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The conflict in Syria through the eyes of a young poet | PBS NewsHour - 0 views

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  • mariebenavides on 22 Nov 14
     
    This is a transcript of a video talking about Amal Kassir, a young Syrian-American poet who uses her poetry to talk about the revolutions that are going on in Syria.
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Egypt's Poached Revolutionary Poems | Al Akhbar English - 0 views

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shared by mariebenavides on 23 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • “They are hiding behind me
  • mariebenavides on 23 Oct 14
     
    This article, written by Mohammed Kheir, discusses how poetry during the revolution was used to empower the people but became attributed to popular revolutionary poets because of fear of being accosted. So, while stanzas were popularized and while they may be remembered, the actual poets behind them may not be.
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Why is Middle Eastern culture missing from Israeli schoolbooks? - Al-Monitor: the Pulse... - 0 views

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  • In September 2015, “​Faith and Redemption” caused an uproar in Israel as another example of the exclusion of Mizrahi culture and history from the Israeli curriculum.
  • From Shriki's perspective, the place of Mizrahi authors and thinkers in the Israeli curriculum is critical.
  • Gideon Saar, Naftali Bennett's predecessor as education minister, struggled with this same issue in 2012, when the Libi Bamizrach coalition sent him a letter protesting the exclusion of Mizrahi history, literature and cultural heritage from the curriculum.
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  • ne pages, out of a total of 400 pages, that deal with the history of Jews from Islamic lands in a textbook on the “history of the Jewish people in recent generations.” The book was used in Israeli schools for many years. Two years later, Yehuda Shenhav, a professor from Tel Aviv University, surveyed textbooks in Israel and found that not only was the scope of discussion of Jews from Islamic lands meager, its representation was erroneous and stereotypical.
  • This long checklist calls for a deep and significant change within the Israeli educational system. It also suggests that Bennett's initiative, much like earlier ones, hardly guarantees that such change will indeed take place.
  • mcooka on 31 Mar 16
     
    In the Middle East there is a lack of focus on culture in education. it focuses on the history of the "winners" and is promoting hate and ignorance in the education system. These issues have popped up before the Minister of Education since 1997. 
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The Revolution: Report From Literary Egypt | Poets and Writers - 0 views

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  • mariebenavides on 10 Sep 14
     
    The author of this paper gives the readers insight to the way the revolution on January 25th has affected the literary scene for bookstores, for authors, and the things people are allowed to read or sell (due to censorship).
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