ocial norms for women in egypt make it tricky for them to live alone, even widows. Residents of new jersey have been banned from pumping their own petrol. But with gas prices high and unemployment low, residents may soon have to learn. The general assembly is now woting draft resolution a slash e s 11, slash evn 11, a, one entitled aggression against ukrane.
ONE-THIRD of the world’s population lives in countries backing neither Russia nor Ukraine. The Biden administration has tried to persuade them off the fence, without much success. In Egypt, social mores make it tricky for women to live alone—so they have devised clever tactics to avoid unwelcome attention. And why residents of New Jersey are banned from pumping their own petrol—for now.
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