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It's time to admit that American intervention can't fix Syria - Vox - 0 views

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  • ralph0 on 25 Feb 16
     
    This article is about the US not interfering in Syria. It's interesting that they have drawn such conclusions without actually interfering at all. It is also noteworthy that they provided indirect assistance to rebels before coming to such a conclusion.
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Iran awards medals to team that clinched nuclear deal | The Times of Israel - 0 views

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  • President Hassan Rouhani awarded the “Medal of Merit” to Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and the “Medal of Courage” to Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan and Vice President Ali Akbar Salehi, who is also the country’s nuclear chief.
  • ysenia on 08 Feb 16
     
    Medal of Merit and Medal of Courage awarded to members who helped reduce the nuclear activities taking place in Iran. Helped to lift economic sanctions placed by UN because Iran met the commitments required.
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Protestors defy government ban as Muslim Brotherhood vows new 'revolutionary wave' - 0 views

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  • mkulach on 08 Feb 16
     
    Protests affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood took place in late January calling for a "revolutionary wave". Security forces were deployed throughout Egypt in anticipation for several anti-government riots. After time the police managed to disperse the riots.
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The Iran nuclear framework deal: A definitive, research-based guide from Harv... - 0 views

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  • However, in order to utilize the plutonium for a weapon, Iran would still have to build a reprocessing plant to be able to separate plutonium from spent fuel.
  • [I]t will reduce the risk of Iran getting a bomb better than any of the realistic alternatives. Iran has agreed to physical limits on its ability to produce weapons-grade materials that will assure a break-out timeline of roughly a year for the next 10 years, as well as additional restraints and verification measures to monitor compliance and detect cheating. If the U.S. rejects the deal and returns to sanctions, Iran is certain to return to what it was doing before the interim agreement: installing additional centrifuges, enriching uranium, increasing its stockpile of enriched material, developing more advanced centrifuges, and completing the Arak heavy water reactor. The agreement does not solve the problem, but it reduces the risk for now and buys substantial time to resolve the threat in the future.
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      ysenia on 08 Feb 16
       
      reduces risk of future issues
  • ysenia on 08 Feb 16
     
    Overview of the Nuclear Deal as well as the pros and cons. A more in-depth evaluation of facts about the program and the benefits of global intervention.
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Hillary Clinton Gives Israeli Education Program Spotlight on Campaign Trail - Israel - ... - 0 views

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  • ch week in Israel, young parents open their homes to local instructors who teach them how to prepare their toddlers for school.
  • In her bid for the Democratic nomination, Clinton rarely misses an opportunity to tout her record on early childhood education, from her first job out of law school at the Children’s Defense Fund to her Too Small To Fail program at The Clinton Foundation.
  • The story of how Clinton brought the Israeli education program to America starts with a coincidence.
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  • In 1969, an Israeli educator named Avima Lombard conceived the program as a way to help the children of North African immigrants get a head start in the Israeli school system
  • Clinton’s associates in Arkansas apparently had a similar reaction when she told them they would have to travel to the Holy Land for HIPPY training: “‘Israel! Where is Israel?’”
  • HIPPY has been studied widely in academic and research settings.
  • But the two strong personalities also clashed occasionally. For several years, Lombard demanded that certain HIPPY USA staff members receive training in Israel. As the program grew, this practice became expensive and unsustainable, leading HIPPY USA to start training staff in Arkansas.
  • In 1998, Hillary Clinton visited a HIPPY event in Jerusalem while accompanying her husband when he was president. It was around holiday time, and Clinton was photographed with HIPPY children and their mothers.
  • mcooka on 10 Feb 16
     
    HIlary Clinton is using the Israeli Education program to highlight her campaign. She wants to promote Israeli education and how she supports early education. Hilary Clinton adds she wants to support overseas education as well
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Making Egypt's Streets Safe for Women - The New York Times - 0 views

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  • pvaldez2 on 17 Feb 16
     
    This article in 2015, describes what women face everyday on Egypt streets. Eman Helal often wears a gas mask and helmet when she photographs protests. She knowns that this protective gear provides her an extra level of security from men in public. It has been said that physical attacks on women by groups of men have increased in Egypt since the start of the Arab Spring.
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'5 horrible years': Libya marks 5th anniversary of Western-backed uprising to oust Gaddafi - 1 views

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  • cthomase on 18 Feb 16
     
    Libya's popular uprising officially began on February 17, 2011, resulting in the toppling of long-time dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Since then, the oil-rich nation has been plunged into political chaos amid the growing threat of Islamic State.
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Education in the Second Largest Refugee Camp in the World | Global Partnership for Educ... - 0 views

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  • n principle, all girls and boys in Za’atari camp have access to school. The Jordanian Ministry of Education and UNICEF provide formal education in two temporary schools with a capacity of 5,000 students each, covering all grades except the final year of secondary school.
  • 6% of girls and 80% of boys between the age of 6 and 18 years do not attend school. 66% of all children in Za’atari camp lost about three months of schooling already before arriving in Jordan
  • amilies expect to return home after just a short time in the camp
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  • ajority of primary and secondary school-aged children say they want to go to school.
  • iolence
  • harassment
  • verbal abuse
  • corporal punishment in the classroom by Jordanian teachers and Syrian assistant teachers
  • nsecurity about leaving their family even for a few hour
  • work to earn money
  • distance to scho
  • ack of appropriate toilets
  • hungry
  • Large class sizes
  • yrian children are una
  • internet,
  • research required by the Jordanian curriculum
  • ordanian teachers
  • Some report that they do not feel safe working in Za’atari camp
  • transportation to the camp is costly
  • nexperienced
  • For every two Jordanian teachers, there is approximately one Syrian assistant teacher
  • yrian teachers are frustrated that they are only allowed to work as assistants in Za’atari camp given they are fully qualified teachers.
  • t has been recognized internationally that education is a right that must be upheld in emergency situations
  • Education can provide stability, normalcy and hope in a child’s day to day life during a crisis situation which can last for months and years.
  • he conflict in Syria is in its third year.
  • Global Partnership for Education requests partner countries to design their education sector plan sensitive to their context (PDF).
  • Za’atari camp reflect what children in other refugee camps may face worldwide.
  • mcooka on 17 Feb 16
     
    This article highlights how the UNICEF is attempting to care for Refugee children. This article specifically focuses on Za'atari which is located in Jordan. It looks at the factors which negatively affect the children, the role of the teachers, and the steps to resolve the issues.
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Schooling in a crisis: the case of Syrian refugees in Turkey - ODI HPN - 0 views

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  • The Syrian civil war has created one of the largest and most intense episodes of human suffering of the early twenty-first century.
  • 387,883, with 200,039 living in government camps and 164,143 living in rented apartments
  • Turkey’s efforts to meet the needs of refugees have been spearheaded by the Afet ve Acil Durum Yonetimi Baskanligi
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  • majority of refugees are women and, especially, children; of the 200,000 refugees in Turkish camps, about 60% are children.
  • t was left to him to find tents, wooden flooring, carpets and paving bricks, desks, chairs, drawing boards, teaching aids and, of course, textbooks
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  • ten large tents with floors
  • drawing boards
  • electricity
  • computer projectors.
  • limate control consisted of large fans
  • he pre-school director in Islahiye Camp used empty office and storage space in the warehouse to house five rooms full of loud young children
  • preschools enjoyed the largest proportion of age-group participation.
  • camp schools are administered by Turks
  • curricula are not recognised or sanctioned by the Turkish education authorities, and so licenced Turkish teachers cannot be assigned to them.
  • amp education directors rely heavily on volunteers from among the refugees themselves
  • time and instruction with the children is often inconsistent
  • not be able to teach in Arabic
  • There is little incentive for parents to commit their children to learning a new language
  • Closely related to the issue of language is the curriculum
  • eenage students in the camps generally do not have access to the secondary schooling
  • Indeed, one source of tension between Syrian parents and the Turkish authorities has been the Syrian demand for special classes for advanced students whose preparations for university entrance exams were interrupted by the war.
  • Syrian schools have opened outside of the camps with funding from the local government,
  • using the Syrian curriculum and books salvaged from Syrian schools and reproduced
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  • namely Syrian demands for the separation of the sexes in classrooms
  • Syrian parents also tend to insist that their daughters wear headscarves (hijab) in public and in schools, while it is illegal for Turkish teenage girls to cover their hair at school.
  • Tensions over the separation of the sexes, curriculum and language of instruction are compounded by the politics of Syrians’ refugee status
  • y contrast, the Turkish government chose not to officially recognise the Syrians as refugees as defined by UNHCR, and did not ask UNHCR to register the newcomers as refugees.
  • officially designate Syrians as refugees would limit Turkey’s involvement in the Syrian civil war,
  • Turkey has allowed arms and non-lethal aid through its territory to supply the Free Syrian Army
  • here are also concerns that Syrians, desperate for income, take jobs at lower wages than Turks
  • Even guests can outstay their welcome, and with no end in sight to the civil war and no prospect of a return of Syrians to Syria, Turks are beginning to question how long they can sustain their assistance. I
  • une 2013 AFAD began accepting offers of financial and other aid from outside agencies, including UNHCR and the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).
  • The schools developed in Syrian refugee camps in Turkey provide valuable models for establishing schools for rapidly growing refugee populations.
  • The next critical challenge for Syrian education in Turkey is what to do with the growing number of Syrian teenagers who need to finish their high-school studies at accredited schools in order to compete for places at universities in Turkey or elsewhere.
  • mcooka on 17 Feb 16
     
    This was probably the most interesting article I have read about education in the MIddle East. It is from the "Humanitarian practice Network". This article is about Turkey and the Syrian refugees, who are not documented as refugees, and the growing desire for improvements to education. Right now, the education which is in place for Syrians is adequate for a temporary stay of preserving knowledge. It is not designed to be used long term, to advance students, or to prep them for universities. This article looks at those issues and tensions which are happening currently in Turkey
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Women's rights in post-revolution Egypt - Asfar - 0 views

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  • Unprecedented state violence against women between the time of the revolution (2011) and the election of a new government (2012) contravened international law, and violated the spirit of the revolution.
  • Egypt’s first democratically-elected, post-revolution government overwhelmingly failed to recognise crucial women’s issues such as marital rape and human trafficking and contributed to the culture of sexual harassment; one of the most pressing problems for Egyptian women today.
  • aromo0 on 17 Feb 16
     
    This article talks about the details of the women's rights movement since 1952. After the revolution in 2011, women's rights has yet to become a topic of importance. 
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Gender and Equity in Access to Health Care Services in the Middle East and North Africa - 0 views

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  • sambofoster on 17 Feb 16
     
    The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has experienced major improvements in health over the past few decades. 1 Today, on average, a girl born in Egypt is expected to live for 72 years-nearly 20 years longer than if she had been born in the early 1970s-owing in large part to a 70 percent improvement in infant mortality rates over the same time period.
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Progress for women in Saudi Arabia has gone into reverse - 0 views

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  • eyadalhasan on 09 Mar 16
     
    WHEN Hind Al-Otaibi went to the Riyadh Personal Status Court to have her father struck out as her , or guardian, the judges seemed sympathetic. Her father had raped and bruised her, Ms Otaibi, who was a teenager at the time, told the court.
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Why Saudis are ardent social media fans - 1 views

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  • mjumaia on 28 Apr 15
     
    ON MARCH 18th, at an Arab media get-together, Twitter announced that it will open an office in Dubai. Saudi Arabia is well-known by their use of the social media. This article has explain in depth why is this.
  • eyadalhasan on 01 Mar 16
     
    Why Saudis are ardent social media fans by S.B. | BEIRUT ON MARCH 18th, at an Arab media get-together, Twitter announced that it will open an office in Dubai. Not before time. Smartphone growth has rocketed in the Gulf-by most counts the region has the highest penetration.
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A Familiar Role for Muslim Brotherhood: Opposition - The New York Times - 0 views

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  • cguybar on 02 Mar 16
     
    This article gives some detail as to who exactly the opposition of the Muslim Brotherhood is. It also provides information concerning how the opposition has gone about the attack the Brotherhood.
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Libya and the Perils of Regime Change - 0 views

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  • cthomase on 01 Mar 16
     
    While once a popular idea, getting rid of Gaddafi now seems like it could have been more of a blunder. Hillary Clinton is widely given credit for supporting this regime change which has now led to challenges not only for Libya but for the world. ISIS has found a new base for operations against Europe and a new government has been unable to take shape. This article looks at how choices, especially those that seem appropriate at the time, may turn out to be disastrous.
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Time to Hold the Media to Account for Islamophobia | Dr. Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed - 0 views

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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
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Jets strike east Damascus for 1st time since truce - 0 views

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  • malshamm on 05 Mar 16
     
    looks Russia and the regime of Bashar al-Assad does not take the issue of cease-fire seriously after the air strike on a school today.
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The Islamic State Is Forcing Women to Be Sex Slaves - 1 views

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  • sambofoster on 03 Mar 16
     
    Women and girls as young as 11 have been systematically raped by fighters for the Islamic State, which has made sex slavery a pillar of its self-proclaimed caliphate. The New York Times interviewed 21 women and girls in Iraq who recently escaped Islamic State captivity, examined the group's communications and talked to terrorism and religious experts for a chilling report by Rukmini Callimachi, a correspondent who covers Islamic extremism.
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Is the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization or a firewall against violent extrem... - 0 views

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  • mkulach on 09 Mar 16
     
    The House Judiciary Committee recently passed a resolution calling on the State Department to designate the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization. This resolution resonates with the feverish anti-Islamic politics of the Republican primary, fueled across the spectrum by candidates from Donald Trump to Marco Rubio. Other countries even in the Middle East have officially stated the Brotherhood as a terrorist group. There is much debate on their stance and beliefs and what this should mean to the international community especially in a time of instability in the Middle East.
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