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wmulnea

Three Years After Gadhafi's Death, Libya Slides Into Civil War As Death Toll Rises In B... - 0 views

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  • sliding further and further into all-out civil war, with pro-government forces battling Islamist militias for power in the eastern city of Benghazi, where the revolution that ousted Gadhafi started in 2011. 
  • renegade army general Khalifa Hifter, the man who has assembled a militia of former Libyan soldiers and is leading them on a campaign to oust Islamists from the country.
  • He is now at the head of a militia that supports moderate values against radical Islam in a campaign called "Operation Dignity." 
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  • The new Libyan House of Representatives, which was elected in June, has formally announced its alliance with Hifter on Monday
  • But other Arab nations are intervening directly in the conflict.
  • Hifter would now lead Libyan army soldiers as well in the fight against the Islamist militias.
  • Operation Dawn, seized Tripoli in August, parliament and the rest of the government have all decamped to faraway Tobruk, in the eastern end of the country close to Egypt.  
  • Egyptian officials told the Associated Press that Egyptian warplanes, operated by Libyan pilots, were bombing Islamist militias in Libya. Both Libyan and Egyptian officials later denied those reports, and aviation experts said it was highly unlikely that Libyan pilots would have the skills needed.   On Monday, the presidents of Egypt and Sudan said they would support the Libyan military.  
  • Prime Minister Abdullah al Thinni is planning to visit Moscow to seek Russian support for the army.  
kdancer

Is there a diplomatic solution to ISIS - 0 views

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ISIS Syria politics

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  • kdancer on 13 Apr 15
     
    An international summit on combating militants from the Islamic State has opened in France, bringing together around 30 countries from a U.S.-led coalition. The Obama administration says several Arab League countries have signed on for airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, but no sustained campaign is imminent.
jordanbrown16

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iran's Former President, Says Iran Not At War With Israel - 0 views

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Iran Israel war

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  • jordanbrown16 on 19 Apr 15
     
    Iran and Israel consider each other dangerous enemies. In this Huffington Post article, posted April 2013, Iran's former president announced Iran was not at war with Israel. Only if other Arab nations waged a war, would Iran be involved.
sgriffi2

Sisi honors mother who dressed as man - 0 views

Sisa Gaber Abu Douh, the 65 year old woman who was forced to dress as a man to make money for her daughter, was awarded by President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Sunday for working more than 40 years. I...

#women #womensrights #politics

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yperez2

Seeing the women in revolutionary Syria | openDemocracy - 0 views

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revolutionary syria

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  • yperez2 on 29 Mar 15
     
    Women in the Syrian revolution take on the streets. There is a section on what women face when they are arrested the same as their males.
aacosta8

Bouazizi: The Man Who Set Himself and Tunisia on Fire - 0 views

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Tunisia Mohammed Bouazizi Revolutions in Tunisia Ben Ali

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  • aacosta8 on 26 Jan 16
     
    He is now famous throughout Tunisia and the Arab world - a legend, in fact. But Mohammed Bouazizi never set out to be a byword. His aunt Radia Bouazizi says his dream was to save enough money to be able to rent or buy a pickup truck.
aacosta8

CyberOrient - 0 views

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Arab Spring Egypt Tunisia Libya Cyberactivists

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  • aacosta8 on 26 Jan 16
     
    CyberOrient: Online Journal of the Virtual Middle East In places, especially in Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia, social media became prominent in revolutionizing the Middle East. Blogs such as Facebook, Twitter and Flicker became critical to introducing new political changes.
sambofoster

The uprising of women in the Arab world انتفاضة المرأة في العالم العربي - 0 views

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women rights politics

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  • sambofoster on 27 Jan 16
     
    When I was a child, and my body was still not mature, I went to the beach with my family. I went to the sea and started swimming like any other young girl that still isn't aware of how dirty the world is and how men can be.
jherna2a

War in Libya - the Guardian briefing - 0 views

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Libya civil war proxy war

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  • jherna2a on 27 Jan 16
     
    Libya's civil war began with the removal of dictator Muammar Gaddafi. The conflict is mainly between Islamists and nationalists but is also considered a proxy war between Qatar and United Arab Emirates.
csherro2

al-Qaeda | Islamic militant organization - 0 views

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Egypt politics al Qaeda Revolution war

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  • csherro2 on 03 Feb 16
     
    Al-Qaeda , Arabic al-Qāʿidah ("the Base"), broad-based militant Islamist organization founded by Osama bin Laden in the late 1980s. Al-Qaeda began as a logistical network to support Muslims fighting against the Soviet Union during the Afghan War ; members were recruited throughout the Islamic world .
malshamm

Russian, Israeli jets share Syrian skies ... for now - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Mid... - 0 views

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syria war

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  • malshamm on 03 Feb 16
     
    Israel and Russia are in the same page and they helping each other to keep Assad on the chair. Cooperation between Israel and Russia shock Arabs and was not expected.
mcooka

How the education system in Egypt works | A World At School - 0 views

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education egypt school

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  • All levels of education are free within any government-run schools - there are great differences in educational attainment between the rich and the poor, also known as the “wealth gap”.
  • Generally speaking, there are two types of government schools: Arabic Schools and Experimental Language.
  • 75 students per class for some of them.
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  • Ordinary schools
  • Language schools 
  • Religious schools
  • nternational schools
  • n 2010, a total of 2,646,000 students were enrolled across all tertiary levels. They attended one of 23 public universities, including Al-Azhar University, the oldest continuously running university in the world. There are 19 private universities; 18 public institutes of higher education and 81 private higher institutes.
  • verall literacy rate in Egypt is 72%
  • 80.3% for males and 63.5% for females
  • educe gender disparity in education and to achieve the 2015 Millennium Development Goal of universal primary education
  • mcooka on 04 Feb 16
     
    This goes into the education systems in Egypt. This discusses the past times of children as well while they are in school. The education system is relatively free if attending a government-run school.
mkulach

Egyptian Army Says It Is Beefing up Security - 0 views

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Egypt security army arab spring

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  • mkulach on 31 Jan 16
     
    The Egyptian army announced it would increase security within the nation to stop anyone who violated the law, or impacts the national security and stability in any way. Raids have been occurring in many homes across Egypt for suspected groups to be plotting against the government. IS has also been infiltrating and has been attacking with bombs and has been impacting the security of the nation.
aacosta8

"Egyptian Cyber Army" Claims To Be Behind Attack On Popular Satirical Show - 0 views

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Cairo Egypt hacktivist Cyber Army

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  • aacosta8 on 09 Feb 16
     
    It was the cry heard across Egypt's Twitter feeds. Minutes after comedian Bassem Youssef's show began airing Friday, the signal was deliberately jammed and the first half of the show was almost impossible to watch across the Arab world. The hashtag #تشويش ("jamming") began trending in Egypt.
mcooka

Jordan - Educational System-overview - Students, School, Schools, and Secondary - State... - 0 views

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education jordan program students school

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  • The present structure of the Jordanian educational system comprises formal and nonformal systems
  • A compulsory stage for children ages 6 to 15 (grades 1-10), consisting of primary school (grades 1-6) and preparatory school (grades 7-10).
  • A comprehensive secondary education (academic and vocational) and applied secondary education (training centers and apprenticeship).
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  • he majority of students are enrolled in schools directly controlled by the MOE. Some schools fall under the jurisdiction of the cultural bureau of the Ministry of Defense. The Ministry of Health oversees students studying for medical careers; it established the first nursing school in 1953-54.
  • Under this system, students in grades 4 through 10 may repeat a grade twice. After that they are automatically promoted. In the preparatory stage, grade repetition is allowed only once. At the secondary level, students are allowed to repeat once in a government school provided they are younger than 17; otherwise they must transfer to a private school.
  • Community colleges and universities vary in required attendance from two years in community colleges to six or more in universities based on the type of institution and specialization
  • Higher education, either a two-year intermediate level course offered by community colleges or four years of university level courses, either in public or private institutions. The student's achievement on the General Secondary Education Certificate Examination is the sole criterion for admission into higher education institutes.
  • Instruction is in Arabic, but English is introduced in public schools in the fifth grade and is widely used. A new policy was recently approved to start teaching English in the first grade beginning in the academic year 2001-02
  • The school year runs for 210 days from September to June.
  • All public schools and most private ones use the same textbooks. Under Law 16 of 1964, the School Curricula and Textbooks Division of the MOE is responsible for producing and printing the textbooks. They are distributed free of charge during the compulsory stage, but there is a nominal fee at the secondary stage.
  • Jordanian public schools are single sex schools.
  • In 1997, however, only 16 percent of students were attending two shift schools and 11 percent went to rented buildings.
  • As a whole, education in Jordan is considered an investment in the future. Skilled citizens are necessary. Before the Gulf War, most graduates could find good jobs in the oil-rich countries, and the money they sent home helped the Jordanian economy to grow. It is not uncommon for a family living at subsistence level to be able to send a child to a university (Abu-Zeinh).
  • mcooka on 16 Feb 16
     
    This article goes into great depth about Jordan Educational systems. Things such as public vs private, which still use the same books, and single sex schools. It also talks about public and two-year junior college education system. 
ccfuentez

Human trafficking or modern-day slavery | Arab News - 0 views

www.arabnews.com/452941

human trafficking slavery guest workers criminal behavior international criminal law

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  • From a legal perspective “slavery” is categorized under criminal behavior. The elements of a criminal act, i.e. intent and knowledge as well as the act, are all applied in its analysis and judgment.
  • If forced labor is defined as modern-day slavery, almost the entire international community would be involved in this crime, especially those countries that invite “guest workers.”
  • ccfuentez on 22 Feb 16
     
    This article compares human trafficking to slavery and gives a stance not typical to my other articles. The author supports the notion of "guest workers" and says if it were known as slavery, then the host country and the respective home country would both be an accomplice to the crime. 
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