Politics Not As Usual

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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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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A Mayor’s Courage: Bloomberg Continues To Fight For Park 51

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Until this whole Park 51 Community Center controversy exploded, I really did not know much, or really have any strong feelings about New York’s Mayor, Michael Bloomberg. However, over the course of the past few weeks as this Islamic Community Center controversy continues to get out of control, nothing has moved me or been made

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‘Means Girls’: How Women Make The Game Harder For Each Other

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Who was the “mean girl” in your high school? Do you remember the girl who ruled the hallways and mastered the art of bullying and making your life hell? This kind of girl, or rather usually pack of girls, is pretty much a high school staple, explaining why the blockbuster movie, “Mean Girls” from a

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A Woman Like Benazir

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This month, the United Nations Commission of Inquiry investigating the death of Benazir Bhutto released a report which tells us nothing we did not already know: The 2007 assassination of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Bhutto could have been prevented if the government of then President Pervez Musharraf had provided her with “adequate security”. Thank you,

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