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My Big Day
Last May, a professor of mine told me about an upcoming project, a book on refugees in Cairo. I was an undergraduate student and May is the worst month of the year for me. I didn’t ask a lot of information about the book, my mind was bogged down with deadlines, endless papers and 2 books I have to read in about 5 days. I have to admit, I was certain that I wanted [...]
Young students in Berlin inspired by Saudi author’s poem
A few months ago, Rasha from Saudi Arabia posted a poem she wrote here called “In the Moment.” She posted it simply to share it with other readers, not realizing some of the impact [...]
I have been out of the posts for a while for many reasons but I wanted to chime in with respect to something that has been weighing on my mind for some time. As a witness [...]
New Migrant-Rights Design
We are happy to share with you the new redesign of one of our projects, Migrant-Rights.org. Migrant-Rights was created to raise awareness about the common abuse of migrant workers in the region.
We worked hard on [...]
Are you loyal to Iran independence and resistant to Pan-Iranism?
I’ll tell you that I am!
I know that pan-Iranism has got its own supporters, and it has been moderately growing among Persian youngsters mostly but the [...]
Interview with Reem Al-Khalifa, Young Bahraini Entrepreneur, Founder of Green Bar
I recently got a chance to interview a young Bahraini entrepreneur Reem Al-Khalifa, who founded her own company, Green Bar Inc. in 2006. Green Bar products include oils and moisturizers, all made from natural ingredients. [...]
Kurdish political forces are looking to establish greater unity as Iraq’s northern region continues its struggle with Baghdad over the status of Kirkuk and prepares for January’s national elections.
While Arab parties have already formed [...]
When I started my blog Iraqi streets with 2 of my Iraqi bloggers friends , we agreed that I will be responsible of the blog email and of posting articles that our network [...]
East, West and a Poem
The Chief Editor of Radijojo World Children’s Radio Network in Berlin; an international NGO dedicated to use media with and for children as a tool for intercultural dialogue, participation, children’s rights and global learning decided to [...]
Last week, I found a piece of paper from “Green movement” announcing their next gathering on November 4th, inviting people to protest against the democratic elected president , obviously the Iranian nation in the course [...]
My wife and I just returned home from a three-week visit to Israel. To be accurate, we also visited the Palestinian West Bank for a day; a profoundly memorable day at that.
In some ways, our trip [...]
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