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Lydia Beyoud

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A recent graduate with a B.A. in International Studies, Lydia lives in Portland, Oregon with her Moroccan husband and hopes to pursue a career in writing, publishing and French translation.

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12 May 2008

Moroccan Student in Lebanon Chronicles Life in the Middle of Political Crisis

Written by Lydia Beyoud · Middle East & North Africa

Manal, a Moroccan student at the American University of Beirut, blogs firsthand accounts of life in the middle of Lebanon's political crisis.

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2 May 2008

Morocco: Rage and sadness at this weekend's Casablanca factory fires

Written by Lydia Beyoud · Middle East & North Africa

This weekend saw two deadly fires, one in a mattress and another in a textile factory, break out in Morocco's economic capital, Casablanca. Dozens of people died from asphyxia after being locked into their workplace by employers. The Moroccan blogosphere responds with questions and expressions of anger and sadness.

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16 April 2008

Maghreb netizens respond to 8 year-old Yemeni girl's petition for divorce

Written by Lydia Beyoud · Middle East & North Africa

Tunisian blogger Stupeur!! Un nouveu depart!! (Stupor!! A New Beginning!!) responds to a Yemen Times article about an 8 year-old girl who is trying to file for divorce from a 30 year-old man she says her father forced her to marry.

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15 April 2008

Morocco: Hands off my Muezzin!

Written by Lydia Beyoud · Middle East & North Africa

Robin des Blogs received over a dozen comments on his post about a minister in the Moroccan government who has asked muezzins in mosques adjoining tourist areas not to do...

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11 April 2008

Prison Break, Moroccan Style

Written by Lydia Beyoud · Morocco

On Tuesday morning, 9 inmates and suspected terrorists escaped from a Moroccan jail. Moroccan bloggers used every pun and reference from the American television show, Prison Break, to describe their shock and disbelief.

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21 March 2008

Moroccans Celebrate Eid el Mawlid en-Nabaoui, the Prophet's Birthday

Written by Lydia Beyoud · Morocco

Eid el Mawlid en-Nabaoui, or the Celebration of the Prophet Muhammed's Birth took place yesterday in Morocco and throughout much of the Sunni Muslim world. It's an official holiday in...

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