This is an interesting development that I have observed over the years. During the past decade, there was so much focus on the importance of education for women but not enough on work after graduation. This article lays out important statistics and graphs on the reality of women employment in the Middle East.
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A great article by Robert Worth on the dangers and consequences of events taking place in North Africa. It is indicative that even countries like Mali have become havens for Jihadists and their reach is wide as crossing borders and chaos increases.
"The crisis in Mali is not likely to end soon, with the militants ensconcing themselves among local people and digging fortifications. It could also test the fragile new governments of Libya and its neighbors, in a region where any Western military intervention arouses bitter colonial memories and provides a rallying cry for Islamists."
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Ben Affleck is interviewed by Fresh Air's host Terry Gross. The movie has won awards at the Golden Globes. "The film, which Affleck produced and in which he also stars, is the mostly true story of the CIA operative who helmed the rescue of six U.S. diplomats who managed to escape at the outset of the 1979 Iran crisis that held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days after militants took over the American Embassy in Tehran. Affleck, a Middle Eastern studies major in college, was a child when the crisis happened and does not remember the news coverage."
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