Dear Readers,
As usual, the latest Qantara.de newsletter tells you what's new on
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Lewis Gropp
Qantara.de
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IN FOCUS
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Perspectives on Radical Islamism
Political Participation as a Way toward Integration?
Islamists take political action in a wide variety of different
contexts. Political scientist Amr Hamzawy, Senior Associate at the
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, offers a
nuanced view of these movements
http://www.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-651/_nr-27/i.html
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POLITICS
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Civil War in Yemen
An Uncertain Peace
Civil war has been waged in Yemen for years, largely unnoticed by the
world community. In the northern Yemeni province of Saada, Zaidi
Houthi rebels fight against government military forces. The conflict
increasingly seems to be turning into a proxy war over regional
supremacy, however. By Hanna Labonté
http://www.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-476/_nr-1023/i.html
China and the Uighurs
Terrorism Panic – a Welcome Excuse?
Just before the opening of the Olympic Games in Beijing, two
terrorist attacks shook China, killing a total of more than 20
people, mainly police officers. The Chinese authorities accused
Muslim extremists of carrying out the bombings. Since then, the world
has started taking notice of an ethnic group previously only familiar
to specialists: the Uighurs. Albrecht Metzger has the details
http://www.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-476/_nr-1022/i.html
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SOCIETY
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The Turkish Soap Opera "Noor"
More Real than Life
From Saudi Arabia to Morocco: Every evening the Turkish series "Noor"
draws millions of people to their television sets. The show is about
love, intimacy and equality; no social taboo is ignored. Some see in
"Noor" proof of social change, others only fiction. Alfred
Hackensberger reports
http://www.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-478/_nr-801/i.html
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CULTURE
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Culture and Public Life in Amman
The Newly Discovered City
Summer evenings in Amman have changed this year. People are going out
and listening to concerts. The first municipal summer of culture has
proved a great success. The cultural scene and public life are
flourishing, as Martina Sabra reports
http://www.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-310/_nr-560/i.html
Artists' Collective Migrantas
A Visual Language of Migration
Immigrants themselves, they now devote their time to giving a voice
to fellow immigrants. The artists' collective group Migrantas takes
drawings and turns them into compelling pictograms. Nimet Seker
sketches a portrait of the group
http://www.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-310/_nr-561/i.html
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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:
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