The revamped English-translated site of Al-Arabiya is pleasing to the eye, easy to navigate, finally catching up to Al-Jazeera and, dare I say, a bit tabloid. I guess they realized how many people would click on the headline “Egyptian cuts off penis to torpedo marriage”:

“The 25-year-old laborer from the village of Sheikh Eissa in southern Egypt was taken to hospital in stable condition, the official said, adding that the man had also mutilated his testicles.

‘He was in love with a woman but his parents rejected her and told him to marry another woman he didn’t want. He took a knife and cut off his penis in his room.’

Doctors were unable to reattach the severed member, the official said.”

And yet another strike against arranged marriage…