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The Funny People
We may get angry but these funny people keep turning out jokes to remind us that, after all, this is a funny world.
“Of all the blunders by the US administration in Iraq, the greatest is its failure to understand Iraqi people, women in particular. The main misconception is to perceive Iraqi women as silent, powerless victims in a male-controlled society in urgent need of “liberation”. This image fits conveniently into the big picture of the Iraqi people being passive victims who would welcome the occupation of their country.
The reality is different. Iraqi women were actively involved in public life even under the Ottoman empire. In 1899 the first schools for girls were established, the first women’s organisation in 1924. By 1937 there were four women’s magazinespublished in Baghdad.” ~ The Guardian UK
Posted on December 23, 2004 11:08 PM
Categories: The Intelligent
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