The recent municipal elections in Saudi Arabia marked the first time in which women in the kingdom were allowed to vote and run for office. Also, many Egyptians report that their loved ones have disappeared as the government carries out a ruthless crackdown on Islamists. Finally, we meet the Frenchmen who have taken up arms against the Islamic State group. They've travelled to northern Iraq to join the Kurdish Peshmerga forces in their fight against the jihadists.

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