In the context of the international campaign «Poetry Against Arms» (http://www.poetry-against-arms.world/) and the Global Campaign on Military Spending (http://demilitarize.org/), we organized on Sunday 23/04/2017 in Athens, Greece, the action «Social instead of Military Spending», in front of the Greek Parliament, the organisations: World Without Wars and Violence (http://www.kosmosxorispolemous.gr/), Association of Conscientious Objectors (http://www.antirrisies.gr/), Service Civil …
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Joint Statement 6 Apr 2017 The mob-sexual assault that took place in the early hours of Friday 31 March 2017 in Qawmia area in Zagazig city in Sharkia governorate against a university student confirms the continuance of these crimes and their endemic nature in the Egyptian public sphere. The Egyptian state had adopted several policies …
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Άγιος ο έρωτας – 2004 Στίχοι: Διονύσης Καρατζάς Έφεδρος Αύγουστος αυτοκτόνησε απόβραδο αγάπης. Θάλασσα ορχηστρική κατευοδώνει την ψυχή του στον Κάτω Ουρανό των χαμένων φεγγαριών. Κι οι νεοσύλλεκτοι μήνες του φθινοπώρου ορκίζονται στο Σύνταγμα της νύχτας σε στάση προσευχής: Άγιος ο Έρωτας άγιος ο Καημός άγιος ο Θάνατος ελέησον ημάς. Κόκκινα τα συναισθήματα …
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They’ve faced death threats but they won’t stop. Say hello to Afghanistan’s first all-female orchestra.
As a demographic, Iranian women spend about $2 million on beauty products every year. These dual portraits offer unique views of contemporary Iranian women age 14-30. Photographs and text by Mona Hoobehfekr Wearing a hijab became compulsory in Iran during the first few months after the Islamic Revolution in 1979. Since then, women, and especially …
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