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Although the practice of wearing hijab has been around since pre-Islamic times, the debate surrounding it has increased in recent years. Whereas in some countries, hijab is mandated, in others, it has been banned in schools, workplaces, and sometimes altogether. But whether required or forbidden, Muslim women's dress is almost always a topic of hot debate.
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Sean's Russia Blog writes about Vasily Krima, “the first Afro-Russian to run for public office” - here and here.
Notes on Moldova's repeat election - at Scraps of Moscow, Eternal Remont and Robert Amsterdam's Blog.
Egyptian blogger Zeinobia reacts to a mistake on Fox News, where Egypt is placed on a map instead of Iraq. Our Morocco author Jillian C York makes a similar observation here.
Eternal Remont writes about PM Vladimir Putin's recent interaction with Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's widow.
Foreign Policy Association's War Crimes blog posts an update on Ratko Mladic.
EurActiv.com visits Kyiv and talks to Hryhoriy Nemyrya, Ukraine’s vice PM, in charge of relations with Europe: questions are here, Nemyrya's responses - here, a shorter summary - here.
On July 26, LJ user dobrokhotov wrote (RUS) about a rally in front of the Iranian embassy in Moscow, organized by the Russian democratic youth movement “We” in support of Iran's opposition: “[…] The main thing is we'd like the Iranian opposition to go on chanting ‘margbar putin' - but, from now on, not ‘[margbar russiye]'.” LJ user oleg_kozyrev added: “[…] I would prefer that ‘margbar' isn't chanted at all.”
Gratis Hasta Puñaladas [es] is a new blog dedicated to sharing information about events and activities around the city that are free.
The Mexico City district of Santa Fe is “Mexico's Dubai” and characterized by its commercialization boom and high-end shopping, but which is also surrounded by many of the city's slums writes Daniel Hernandez of Intersections.
Well,some of people in our country had an idiot mind..We all know that DIVORCED is not on the bible or...
As long as the majority of the vectors of opinions and/or decisions, (politics, political analysts and journalists ), in of...
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Nice post Aparna. Good to see that Kolkata men and women are organizing against street sexual harassment. Kathmandu organized its...