Montly Archive March 2019
No IS Kids Left Behind: Tajikistan To Repatriate Dozens Of Islamic State Children From Iraq
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RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY By Farangis Najibullah Authorities in Dushanbe say there 92 Tajik children stranded in iraq. (file photo) As Islamic State’s attempt to establish a caliphate crumbles, many countries are […]
Saturday، 23 March، 2019You Should Be Worrying about the Woman Shortage
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We are learning right now what happens when the sex ratio becomes wildly out of whack, through a huge unintended experiment.
Saturday، 23 March، 2019New analysis ‘Women Here Are Very, Very Worried’
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Afghan women used to be championed by almost everyone. Now they’re all but forgotten.
Saturday، 23 March، 2019Homes Lost and Lives Trampled, Rural Afghans Urgently Want Peace
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Nearly half of the country that is caught between the two sides of the seesawing conflict. The constant fighting has deprived these rural Afghans of most of the improvements — schools and institutions — at the center of concerns over peace negotiations.
Friday، 15 March، 2019Video: A Kiss For My Vote: Afghan Candidates Talk Of Harassment
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Video: A Kiss For My Vote: Afghan Candidates Talk Of Harassment
Friday، 15 March، 2019Afghan Taliban Open To Women’s Rights – But Only On Its Terms
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Afghan Taliban Open To Women’s Rights – But Only On Its Terms
Friday، 15 March، 2019“A thousand girls like me ” a film about injustice and overcomming
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A new film titled “A Thousand Girls Like Me” by filmmaker Sahra Mosawi-Mani tells Khatera’s story as she tries to overcome and heal.
Friday، 15 March، 2019Can feminism be Islamic?
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Islamic feminism is a relatively new concept and not without controversy. Indeed many wonder whether it is possible to reconcile feminism with Islam – a religion critics regard as inherently patriarchal.
Monday، 4 March، 2019The white perspective
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Cultural arrogance has long been a feature of Western journalism and it continues to flourish. But can journalists really describe the world from the perspective of a Yemeni housewife, a shepherdess in Bhutan or an elderly Senegalese fisherman?
Monday، 4 March، 2019Children are the first to pay for our wars
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In “Capernaum”, Nadine Labaki tells the dismal story of Zain, a boy living on the streets of Beirut. She calls the system behind it “modern slavery”.
Monday، 4 March، 2019