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The Fight for Democracy: How Protests in Egypt & Iran Shatter Myths About Muslim Women

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Anyone remember what one of the most striking images to surface from Iran’s uprising last summer over the fallout from the country’s so-called elections were? Iranian women protesting. The world was shocked to see Iranians, 70% of whom are under that age of 25 yrs old, pour onto the streets demanding their votes be counted. […]

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Your Breast Face Forward: The Controversy Over Nursing Your Newborn

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I never understood the controversy over breastfeeding. In fact, until I moved to the States, I did not even know there was such a controversy over feeding your child with your breast. Is that not what they are meant for anyway? Apparently not. Though this beautiful image of Supermodel Miranda Kerr breastfeeding her newborn son,

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Fairytales: How Our Fantasies Harm Us

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkP6MACtnww] What is the trouble with fairytales? Last week, I tried to answer precisely this question after analyzing how the media was having a field day with every fairytale metaphor they could get their hands on. Last night, I spoke with Thoma Hartmann on Russia Today’s, “The Big Picture.” He asked me about my thoughts

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Getting Over Eve: Lebanese Murder Exposes Society’s Double-Standards

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Two years ago, when Lebanese pop star Suzanne Tamim was found dead with her throat slit open in her apartment in Dubai, few could have imagined that her ex-boyfriend, wealthy married Egyptian tycoon, Hisham Talaat Moustafa would not only be the prime suspect, but pretty much get away with murder. Literally. So how does the

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Kate Middleton & the Trouble With Fairytales

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Last week when news of Prince William’s engagement to long-time girlfriend Kate Middleton broke, I didn’t really have a reaction. After eight years of waiting around for her boyfriend (does it make a difference that he happens to be the future King of England?), I was happy for Kate that she finally got the ring

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Nobody’s ‘Basket Case:’ Bangladesh Leads The Muslim World by Example

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Former National Security Adviser and US Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger never supported the liberation of Bangladesh, famously declaring in 1971, the year Bangladesh won its independence from Pakistan, that “the place is and always will be a basket case.” In the years that followed it seemed as though Bangladesh had succumbed to this dehumanization.

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The Arab Emirates: Where It’s Okay To Beat Your Wife and Kids

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Seems like Emiratis have been working so hard over the past decade to make sure one main message gets across to the International Community: we are modern, we have money, come build in our desert. Not enough water for you? We will import it in. Too hot for your liking? We will fly in snow

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