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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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Encore lui?

April 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment

En regardant la photo de Zapatero et sa nouvelle (et enceinte) ministre de la défense, je rêve d’un pays normal.
Demain c’est les élections en Italie et cette fois, cela peut se faire.
Le candidat du parti démocrate, Walter Veltroni, a mené un brillante campagne électorale, sans jamais prononcer le nom “du principal représentant du parti […]

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Tags: Personal · Politics · Society

It is still a man’s…parliament

March 6th, 2008 · No Comments

In the centre-right government of Greek prime minister Costas Karamanlis, there are only 3 women ministers, but they hold some of the most important government portfolios. Dora Bakoyannis for example is the first woman Foreign Minister of Greece. The other two prominent women are in charge of the Ministry of Employment and Social Protection, Minister […]

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Tags: Gender · Politics

Premier Prisonnier Facebook!

March 5th, 2008 · No Comments

Fouad Mourtada est un jeune ingénieur fraichement diplômé qui fait partie de la communauté Facebook. Sur Facebook, il a usurpé la personne du prince Moulay Rachi, frère du Roi du Maroc. Il s’est amusé avec et a retenu un bon nombre d’amis en mettant sa photo et en parlant en son nom. Cette usurpation lui […]

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Tags: Politics · Technology · Youth

Hillary still on track

March 5th, 2008 · No Comments

M.P. made the question: will the second Super Tuesday in Democrat’s primary elections are going to be Hillary Clinton Waterloo? After and exhausting electoral night and several predictions in that sense, the final answer is no, she survived the test and is still on the race to the White House. The former first lady won […]

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Tags: Politics

Will Texas and Ohio’s primaries be her Waterloo?

March 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Hillary Clinton is fighting for her bid for President and her political survival, after 11 straight wins by her Democratic rival Barack Obama. New York’s senator needs desperately clean victories in Texas and Ohio to keep her candidacy alive. According to the last opinion polls, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are struggling on […]

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Tags: Politics · Society

Damas 2008: une grande occasion pour la Syrie, part II

January 31st, 2008 · No Comments

Sujet delicat souleve par CP. Il est tres important de ne jamais faire d’amalgame entre un peuple et son regime politique. Meme si on dit communement qu’on a que les dirigeants qu’on merite. Mais la dictature est ce qu’elle est. Et Michel Kilo est toujours en prison, comme d’autres resistants syriens.
Le choix de Damas comme […]

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Human Rights · Politics · Society

Damas 2008: une grande occasion pour la Syrie

January 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Damas a été récemment nommée capitale culturel du monde arabe pour l’an 2008. La Ligue arabe a choisi la capitale syrienne, qui succède à Alger capitale en 2007. A Damas se dérouleront dans les mois prochains des importantes initiatives, qui vont voir la participation d’artistes et intellectuels de tous les coins du monde. Tous ces […]

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Human Rights · Politics · Society

Rethinking politics…

January 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments

When you are just a normal citizen/journalist and you’re trying your best to understand politics, you soon discover that even the old, bald and fat men are actually like children. All they really want is attention, so they start talking and talking for hours and you as a young female start wondering if you didn’t […]

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Tags: Humour · Personal · Politics

“Sex, lies and DVDs”

January 8th, 2008 · No Comments

It is not the title of a popular Hollywood movie but it describes the affair that shocked the political world of Greece and is embarrassing the government for the last three weeks. The scandal broke after former culture ministry general secretary Christos Zachopoulos resigned last month and then tried to kill himself, apparently because he […]

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Tags: Politics · Sexuality · Society

Bhutto, another victim of freedom

December 27th, 2007 · No Comments

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 injured in this attack. Another sad bloody page in the […]

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