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Designing Women

Charles Oliver | 12.31.2012 6:00 AM


A Saudi court has sentenced Egyptian designer Nagla Wafa to five years in prison and 500 lashes for fraud. Wafa was accused by a Saudi princess of cashing a check from a joint business venture but not following through on a promise to start a restaurant together.

Charles Oliver is a contributing editor at Reason.

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