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mariebenavides

Art in Egypt's Revolutionary Square | Middle East Research and Information Project - 0 views

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egypt revolution art literature film cairo street graffiti

shared by mariebenavides on 16 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • mariebenavides on 16 Sep 14
     
    This article discusses the way the revolutionary uprisings from January 25th have shaped the art community. It focuses not just on street art (which is used as an act of defiance), but also on film, literature (mainly non-fiction works, but poetry as well). Lindsey discusses how the uprisings have shaped all of the art forms that "demonstrate a support for the uprising through cultural activism."
nicolet1189

Ignorant jihadis 'have bought into fantasy fuelled by social media' | World news | The ... - 0 views

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ISIS Recruitment Taliban War

shared by nicolet1189 on 19 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • boys aged between 10 and 20 who had been radicalised by the Taliban.
  • They all told the same story, sa
  • “They all had impoverished backgrounds, they were illiterate, their families had been approached by the Taliban and were coerced into abandoning their children, they were lambs to the slaughter,” she said.
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  • Those from the west are naive and lack imagination, they are chasing a fictional dream, and they often have barely any knowledge of what Islam is.”
  • The book aspiring Isis militants most commonly ordered online before taking off to Syria was Islam for Dummies, she said.
  • “What Isis has done, and they have exceed al-Qaida in this, is take really spectacular control of the narrative of their organisation while sharing that story through masterful use of all mechanisms of the media,” she said
  • propaganda and recruitment videos spreading the jihadi message w
  • Ten years ago, it was difficult to access and acquire videos like the beheadings we have seen unless you were part of an inner circle, but now this material is mainstream, you can access it just by opening Twitter,”
  • “If you are a young person with limited imagination, a limited sense of self, and you are uninclined to engage with your neighbours, friends and a pluralistic society, you are very easily seduced. You’re like a blank canvas.”
  • Differentiating between Islam and Islamism
  • Islamism promotes explicit totalitarianism and the belief that Islam historically had incredible global and geopolitical glory that should be restored through violence, jihadism and barbarity
ysenia

Separating Fact from Fiction on Iran's Nuclear Program | Alternet - 0 views

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Iran program fact fiction nuclear politics

shared by ysenia on 24 Feb 16 - Cached
  • ysenia on 24 Feb 16
     
    Claims regarding purpose behind Iran Nuclear Program was for electricity. Iran gov. They claim they were never trying to build nuclear weapons.
mpatel5

Egyptian student arrested carrying copy of Nineteen Eighty-Four - 0 views

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1984 Cairo-student Egypt al-youm

shared by mpatel5 on 11 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • mpatel5 on 11 Nov 14
     
    Orwellian fiction and reality appeared to blur into one on Sunday when reports suggested that an Egyptian undergraduate had been arrested for possessing a copy of Nineteen Eighty-Four.
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