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Muslims in the European Mediascape Institute for Strategic Dialogue 2010 The arrival of social media that saw a revolution against manicured news content and ideology played a pivotal role in the...
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Not an Iranian religious pilgrim: Iranian-American journalist Dorothy Parvaz went from detention in Syria to deportation to the Islamic Republic of Iran. Journalist Dorothy Parvaz was playing with fire...
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Naguib Mahfouz In late January the Egyptian Creativity Front marched on Cairo in an attempt to pressure Egypt’s new parliament to respect the freedom of expression. Over the last couple of months,...
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