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Among the dozens of Facebook groups spawned by the Syrian uprising, a page supporting women’s rights has suddenly received a wave of attention, because of an image posted there by one of its followers. The picture was of 21-year-old Dana Bakdounis, without the veil she had grown up wearing – and it polarised opinion. Text
The Project. Nonviolence International is United States fiscal sponsor for the Gaza’s Ark Project. The projects mission statement is to “build a boat in Gaza using existing resources. A crew of internationals and Palestinians will sail it out of Gaza, the only Mediterranean port closed to shipping, carrying Palestinian products to fulfill trade deals with
The 41st Annual Conference of the Association of Muslim Social Scientists of North America (AMSS) Religious Dimensions of Democratization Processes in Muslim-Majority Nations Yale University, New Haven, CT Saturday, September 29, 2012 The Arab Spring Mubarak Awad Spark of the Arab Spring The Arab spring was triggered in Tunisia when Mohamed Bouazizi set himself
