Category: Education
Posted on December 29, 2011 by DaroonMK
Human Rights Day 2011 was warmly welcomed in London’s House of Lords where a board of delegates came together from across Europe in discussion and reflection of the developments and progress made within the global community on the agenda of human rights. …
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Posted on December 4, 2011 by Bedlam Beggar (Tunisia)
Tunisians are keeping an eye on the representatives they elected on October 23. Occupy Bardo is a open sit-in held in front of the National Constituent Assembly premises, seat of the former Camber of Deputies to demand transparency of the …
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Posted on November 28, 2011 by Leyla H.
I’ve been thinking a lot about democracy in the Middle East. That is why I’ve been exploring the most sustainable way that democracy could happen for countries like Iran. I believe that one of the most important prerequisites is understanding …
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Posted on November 26, 2011 by Mohanad (Iraq)
One could wonder about the title of my post, well truly I’m wondering what’s does it mean? And what do I want? From myself, and from all the young in the Mideast? Well, as of point of interest that’s attracting …
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Posted on October 26, 2011 by Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar
Feras Baqna, Hussam Al-Drewesh and Khaled Al-Rashed started an online television series based in Saudi Arabia called “We are being cheated.” They posted several episodes on topics that are often not covered by mainstream Saudi television. The last episode was …
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Posted on October 23, 2011 by M. Mohamed (Iraq/Palestine)
Well….now comes the hardest part, building a nation. For the sake of simplicity I will use the example of Libya. With all the diverse demographics how will the Libyans come together to build the ideal democracy? Arabs, by no fault …
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Posted on October 16, 2011 by Wamith Al-Kassab (Iraq)
God as an old bearded men: For some devout Muslims, a film accused of blasphemy caused angry protests in Tunisia. The riots were directed against a television station that broadcast to the French-Iranian film “Persepolis.” ,and today they hit the …
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Posted on September 25, 2011 by Nissim Dahan
People the world over cry out for “freedom,” but how often do we sit down and think about what it really means to be free? Over the years, different people the world over embraced different interpretations of “freedom.” Janice Joplin …
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Posted on September 11, 2011 by Ari Mamshae
Because of the autocratic regimes in the Middle East countries, educational institutions have been rarely creative and productive. As a result of current universities which have kept students subordinate and refrained them from thinking for their own, we have …
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Posted on September 7, 2011 by Suzan Boulad (Syria)
In a clear statement, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton unequivocally condemned the Iranian regime for it’s persistent persecution of the Baha’i minority in Iran, specifically mentioning the crackdown on the Baha’i Institute for Higher Education and the arrest of its leaders earlier this summer. Such statements …
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