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As usual, the latest Qantara.de newsletter tells you what's new on
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Kind regards,
Lewis Gropp
Qantara.de
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POLITICS
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***Lebanese Peace Deal in Doha: Doubts about the Stability of the
Compromise Are Justified***
The pro-Western government in Lebanon and Hezbollah have reached an
agreement on the formation of a new government and a new electoral
law. Peter Philipp is skeptical
http://qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-476/_nr-981/i.html
***Commentary by Avi Primor: The Key to Peace Lies in Damascus***
It's now official: Israel and Syria are holding indirect peace talks.
A peace agreement between the two countries could break Iran's
dangerous influence in the region, says Avi Primor, former Israeli
Ambassador to Germany
http://www.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-476/_nr-979/i.html
***Political and Economic Crisis in Yemen: On the Brink***
Fighting in the north, food riots, and shocking child marriages are
currently drawing media attention to an obviously unstable country
which has long been heading for collapse. Philipp Schweers reports
from Sana'a
http://qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-476/_nr-980/i.html
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SOCIETY
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***The Rule of Law in Afghanistan: Many Women Are Unaware of Their
Rights***
Three distinct judicial systems are in force in Afghanistan: the
official courts, the traditional jirgas and Islamic scholarship. The
country's constitution stresses the importance of international
standards such as the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
while jirgas and religious leaders largely ignore them. Michael
Nienhaus reports
http://www.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-478/_nr-765/i.html
***The Transparent Penzberg Mosque: No Longer in the Backyard***
Almost whenever plans are made to build a mosque in Germany, there's
a heated debate. But in the Bavarian town of Penzberg, a new mosque
has had a positive influence on the way in which Muslims and
Christians live together. Francisca Zecher reports
http://www.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-478/_nr-763/i.html
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CULTURE
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***Interview with SAID: No Straight Whiskey for the Detective
German-Persian author Said has just published a new collection of
poems. Here he talks to Claudia Mende about his "Psalms", the Teheran
of his childhood and the problems facing the cultural scene in Iran
today
http://qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-310/_nr-530/i.htmll
***Tom Reiss: On the Trail of Essad Bey: The Transformation Artist***
Essad Bey was a German-speaking writer of Jewish-Russian origin, who
converted to Islam in 1922 and later passed himself off as a Muslim
prince in Nazi Germany. With "The Orientalist," Tom Reiss offers
readers a fantastic biography. Sonja Hegasy introduces the book
http://www.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-310/_nr-531/i.html
***A Musical Traveler: Muammer Ketencoğlu: Building New Bridges with
Music***
When Rebetiko and Balkan music is spoken of in Turkey, the name of
the virtuoso accordionist Muammer Ketencoğlu is inevitably
mentioned. Every week on the radio the folk music scholar takes his
listeners "to the other side of the Danube" – with great success. A
portrait by Tuba Tunçak
http://www.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-310/_nr-529/i.html
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Dialogue with the Islamic World"; Qantara.de is sponsored by Deutsche
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Education and the Institute for Foreign Relations; the portal is
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Sign the Petition : Release the Arrested University Teachers Immediately : An Appeal to the Caretaker Government of Bangladesh
http://www.mukto-mona.com/human_rights/university_teachers_arrest.htm
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Daily Star publishes an interview with Mukto-Mona
http://www.mukto-mona.com/news/daily_star/daily_star_MM.pdf
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MM site is blocked in Islamic countries such as UAE. Members of those theocratic states, kindly use any proxy (such as http://proxy.org/) to access mukto-mona.
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Mukto-Mona Celebrates 5th Anniversary
http://www.mukto-mona.com/Special_Event_/5_yrs_anniv/index.htm
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Mukto-Mona Celebrates Earth Day:
http://www.mukto-mona.com/Special_Event_/Earth_day2006/index.htm
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Kansat Uprising : A Special Page from Mukto-Mona
http://www.mukto-mona.com/human_rights/kansat2006/members/
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MM Project : Grand assembly of local freedom fighters at Raumari
http://www.mukto-mona.com/project/Roumari/freedom_fighters_union300306.htm
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German Bangla Radio Interviews Mukto-Mona Members:
http://www.mukto-mona.com/Special_Event_/Darwin_day/german_radio/
Mukto-Mona Celebrates Darwin Day:
http://www.mukto-mona.com/Special_Event_/Darwin_day/index.htm
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