This is what passes for progress in women's rights in the Middle East:

Kuwait's highest court has granted women the right to obtain a passport without their husband's approval.
The ruling is the latest gain for Kuwaiti women since they were granted the right to vote and compete in elections in 2005. Unlike in neighbouring Saudi Arabia, women in this small oil-rich ally of Washington can drive and travel without the permission of their fathers or husbands. Women activists still say they need equal access to government housing and the right to pass their citizenship to their children.

Yet somehow or other, Western feminists prefer to talk about "cultural relativity" and "respecting other countries" ... after all "these colors don't run (the world)" as a bumper sticker says, putting a liberal twist on a favorite conservative slogan. If only we had a Democrat in power, then all the world would embrace leftist ideals ... Oh wait...