February 2012
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This weekend was another anniversary - Iraqi...
Most of you probably aren’t aware that the 25th of February is the first anniversary of Iraq’s designated hashtag protest day. Protests of course had been going on there since 2003 but their most recent resurgence had started a couple of weeks before this, though they were completely ignored by almost all press and didn’t make most media roundups (I’m looking at you...
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7 worst international aid ideas →
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lysscglobal:
Maybe their hearts were in the right place. Maybe not. Either way, these are solid contenders for the title of “worst attempts at helping others since colonialism.”
1. One million t-shirts for Africa
2. TOMS Buy-One-Give-One
…dumping shoes in places where people might otherwise be employed to make them.
3. Machine gun preacher
Problems with Sam Childers, the...
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timelordtechnology:
Ottawa’s relationship with Assembly of First... →
digitaldrum:
Manitoba chiefs have joined those in Saskatchewan in condemning an action plan to improve the lives of native people, saying it was crafted without their input by the Assembly of First Nations and the federal government.
Read More (click headline)…
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“Between treacherous chants and pseudonymous identities, Syria has become a web...”
– The Real Me and the Hypothetical Syrian Revolution - Part 1 by Amal Hanano via Jadaliyya
Amal Hanano has been nailing it on Jadaliyya these past few weeks. She gives a perspective on the situation in Syria that only a Syrian can give, and that is absolutely crucial in understanding what is...
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Half of Aden polling booths seized, Yemeni... →
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عاش اشعب: Hey, hi, hello! A friendly reminder when... →
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sharquaouia:
“But at its heart it [terrorism] is an Arab phenomenon, born in the failures of that region.”
“But at its heart it [terrorism] is an Arab phenomenon, born in the failures of that region.”
My hatred of him knows no bounds, but I mean it’s not like I’m going to take anyone seriously that goes to...
“I condemn slavery with the utmost vehemence, but the fact that my remote...”
– Richard Dawkins on his family’s connections with the slave trade.
pretty sure the “Dawkins family estate, consisting of 161 hectares in Oxfordshire …bought in part with wealth amassed through sugar plantations and slave ownership” counts as something to do with him
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Anthony Shadid dies in Syria: read his legacy of... →
achichi-javier:
Anthony Shadid, a Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent, died at the age of 43 in Syria, while reporting for the New York Times. A beloved and brilliant writer, Shadid spent his two-decade career reporting for the Boston Globe, the Times and The Washington Post in the Middle East. He was also the author of three books, including “House of Stone,”due out this March.
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That Sassy Arab: JUST IN: Icon of Syrian uprising... →
thatsassyarab:
From Al Jazeera’s liveblog:
Security forces arrested blogger Razan Ghazzawi, icon of the 11-month uprising in Syria, along with rights activist Mazen Darwish and 12 others, opposition figures said.
Human rights lawyer Anwar Bunni said Ghazzawi was arrested in an early afternoon raid on…
Again :/
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I am in a mood right now.
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Jadaliyya | Political Movements in Bahrain: Past,... →
One year ago, online activists called for a “February 14 Revolution” on the tiny island of Bahrain. Although the ongoing mass protests might come as a surprise for some, political movements in Bahrain and the wider Arabian Gulf have a long history that stretches back a hundred years. To place these movements in context, it is necessary to delve back in history to better understand the...
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I have a feeling that some good will come out of this mess….
flummoxedbird:
Subsidise This is a documentary that explores the impact of the recent increase in fuel prices on the less privileged in Nigeria and their reactions to the removal of the fuel subsidy. Featuring and co-produced by Rotimi Thomas and directed and edited by Ruyi Irabor, Creative...
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Witness Bahrain →
An international solidarity blog with reports from the ground. By the way if you missed it the US resumed arms sales to the al-Khalifa dynasty state the other day and there’s a petition up there demanding they stop that.
UAE Red Crescent campaign for the Syrian Refugees →
leaveobashar:
#UAE Red Crescent campaign for the #Syrian Refugees
Donations goto Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Jordan.
The donation campaing began on Saturday at 8.00 pm, and lasts until Monday night 12am. So far AED 5.5million has been raised. We would like to thank the UAE government and people for standing by the Syrian people. Easy Steps For Donation:
Select your mobile operator and...
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Fallujah babies: Under a new kind of siege | Al... →
Doctors and residents blame US weapons for catastrophic levels of birth defects in Fallujah’s newborns.
While the US military has formally withdrawn from Iraq, doctors and residents of Fallujah are blaming weapons like depleted uranium and white phosphorous used during two devastating US attacks on Fallujah in 2004 for what are being described as “catastrophic” levels of...
“Jafaar’s voice sounds distraught. With connections severed from Homs, he didn’t...”
– Jadaliyya | While You Were Sleeping, Again by Amal Hanano
No words. Just a warning before clicking the link, the article contains graphic footage.
(via sharquaouia)
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