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News and stories from the Arab world, the Mediterranean and Europe, from the point of view of 20 women who met for the first time in November 2007, in Alexandria, Egypt

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Egypte: les rebelles de la Toile

March 11th, 2009 · 2 Comments

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LE CAIRE ENVOYÉ SPÉCIAL
C‘est une vidéo qui retourne le coeur. Un jeune homme de 21 ans pleure comme un enfant. Il va bientôt hurler sa douleur. Courte barbe noire, cheveux courts frisés, belle gueule, Imad El-Kebir est plié en deux sur un sol [...]

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Tags: Community Development · Human Rights · War & Conflict · Youth

Why Mika isn’t really Lebanese…

August 5th, 2008 · 3 Comments

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Those who thought the singer who entertained thousands last week in Martyrs Square was Lebanese are mistaken.
Indeed, Mika was born in Beirut to an American father and a Lebanese mother: Lebanese law does not allow Lebanese women to pass down nationality to their children.
So the [...]

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Gender · Human Rights · Photo · Politics · Society · Youth · music · women

Human Rights Watch World Report 2008

January 31st, 2008 · No Comments

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“It seems Washington and European governments will accept even the most dubious election so long as the ‘victor’ is a strategic or commercial ally”. The statement belongs to the executive director of Human Rights Watch, Kenneth Roth.

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Tags: Human Rights

J’ai 10 ans et je travaille!

January 18th, 2008 · 4 Comments

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Selon un article paru le 16 Janvier 2008 au journal de Rosalyoussef no. 759, “le gouvernement égyptien vient de lancer à Sohag, Assyout et Bani Sweif (trois gouvernorats au Sud de l’Egypte), un projet d’entrainement professionel graduel pour limiter le phénomène du travail des enfants. [...]

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Tags: Human Rights · Society · Youth

Bhutto, another victim of freedom

December 27th, 2007 · No Comments

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Today is a tragic day for the world and for all those who support democracy, freedom and human rights. Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan’s opposition leader, was shot in the neck today before being bombed in a suicidal attack, 2 weeks before the elections. 20 were killed and many [...]

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Tags: Arts & Culture · History · Politics · War & Conflict

Shahinaz story on Greek Tv

December 19th, 2007 · 6 Comments

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In Egypt, blogging has evolved within the past years to a shaper of the political agenda. Hundreds of Egyptian bloggers are trying to raise their voices of opposition via the internet, eluding government’ s censorship and embarrasing the regime. One of them, 29 years old [...]

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Tags: Human Rights · Politics · Technology · Video · Youth

“Torture by proxy”

December 5th, 2007 · 1 Comment

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In the Holy “War on Terrorism” the USA performed kidnapping for persons that seems to be related to Al-Qaida or any Islamic Radical movement.
The USA then renders them to a country where they were tortured in order to get information.

“Rendition”, is a new [...]

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Tags: Human Rights · Photo · Politics · Video