February Newsletter - pt II
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The Middle East Alliance Newsletter
February - pt II
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Greetings from the Middle East Alliance!
We've had a lot of great updates to the site recently, and we are excited to share some of them with you here. In this issue we feature bloggers from Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Oman, and Saudi Arabia.
As always, thank you to the bloggers who have donated their time to this project.
Best regards,
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Understanding the Hijab
From Saudi blogger Saudi Revelations: For some, the word hijab means an Islamic practice imposed on Muslim women and symbolizes a form of, or perhaps, an excuse to oppress women. For others, it is what differentiates between a Muslim woman and a non-Muslim woman, and what distinguishes between a "good" Muslim woman and a "bad" Muslim one...click here to read more.
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Don't Get Them Wrong Please!
 From Iraqi blogger Baghdad's Kassakhoon: Who can make more than £13 million in five days? Yes, you are right, he's our friend Ashti Hawrami, the Minister of Natural Resources in Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government who himself a "British businessman." The latest in Hawrami's scandals came today in a story... click here to read more.
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From Lebanese blogger Beirut2Bayside:I'm a bit late in posting this, but here's my piece in NOW Lebanon from Tuesday on Obama's incoherent Syria move. I argue that the Syria "policy" is neither a policy nor is it about Syria. It's an incoherent tactical move resulting from Obama's floundering Iran policy...click here to read.
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From Saudi blogger Susie: The two week women's boycott of buying lingerie in Saudi Arabia has completed its first week, and I found it interesting that the only newpaper article I could find since the boycott began on February 13th was a negative one in the... click here to read more.
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From Iranian blogger Pedestrian: If you're a young Iranian, chances are, that more than anything else, more than protests or Ahmadinejad or forced veiling, you have one thing on your mind:konkoor. The yearly university entrance exams... click here to read more.
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From Omani blogger MiddleEastNomad: I met with an expat water and soil expert today who blamed many of Oman's political problems on her culture. Not in a critical or mean-spirited way. More in the I'm-depressed-and-I've-lived-here-13-years-and-I-just-don't-expect-any-changes-soon, kind of way... click here to read more.
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From Iraqi blogger The Iraqi Future:If you have any previous blog post of mine about Kurdistan, you would've seen that I am a supporter of the Kurdish cause, you know, uniting their torn nation under one state unit. I also acknowledge that Arabs haven't been the friendliest to Kurds in the past few decades...click here to read more.
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