We don't have enough women journalists reporting on the news of the world, just as we lack women in most areas of human endeavor.

Here are a few examples of shining stars reporting on recent developments in Tripoli - one from Sky News, one from Al Jazeera and the last from CNN.

One of the biggest tragedies of 9/11, besides the loss of life on the day and in the violent aftermath, is the hatred that was fostered between peoples around the world, particularly about Islam, Muslims and hijab.

In my world, hijab is worn by friends, such as my Malaysian mate Siti, pictured with me at left.

In this update of her pioneering Killing Us Softly series, the first in more than a decade, Jean Kilbourne takes a fresh look at how advertising traffics in distorted and destructive ideals of femininity.

The film marshals a range of new print and television advertisements to lay bare a stunning pattern of damaging gender stereotypes -- images and messages that too often reinforce unrealistic, and unhealthy, perceptions of beauty, perfection, and sexuality.

A few months short of 10 years ago, in my flat in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, I watched the events of 9/11 unfold on CNN and BBC.

I sat glued to the TV for days, mesmerized and horrified by what I saw on the screen: images of hundreds of family members searching for their loved ones amongst the dead, posting their pictures, hoping beyond hope that they would be found alive.

It was heartbreaking. While I could scarcely imagine their ordeal, my heart was filled with compassion for them, their country and their loss. It still is.

What kind of poison did A.A. Gill have for breakfast that caused him to spew such a disgusting torrent of racist, slanderous vitriol on Dubai and its residents ?



Oh wait. No poison required. Mr. Gill is a well-known racist and bigot with a long history of political incorrectness. He has managed to offend individuals, ethnic communities, and entire nations.

In 1998, he described Welsh people as "loquacious, dissemblers, immoral liars, stunted, bigoted, dark, ugly, pugnacious little trolls" in The Sunday Times, and as a result was reported to the Commission for Racial Equality.