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jreyesc

Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently, And These Guys Are Risking Their Lives To Document... - 0 views

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ISIL Syria Raqqa vice ISIS

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  • jreyesc on 26 Oct 14
     
    This article is about the activist group called "Raqqa is being slaughtered silently". This group is against ISIS and what they do is post photos of the things ISIS does in city of Raqqa like executions.
yperez2

Life in Modern Cairo - 0 views

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  • yperez2 on 05 Apr 15
     
    This article presents various things about Cairo, Egypt. Among them are education, marriage, customs and traditions in marriage, birth as well as death.
jordanbrown16

ISIS is the best thing to happen to Iran-U.S. relations in years - 0 views

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Tehran ISIS politics Iran Iraq

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  • jordanbrown16 on 12 Apr 15
     
    US President Obama believes that "Iran can play a constructive role" against the Iraqi insurgence, ISIS.
alarsso

Page 2: Islamic Fighters Led by Al-Qaida in Syria Seize Major City - ABC News - 0 views

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Nusra rebels syria civil war takeover

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  • alarsso on 30 Mar 15
     
    Nusra Front as another triumphant day seizing nearly the entire major city of Idlib. Fighting against the regime lasted nearly four days but regime was eventually driven away. This was a good victory for the opposition to take another city, but is the strengthening of Nusra Front a good thing as well?
csherro2

Obama releases al Qaeda's most skilled explosives expert - Washington Times - 0 views

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syria ISIS opposition al qaeda obama expert washington times

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  • csherro2 on 26 Jan 16
     
    One of the things I personally didn't know about Al Qaeda was that some of the people involved are very smart people. The way they use their intelligence is different from how we would use them. I found this interesting because being an explosives expert sounds like it involves a lot of skill and knowledge.
cguybar

Egyptian Mother On Genital Mutilation: 'I Wake Up At Night Screaming, Just Remembering' - 0 views

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Women Rights Egypt

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  • yperez2 on 12 Feb 15
     
    A women tells her story of women genital mutilation in Egypt. She recalls how painful it was and will be ending the tradition. This tradition has become less popular but is still going on.
  • cguybar on 27 Jan 16
     
    Certain things like genital mutilation are common practice based on tradition. With no laws discouraging these types of acts, there is almost a sense of encouragement, which for women who no longer want to participate in these traditions serves as a up hill battle.
joepouttu

Syria: 5 things Russia wants in war - CNN.com - 1 views

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Syria Russia Strategy Politics

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  • joepouttu on 09 Feb 16
     
    Russia has a very strong military presence in Syria. This article goes over five things that are motivating Putin's interest in Syria.
ysenia

6 Things You Should Know About The Iran Nuclear Deal : The Two-Way : NPR - 0 views

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nuclear IranDeal npr deal politics

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  • ysenia on 15 Feb 16
     
    Discloses 6 key facts about the Iran Nuclear Deal and all it entails. Includes information regarding how the deal will hinder Iran's Nuclear program but overall benefit their government.
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. 
cguybar

Egypt Begins Rebuilding Christian Churches Destroyed Under Muslim Brotherhood - Breitbart - 0 views

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muslim brotherhood christian churches egypt

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  • cguybar on 09 Feb 16
     
    The many actions and demonstrations the Muslim Brotherhood was apart of came with destruction. Years later things such as churches are just now being rebuilt. This article reinforces the type of impact the Muslim Brotherhood has on different communities in Egypt.
ccfuentez

Human Trafficking In The Middle East: Manola�s Story - 0 views

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Madagascar raped beaten Lebanon human trafficking

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  • Presently, there are 7,000 women from Madagascar working as household help in Lebanon.
  • a military coup in Madagascar saw the percentage of poor people (those living on less than $1 a day) rise from 67% to 76%
  • ccfuentez on 17 Feb 16
     
    Manola is now only 20 years old, but a few years ago she heard about a program in Lebanon. Next thing she knew she was on a plane with 11 other girls on their way to their personal nightmare. In Lebanon, Manola was a housekeeper who was abused, raped, and beaten regularly.
csherro2

What's happening in Syria? - CBBC Newsround - 0 views

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Syria Conflict news egypt war revolution civil

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  • csherro2 on 17 Feb 16
     
    The whole Syrian civil war began when 15 kids were arrested for writing anit-government things. Protestors began to fill the streets, peacefully, in 2011. The government opened fire on the protestors.
hwilson3

Turkey social media ban raises censorship fears - BBC News - 0 views

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#Turkey #socialmedia #ElectionsinTurkey #censorship #banonsocialmedia

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  • hwilson3 on 15 Feb 16
     
    This article by the BBC news talks about the recent banning of social media in Turkey. The interesting thing that this article points out is that social media was banned when it was near an election. The fact that they control the flow of information to the citizens around election time is extremely significant, because not being able to communicate about the elections can greatly impact the results.
hwilson3

Arab Media & Society - 0 views

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#socialmedia #SaudiArabia #censorship #freedomofexpression

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  • hwilson3 on 09 Mar 16
     
    This is an in depth look at media in Saudi Arabia. It goes through and looks at different issues in media over several years and how they are linked to issues in justice, freedom of expression, and activism. One thing I found particularly interesting about this article was the use of dialog from actual activists in the country.
eyadalhasan

11 Things Foreigners Will Never Get About the Middle East - 0 views

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foreigners inshallah Middle East

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  • eyadalhasan on 01 Mar 16
     
    1. "Inshallah" 2. That a "3 pm meeting" actually means waiting from 3 til 6 for the person to show up. Eventually, you just gotta learn to enjoy.
hwilson3

Time to Hold the Media to Account for Islamophobia | Dr. Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed - 0 views

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#media #islamophobia #middleeast #islam

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  • hwilson3 on 03 Mar 16
     
    This article takes a look at how the media- particularly in Western countries- has affected what is commonly known as islamophobia. Many people in America has strong prejudices against people who identify with the Islamic faith, and much of this is because they only hear negative attitudes about them from news media outlets. One interesting thing that I found about this article was the fact that it related these trends in media coverage to 9/11
ccfuentez

Types of human trafficking / Trafficking in human beings / Crime areas / Internet / Hom... - 0 views

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human trafficking forced labor sexual exploitation tourism

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  • There are many forms of trafficking, but one consistent aspect is the abuse of the inherent vulnerability of the victims.
  • ccfuentez on 10 Mar 16
     
    There are many different types of human trafficking, but the one thing the different types all have in common is the vulnerability of the victims. The reason and types of different human trafficking include trafficking for forced labor, sexual exploitation, commercial sexual exploitation of children in tourism, trafficking for tissue, cells, and organs, and others.
irede123

Why Hezbollah Might be the Iran Deal's Biggest Loser | Foreign Affairs - 0 views

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hezbollah iran ISIS syria

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  • irede123 on 05 Apr 16
     
    "the decision to fork over $100 billion in sanctions relief to Iran as part of last summer's nuclear deal could be the worst thing that's happened to the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah in years"
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