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West Asia
Egyptian activists protest for women against sexual harassment
An Egyptian woman activist holds a knife while taking part in a protest for women against sexual harassment and against the Islamist dominated Shura Council for blaming women for the attacks against them, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. Arabic in the background reads “Shura Council gives the harassment…
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West Asia
[Novel] The Road to Shamawes ④
[5] A whole day may pass without seeing her. He gets up early in the morning, according to his thirty – year biological clock. He waits to her in the horizon cross the green path on her way back from the village of Shamawes. She cuts her heart, as a…
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East Asia
Starlight in the Desert: Recommendations for ‘Kuwaiti Woman’ by Souad Al Sabah
– Poet Ko Un My eyes suddenly opened! Souad Al Sabah’s poems float upon the long river of time. The sounds of truth are sloshing about. Souad Al Sabah’s poems conceive the sunset’s horizon reminiscing over the midday sun. The cries of her poems are only possible as a mother.…
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East Asia
‘Arabic Scent of Poetry’ Delivered in Korean
Kuwaiti Woman by Dr. Souad Al Sabah: the First Kuwaiti Poems Published in Korea “My eyes suddenly opened! Souad Al Sabah’s poems float upon the long river of time. The sounds of truth are sloshing about. Souad Al Sabah’s poems conceive the sunset’s horizon reminiscing over the midday sun. ……
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West Asia
Street battles waged in Cairo on second anniversary of Mubarak’s ouster
An Egyptian protester runs to throw a tear gas canister back at riot police, not seen, during clashes next to the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. Security forces sprayed protesters with water hoses and tear gas outside the presidential palace Monday as Egyptians marked the second…
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People run away at a car bomb explosion at Turkey-Syria border region
People run away at the Cilvegozu customs gate at the Turkey-Syria border near Reyhanli, Hatay, Turkey, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, minutes after a car bomb exploded. Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said 12 people died and 28 were wounded and taken to hospitals in Turkey. People and ambulances seen…
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Yemeni people mark second anniversary of unrest with street parade in Sanaa
Yemeni protesters take part in a parade marking the second anniversary of the 2011 unrest in Sanaa, Yemen, Feb. 11, 2013. <Xinhua/Mohammed Mohammed>
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Supporters of Mubarak stage rally on second anniversary of his ouster in Cairo
Supporters of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak display his photographs during a small rally on the second anniversary of his stepping down from power in front of the Mostafa Mahmoud Mosque in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. Egypt has been gripped by political turmoil since Mubarak’s ouster in the…
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West Asia
Assad meets with his supporters when rebels captured Syria’s largest dam
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad, center left, meets with a delegation of Jordanian political activists, lawyers, doctors and engineers in support of him, in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. Syrian rebels captured the country’s largest dam on Monday after…
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Palestinians register their names at voter registration stations in their territories
Palestinians wait to register their names at a voter registration center in Gaza City on Feb. 11, 2013. Voter registration stations opened Monday in the Palestinian territories, including the Gaza Strip for the first time since Islamic Hamas movement seized control of the area in 2007. Palestinian women register their…
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