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		<title>Ech Chenna: a Princess of Hearts</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:36:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hisham</dc:creator>
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“I had just come off of maternity leave. This young girl (a single mother) was in an office near mine breast feeding her baby. The social worker came in, gave her a piece of paper to sign and pulled the baby away (to be placed in an orphanage or up for adoption). I remember [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=almiraatblog.wordpress.com&blog=5470474&post=1265&subd=almiraatblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Morocco: Back to Square One</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:06:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hisham</dc:creator>
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&#8220;As you prepare for the Forum for the Future in Marrakesh next week, we’d like to bring to your attention a sharp spike in government repression in the host country, Morocco. The Committee to Protect Journalists, has documented an aggressive crackdown on independent news outlets and journalists that has occurred over the last five [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=almiraatblog.wordpress.com&blog=5470474&post=1236&subd=almiraatblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ben Barka&#8217;s Nightmare</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:03:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hisham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arab Affairs]]></category>
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&#8220;Once upon a time, there was a Sultan who had a beautiful elephant, whom he adored. Much to the dismay of the local population, the animal wandered freely in the city of Fez, causing every day, enormous damage. Gathering all their courage, the people of Fez decided to send a delegation to the palace [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=almiraatblog.wordpress.com&blog=5470474&post=1210&subd=almiraatblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>{Fake} Interview with Ben Ali</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hisham</dc:creator>
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Exploring the Archetype of an Arab Dictator&#8217;s Mind
 
What is the point of conducting an election, like the one run in Tunisia today, when the results are known in advance? And why Ben Ali, like all other Arab despots, cling to their position so shamelessly and ferociously, when the world knows exactly how ruthless [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=almiraatblog.wordpress.com&blog=5470474&post=1187&subd=almiraatblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Action Day: Reclaiming Air and Earth</title>
		<link>http://almiraatblog.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/air-and-earth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hisham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Affairs]]></category>

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When I set about to write a post under Blog Action Day, which this year focuses on climate change, I wanted to do so through a personal experience. Whilst the following, I have to shamefully admit, has only partially something to do with climate change per se, it is an account of my genuine [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=almiraatblog.wordpress.com&blog=5470474&post=1147&subd=almiraatblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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