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50 Shades of Grey will not be released in Egypt - 0 views

http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2015/02/09/fifty-shades-grey-film-boycotted-domestic-violence-anti-por...The best-selling, yet highly controversial movie will not be released in Egypt anytime soon. D...

#women #womensrights #movies #film #culture #egypt #world

started by sgriffi2 on 14 Feb 15 no follow-up yet
jsawin

The World Bank and The International Monetary Fund | Global Exchange - 0 views

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    Global Exchange is an international human rights organization dedicated to promoting social, economic and environmental justice around the world.
jshnide

Hamas | World news | The Guardian - 0 views

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    Hamas monthly news
sgriffi2

Tunisia's Political Pluralism - 1 views

http://www.albawaba.com/blog_roundup/tunisias-political-pluralism-662028This source talks about the success that Egypt has made in the political field since the Arab Spring. It talks about the role...

#world #politics

started by sgriffi2 on 03 Mar 15 no follow-up yet
mwrightc

Swedish teenager rescued from Isis in Iraq | World news | The Guardian - 0 views

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    A Swedish girl was recently rescued from the clutches of ISIS when she was reportedly tricked into traveling to the region with her boyfriend. She was eight months pregnant and gave birth to a son during her time with ISIS.
mwrightc

ISIS' Astounding Views of Jesus and the End Times - Charisma News - 0 views

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    ISIS has huge motivations about the end times that are pushing them forward in their fight for a pure Muslim culture around the world. They believe that two towns in Syria that they now hold as there own are the location for the looming final battle of the apocalypse.
mwrightc

Beyond Syria and Iraq: ISIS is losing ground around the world - Vox - 0 views

  • They've driven ISIS out of parts of Benghazi, eastern Libya's largest city, building on advances in and around the city on Sunday.
  • lost up to 30 percent of its territory from its peak in August 2014
  • Many of ISIS's wilayat have stopped growing and begun shrinking. Some ISIS affiliates have been wiped out altogether.
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    Progress towards eliminating ISIS is being made in countries that is going unnoticed by the international media. ISIS has just been driven out of parts of Benghazi in addition to other regions around the world.
mwrightc

Meet 'Average Mohamed', the gas station manager fighting Isis | World news | The Guardian - 0 views

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    Mohamed Ahmed is fighting ISIS in his own way by making anti-ISIS cartoons, and because of this he is now receiving death threats from ISIS members. His home town of Minneapolis is a huge ISIS recruiting station for ISIS since the largest Somali population in the US is there.
ralqass

Saudi Arabia Is Winning Its War Against The U.S. Oil Industry | FiveThirtyEight - 0 views

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    A bit over a year ago, Saudi Arabia declared war on the U.S. oil industry. This week brought new signs that the Saudis might at last be winning. Some quick background: Saudi Arabia has long played …
aacosta8

Cyber jihad and cyber terrorism: A real threat to governments - 0 views

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    One of the ways terrorism is flourishing is through the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in an online world where 196 countries are connected to the Internet. It should not be surprising that terrorists use ICT, because firstly it is difficult to track and trace cyber communications, and secondly there is a lack of a globally accepted legal framework that would improve information security.
sambofoster

How the West Undermined Women's Rights in the Arab World - 1 views

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    This article is based on some of the research that Nicola Pratt conducted over the past two years on women's activism in Egypt, Lebanon, and Jordan, from independence until the Arab uprisings. Nicola collected over one hundred personal narratives from middle class women activists of different generations. The article includes the rise of radical movements after 1967, the counter-revolution (post-1967), and re-popularizing and de-popularizing women's rights after 2011.
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    This article is based on some of the research that I have conducted over the past two years on women's activism in Egypt, Lebanon, and Jordan, from independence until the Arab uprisings. I collected over one hundred personal narratives from middle class women activists of different generations.
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