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Can Egyptian women start a revolution against sexual violence? | PBS NewsHour - 0 views

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  • pvaldez2 on 17 Feb 16
     
    This article/video is from pbs.org, talking about the revolution that happened 5 years ago at Tahrir Square. Women were apart of the revolution, by participating and leading protests. They were able to safely join men to protest, but changed later on. Female protestors were being sexually assaulted. Because of these assaults, laws are now being implemented in Egypt.
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Inside the Rise of ISIS | Losing Iraq | FRONTLINE | PBS - 0 views

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  • csosa14 on 03 Feb 15
     
    In this article on Frontline the description of how Isis has risen to power. It may seem that ISIS rose to power overnight but their rise to power has been happening for quite some time now.
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Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Timeline from Both Sides - 0 views

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shared by mharcour on 08 Feb 15 - No Cached
  • mharcour on 08 Feb 15
     
    This is an interesting timeline put together by PBS exhibiting the development of the issues from both perspectives.
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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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Timeline: What's Happened Since Egypt's Revolution? | Egypt in Crisis | FRONTLINE | PBS - 0 views

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      sheldonmer on 10 Nov 14
       
      This article lays out what has happened in Egypt since the 2001 revolution. Starting from when Mubarak stepped down, the article gives a timeline of significant events up until September 12th of 2013. It highlights events such as Morsi being voted into presidency in 2012, The first draft of the constitution on Nov. 29th 2012, when protestors return to Tahrir Square on Jan. 25 2013, to when Sisi warns Mubarak of military intervention, to when Morsi is removed from office, to when Supreme Court Chief Justice Adly Mansour is chosen by Sisi to step in as Egypt's interim president, etc.
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FRONTLINE/World I Pakistan: The Lost Generation I Watch Full Program Online I PBS - 0 views

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  • In Pakistan, public education has become a battleground. Members of Fatma’s local school council are outraged, saying the elite only care about themselves and keep the poor illiterate to stay in power.
  • Across town, another kind of school is functioning quite well. It has plenty of room and even provides free tuition and a hot meal. It is one of the country’s many madrassas, or religious schools, which are becoming an increasingly popular option for poor parents.
  • the Ministry of Education’s curriculum wing, the staff has been working on removing the militaristic tone of the curriculum. But the textbooks still include passages like these: “For the past three centuries the Europeans have been working to subjugate the countries of the Muslim world” and “The Christians and Europeans were not happy to see the Muslims flourishing in life. They were always looking for opportunities to take possession of territories under the Muslims.”
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  • But ironically, others fear that the money will never reach the schools, anymore than the $100 million in U.S. aid over the past three years has.  Reformers believe the problems that Pakistani children face are so deep that money alone will not be enough to fix them
  • Just a few months ago, Paracha led a protest against the latest American aid package, which includes hundreds of millions of dollars earmarked for education reform. The religious parties say the United States. is using the aid to try to hijack Pakistani societ
  • mcooka on 27 Jan 16
     
    Education in Pakistan. The Threat to the elite and the poor illiterate suffering.
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Al Qaeda - Background - Al Qaeda | Inside The Terror Network | FRONTLINE | PBS - 0 views

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  • csherro2 on 03 Feb 16
     
    At all relevant times from in or about 1989 until the date of the filing of this Indictment, an international terrorist group existed which was dedicated to opposing non-Islamic governments with force and violence.
  • csherro2 on 09 Feb 16
     
    At all relevant times from in or about 1989 until the date of the filing of this Indictment, an international terrorist group existed which was dedicated to opposing non-Islamic governments with force and violence.
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Egypt's Uprising: Tracking the Social Media Factor - 0 views

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  • aacosta8 on 23 Mar 16
     
    For the first time in history, a social movement could be observed in real-time as it spread, coalesced around ideas, and grew exponentially in size and scale across the Internet. That is what News Group International - a Dubai based news management company - discovered in its recent comprehensive analysis of social media surrounding the uprising in Egypt.
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Women in the new Egypt: A cyber-activist's perspective - 0 views

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  • aacosta8 on 26 Jan 16
     
    Perhaps one of the most memorable facets of Egypt's pro-democracy uprisings earlier this year was the strong presence of women in the (largely peaceful) demonstrations that took place in Cairo's Tahrir Square and in other Egyptian public arenas. This article focuses on gender equality in Egypt and movements by women at the time.
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