felt that I was implying that then I apologize. I was just offended by the fact that you were making such a sweeping generalization about a whole continent. But from your comments on this topic I can tell that you truly don't understand how complex African matters are. Here are some…

Here's cjones again with his/her fake concern for those uncivilized people cutting each other up with knives too good for their dirty hands.

Who's they? This is a continent of over 1 billion people you're talking about. "We keep giving them money but they won't get their act together". Such a typical uninformed north American thing to say. Are you aware of how many countries in Africa your government has had a hand in destabilizing in favor of corrupt…

Oh god, this reverse oppression shit is getting out of hand!

I don't get what you mean

I also think it shouldn't be on this list. But I wonder if the author is purposely ignoring the fact that most immigrant parents are extremely strict and have high expectations of their kids. Ghanaian, Indian, Pakistani, Ethiopian, Nigerian, Bangladeshi (I'm sure I missed some so please feel free to add to the list)…

I agree. Thats why I said celebs, I'm not comparing her to normal people.