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Με έλεγαν Farinaz Khosravani, ήμουν 26 ετών, καμαριέρα

By Elahe Amani Audre Lorde, feminist scholar of 1970s once said, “Your silence will not protect you”  and women globally know this reality. While gender justice has moved closer from margin to the center of global agenda particularly during the last 40 years, still patriarchal power structure is deep rooted in many parts of the world. One …

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Muslim Leader Declares Husbands Can Eat Their Wives If They Get Really Hungry

On the heels of a fatwa declaring Muslims may now use toilet paper instead of rocks to wipe their asses, the Muslim religion is upping the ante of modernity in declaring husbands may eat their wives. The decree came from Saudi Arabia’s highest religious authority, the great Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Sheikh. Of course, …

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Khalida Jarrar Solidarity Campaign: Free Khalida Jarrar!

UPDATE, April 5, 2:30 pm: Khalida Jarrar, Palestinian leader, parliamentarian and feminist, has been issued a six-month administrative detention order imprisoning her without charge or trial, at the behest of the Israeli military commander in the West Bank, reported Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association – Jarrar’s lawyers – on April 5. Mahmoud Hassan, lawyer with Addameer …

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Kobané libérée par les combattants-tes Kurdes

Après quatre mois de combats, les combattantes et les combattants kurdes de Kobané, dans le Nord de la Syrie, viennent de chasser l’Organisation de l’Etat islamique (Daesh) et de libérer la ville. C’est une victoire de la liberté et de l’égalité réalisée aux prix d’immenses sacrifices des YPG du PKK, de l’ensemble du peuple kurde …

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