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in title, tags, annotations or urlIn Post-Revolution Egypt, Social Media Shows Dark Side | Inter Press Service - 0 views
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This article is a great article to pair alongside my article about the pros and cons of social media. This article talks about the aftermath of the revolution and its ties to social media. Social media is now becoming more destructive for Egypt due to the fact that rumors and false information are being sent out and create distrust and anger between certain groups of people. This article blames the dangerous situations at hand on the lack of legal oversight on social media sites.
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The Voice of Art: Street Art - 1 views
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Every inner city area has its fair share of buildings tattooed with layers of colorful graffiti and gang symbols. Given the stigma attached to graffiti, one would not expect to find true art on cracking walls, between trash cans, and on street signs. However, a more advanced form of graffiti-street art-conveys a deeper expression of the artist.
UK launches first drone strike in Iraq against Isis militants - 0 views
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Britain has launched its first drone strike against Islamic State (Isis) fighters in Iraq. An RAF Reaper drone fired a Hellfire missile at Isis forces laying improvised explosive devices near Bayji, the site of Iraq's biggest oil refinery, north of Baghdad, over the weekend, the Ministry of Defence said on Monday.
Turkish Military Evacuates Soldiers Guarding Tomb in Syria - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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The Turkish Army sent armored troops deep into Syria late Saturday on a rescue mission, to recover the remains of a major historical figure and to evacuate the guards at his besieged tomb
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The tomb of Suleyman Shah, grandfather of the founder of the Ottoman Empire, is 20 miles south of the Turkish border, but it has been considered Turkish territory under a 1921 treaty with France
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there were no clashes during the mission and only one casualty, a soldier who was killed in an accident
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A daring plan to rebuild Syria - no matter who wins the war - Ideas - The Boston Globe - 0 views
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The first year of Syria’s uprising, 2011, largely spared Aleppo, the country’s economic engine, largest city, and home of its most prized heritage sites. Fighting engulfed Aleppo in 2012 and has never let up since, making the city a symbol of the civil war’s grinding destruction
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Rebels captured the eastern side of the city while the government held the wes
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, residents say the city is virtually uninhabitable; most who remain have nowhere else to go
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Day Four: January 21 | Middle Eastern Revolutions - 1 views
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Now that we’re about two weeks into the course, our routine is probably coming into focus. To help keep track of all the weekly tasks, I created Canvas assignments for the bookmarking activities, geo-tagging and the short papers. Today we’re going to ta
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bit of practice with geotagging and bookmarking, so I’ll have you “workshop” those activities in class where I can help.
Day Four: January 21 - 3 views
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Now that we're about two weeks into the course, our routine is probably coming into focus. To help keep track of all the weekly tasks, I created Canvas assignments for the bookmarking activities, geo-tagging and the short papers. Today we're going to talk a bit about the conditions that generally led to the revolutions that started in Dec.
Inside Al Qaeda - 0 views
Education Has Never Been Deadlier for Syria's Children - Save the Children - 0 views
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Education is now one of the deadliest pursuits for children and teachers inside Syria, as the country's schools are increasingly being damaged and destroyed in the conflict.
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chools are being increasingly forced to close because of the conflict
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Syria has now descended to the second worst rate of school attendance in the world with 2.8 million children out of schoo
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Egypt News, Egypt Current Events, Modern Egyptian Society, Egyptian Tourism | Modern Egypt Info - 0 views
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passed a law allocating a quota of 64 seats in the lower house to women
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The new law will give women more than 12 percent of the seats in an expanded parliament after the next election in 2010.
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women registered for voting increased from 18 percent in 1986 to 39.8 percent in 2007;
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This site stats that women's rights have improved over the years. A new law made in 2010 gave women 12% of he seats in Parliament.
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Information on women rights in Egypt are presented. Women political, voting, educational and health rights are included.
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This piece talks about women in politics, voting, and it public positions. It also gives facts dealing with women's health and education.
Anonymous 'hacktivists' attack Egyptian websites - 0 views
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The loosely organized "hacktivist" group known as Anonymous trained its weapons on Egypt Wednesday, resulting in at least three official government websites being knocked offline. sites belonging to Egypt's cabinet, the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology were inaccessible, most likely due to distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, as of 3 p.m.
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