It is the second anniversary of the August 17, 2010 amendment to article 59 of the Lebanese Labor Law which constituted a betrayal of Palestinian refugees by Lebanese politicians. Before the vote, across the political spectrum were heard promises to enact legislation granting the elementary civil rights to work and to own a home in Lebanon. This country is the only one on earth that denies Palestinian refugees the basic right to work or even to own a home.
What Edward Really Said
Few contemporary thinkers have been more revered and reviled than Palestinian-American professor Edward Said. Said was widely misread and misunderstood by friend and foe alike, but a new book illuminates much of what is most important, and also problematic, about Said's work.
Anger as Iran bans women from universities
Female students in Iran have been barred from more than 70 university degree courses in an officially-approved act of sex-discrimination which critics say is aimed at defeating the fight for equal women's rights.
3:17PM BST 20 Aug 2012
It is the second anniversary of the August 17, 2010 amendment to article 59 of the Lebanese Labor Law which constituted a betrayal of Palestinian refugees by Lebanese politicians. Before the vote, across the political spectrum were heard promises to enact legislation granting the elementary civil rights to work and to own a home in Lebanon. This country is the only one on earth that denies Palestinian refugees the basic right to work or even to own a home.
What Edward Really Said
Few contemporary thinkers have been more revered and reviled than Palestinian-American professor Edward Said. Said was widely misread and misunderstood by friend and foe alike, but a new book illuminates much of what is most important, and also problematic, about Said's work.
It is the second anniversary of the August 17, 2010 amendment to article 59 of the Lebanese Labor Law which constituted a betrayal of Palestinian refugees by Lebanese politicians. Before the vote, across the political spectrum were heard promises to enact legislation granting the elementary civil rights to work and to own a home in Lebanon. This country is the only one on earth that denies Palestinian refugees the basic right to work or even to own a home.
What Edward Really Said
Anger as Iran bans women from universities
Female students in Iran have been barred from more than 70 university degree courses in an officially-approved act of sex-discrimination which critics say is aimed at defeating the fight for equal women's rights.
3:17PM BST 20 Aug 2012
KABOOM
Everyone calm down: Israel is not going to bomb Iran. Well, at least not in 2012.
BY AARON DAVID MILLER | AUGUST 20, 2012
On Chinese Beaches, The Face-Kini Is In Fashion
In China, it's the height of beach season for Qingdao's huge Huiquan Beach. But while many visitors want to enjoy the sand and water, they're not so wild about sunbathing. So they often rely on a local tradition: the face-kini.
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