Category: Education

“Can You Solve This” builds steam in the wake of EU condemnation of Iran

Posted on 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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Can You Solve This? Campaign for the Right of Education in Iran

Posted on by Esra'a (Bahrain)

As some of you are already aware, we partnered with a group of organizations and individuals to launch the Can You Solve This? campaign that raises awareness and invites people to take action for the right of education in Iran. …

Posted in Activism, Awareness, Baha'i Faith, Baha'is, Creativity, Education, Events, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Iran | Tagged , , | 16 Comments

Denial of Public Education, Now Private?

Posted on by Pezhman (Iran/Canada)

Dear Friends, as some of you might know, members of the Baha’i community in Iran continually face discrimination from the Iranian Government. One of the many adversities faced by Baha’i youth is the inability to attend Post-Secondary Education in Iran. …

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Sad Friday at Atfih

Posted on by Ahmad Hassan Posten (Egypt)

“GUC rebels movement”,a group of youngsters aiming for political awareness in Egypt inspired by the 25th of jan revolution . I would rather call myself a friend of them instead of one of them as I’m not really a part …

Posted in Arab Christians, Awareness, Christians, Education, Egypt, Society | 1 Comment

Kurds in Syria Granted Citizenship: What Now?

Posted on by Minhaj Akreyi

For over 50 years, over 300,000 Kurds in Syria were labeled foreigners in a 1963-census that was carried out in an arbitrary manner which restricted the “foreigner” Kurds acquiring employment, education, health, property, or even marriage. The government has banned …

Posted in Activism, Arabs, Civil Rights, Culture, Culture and Society, Democracy, Demonstrations, Education, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Kurdistan, Kurds, Middle East, Syria | 2 Comments

"Without me, there will be civil war, there will be chaos:" The last card of unpopular dictators

Posted on by Minhaj Akreyi

Hosni Mubarak, the ousted president of Egypt who ruled for 30 years, is said to have accumulated $70 billion from corruption and Egypt has been under Emergency Law as long. Under the law, the police power was extended, constitutional rights …

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Egyptians are using Google Moderator to contemplate about new Egypt

Posted on by Ahmed Zidan (Egypt)

Egyptian netizens, both in in Egypt and abroad, have started weaving their ideas about a new and better Egypt using Google Moderator. The page was initiated by Wael Ghonim, Google’s marketing executive, who has been a very popular face of …

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Education enhances conflict in Sudan

Posted on by Wamith Al-Kassab (Iraq)

Education often creates peace and reconciliation. In Sudan, the schools reinforced the deep and bloody conflict between north and south.In Sudan, education is an engine for the division between south and north, because the ideological differences are so large, An …

Posted in Culture and Society, Education, News and Politics, Ridiculous, Sudan | 3 Comments

Pakistanis The Best

Posted on by Shazli Gujjar (Pakistan)

If we don’t know the person we don’t know about its virtuous things we only have a blurred picture of his on our minds & if we listen to rumour then we firstly like to confirm it what we listen …

Posted in Creativity, Current Events, Economy, Education, History, Islam, Middle East, Pakistan, Politics, Women, Youth | 2 Comments

Life Lessons from Trees!

Posted on by Anas Aljumaily

A failed day is a day that you sleep as good of a person as you woke up. That’s the definition a failed day for those of us who are aware of time and the way in which it drives …

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