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Education is becoming an extremist battleground in Pakistan - The Washington Post - 0 views

  • The one year anniversary commemorations of the heinous attack on a Peshawar public school were barely over when gunmen once again went from classroom to classroom killing students and staff at a Pakistani university nearby.
  • n doing so, they are attacking the one area of Pakistani society where there is clear reason for optimism, as the growth of low-cost private schools in recent decades has given more and more young people, particularly girls, access to education.
  • aw revenge is clearly a motive as the Taliban protest against military bombings of their hideouts in the tribal areas.
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  • The Taliban has already been successful with this approach on other fronts. Their attacks on polio aid workers have proven effective in disrupting the country’s entire public health system
  • Together with Jishnu Das of the World Bank, we have been researching Pakistan’s education sector for nearly 20 years.
  • Girls in particular have benefited from this school boom: more are in school than ever.
  • Research shows that the education debate in Pakistan is similar to the education debate in any other country: parents grapple with a choice of schools based on the usual set of considerations: Which of the schools nearby is best? How much should we pay? Is our child getting the best quality education?
  • But education is a unique service – not only because it involves a country’s most precious resource, its children – but also because, by increasing human capital, it strengthens the state not only in the present, but in the future.
  • As we speak, many schools are announcing temporary closure of facilities in the aftermath of the latest attack
pvaldez2

Five ways tech is crowdsourcing women's empowerment | Global Development Professionals Network | The Guardian - 0 views

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    Article describes how tech is crowdsourcing women's empowerment. What tech is doing for these women is allowing them to enter their own data than relying on institutional datasets. Examples are them crowdsourcing data on street harassment, reporting sexual harassment and violence, and finding respectful gynecologists.
cguybar

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

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    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.
natphan

Police Presence in Egypt Mutes Most Protests on 5th Anniversary of Uprising - 0 views

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    Egyptian police forces, as ordered by president Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, have heavy numbers in Egypt leading up to and on the day of the anniversary of the outsing of Hosni Mubarak, January 25th. This attempt to silence protestors is further evidence of the problems the nation still faces.
joepouttu

Syria, already a catastrophe, seems on the verge of an uncontrollable disaster - The Washington Post - 0 views

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    Syria is on the verge of a humanitarian disaster. 300,000 refugees in Aleppo are at risk of being cut off from aid due to military encirclement of the city. The end of the article suggests that the U.S. needs to intervene and provide assistance. 
ralph0

As Syria Devolves Further, Allies Criticize American Policy - The New York Times - 0 views

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    It really frustrates me that the US is often very outspoken about rights, freedom and democracy. Yet time and time again, I have seen that politics are nothing more than a pursuit of interests. The US continues its "ambiguity" of action in Syria, essentially furthering the spread of chaos. Now Turkey, and important US ally is frustrated that the US has been siding with alleged Kurdish terrorist groups.
mwrightc

In Chaotic Iraq, ISIS Is Just One Challenge Among Many : Parallels : NPR - 0 views

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    ISIS is not the only group that is causing conflict in Iraqi territory. There is a shiite armed group called Kataib Hezbollah that everyone knows is in control of Jarf al-Sakhr.
malshamm

Russian-backed Aleppo offensive 'kills hundreds' - Al Jazeera English - 0 views

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    Russia air force killed hundred of civilian in Aleppo. that kind of act opposite the goal which attacking ISIS in syria war .
irede123

ISIS help desk tells jihadis how to hide from authorities - 0 views

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    ISIS runs a help desk that gives information to jihadis when they need it. This must be shut down
pvaldez2

Egypt, Japan collaborate together to improve gender inequality issues - Daily News Egypt - 0 views

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    Dozen of diplomats, civil servants, and women's right advocates from Egypt and Japan were at Cairo together discussing potential partnership concerning the economic and political empowerment of women. This will be considered the first partnership between Egypt and Japan concerning women's issues.
mportie

Israeli official: Iran deal will unleash cyberattacks - 0 views

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    Predictions believe that cyber warfare between nations will increase in 2016, with more precedent attacks from Russia, Iran, Israel, and the US. Cyberspace and its warfare currently lack regulation, in addition it is difficult to trace back or pin a cyber crime on a single individual.
ralph0

How Russian bombing is changing Syria's war, in 3 maps - Vox - 0 views

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    Awesome article about the recent Russian bombing of Syria and how it affects the big picture. This article has some time-lapse maps with territories highlighted on it. It is very helpful in better understanding how current events are affecting the territories being controlled.
natphan

As Saudi mulls Syria ground intervention, Egypt disengages - 0 views

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    Egypt explains that while they support the Saudis and the Syrians, Sisi prefers political resolution to conflict.
ralph0

If the Syria ceasefire fails, Isis will be the least of the west's problems | Michael Clarke | Opinion | The Guardian - 0 views

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    This article states that Russia and Iran have been changing the situation in Syria according to their own agendas. It is in Russia and Iran's interests to maintain Assad's rule in Syria. Consequently, the article states that the west should get involved before Russia and Iran have done too much.
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.
blantonjack

ISIS Says It's Behind Car Bombing in Damascus - 2 views

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    A car bomb tore up a vegetable market and a police officers' club in Damascus, the Syrian capital, on Tuesday, according to a witness and to regional news reports, striking an area that had been quiet for about two years under a local agreement between the Syrian government and insurgents. Isis has gone on to claim that they were behind the bombins that took place
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