Lest we forget the kinds of people we're palling around with in the Middle East: A woman in Saudi Arabia was detained after she launched a campaign against the driving ban for women in the Kingdom and posted a video of herself behind the wheel on Facebook and YouTube.Human rights activist Walid Abou el-Kheir said Manal al-Sherif was detained on Saturday by the country's religious police, who are charged with ensuring the kingdom's rigid interpretation of Islamic teachings are observed.Al-Sherif was released hours later, according to the campaign's Twitter account. The terms of her release were not immediately clear.Al-Sherif and a group of other women started a Facebook page called "Teach me how to drive so I can protect myself,'' which urges authorities to lift the driving ban.She went on a test drive in the eastern city of Khobar and later posted a video of the experience."This is a volunteer campaign to help the girls of this country'' learn to drive, al-Sherif says in...(Read Full Post)