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Top 10 of 2014: Jihadists v atheists

In 2014, readers of The Chronikler focused the lion’s share of their attention on two polar opposites: Arab jihadists and atheists.

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International Women’s Day: Male feminist pigs?

Some regard possession of a vagina as crucial for membership in the feminist movement. But can’t a man be a feminist too?

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International Women’s Day: Empowering the average Mo

Arab men who do not fit the traditional ideal of manhood are often regarded as inferior, and this stereotype holds back the emancipation of women.

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No revolution for Egyptian women

Despite the political earthquake that has rid Egypt of its patriarch-in-chief, attitudes to gender remain largely the same. Now women must stand up for their rights.

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Sexual harassment: Dreaming of a harassment-free Egypt

Efforts to break the silence and taboo surrounding sexual harassment will eventually lead to a harassment-free Egypt.

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Sexual harassment: I was harassed and I’m stupefied!

By Yosra Mostafa Until the revolution in social attitudes comes, women should face their harassers with a loud voice and

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Special report: Making harassment history

This Chronikler special report examines the causes and consequences of sexual harassment and what can be done about it.

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Sexual harassment: 18-day social revolutions do not exist

Tackling harassment requires much more than a political revolution: it needs a social movement that restores people’s dignity and promotes equality.

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Sexual harassment: No online way out

   By Osama Diab Blogging won’t raise awareness about sexual harassment more than it already has. We must focus our efforts

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We don’t need no segregation

Sexual harassment in Egypt is leading to calls for gender segregation. But is hiding women really the solution?

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Khaled Diab’s tweet nothings

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@DiabolicalIdea

@GordonBrown How about your former boss, Tony Blair, whose illegal war you supported? He seems to be doing a good job hiding in plain sight for the crimes he inflicted on the people of Iraq.

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09:42 · March 20, 2023
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@GeorgeMonbiot While Vladimir Putin certainly deserves to stand in the dock for his crimes in Ukraine, so long as the ICC never indicts or prosecutes western leaders suspected of war crimes, it will be an ultimately unjust and partial legal institution. twitter.com/DiabolicalIdea…

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09:37 · March 20, 2023
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Today marks 7 years since Egyptian authorities froze all my assets and suspended my only bank account “pending investigations” into my human rights work in 2016. Keep cozying up to Sisi don’t mind me

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08:21 · March 18, 2023 ·
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@DiabolicalIdea

It's good that the International Criminal Court is standing up to the murderous excesses of Vladimir Putin. But if the ICC is to become truly just and truly credible it must also stand up to western war criminals, such as George W Bush and Tony Blair. bbc.com/news/world-eur…

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20:09 · March 17, 2023
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@DiabolicalIdea

A narcissist's preferred pronouns are I/my.

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20:04 · March 15, 2023
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@DiabolicalIdea

The mother of Renaissance polymath Leonardo Da Vinci's was a freed Circassian slave, according to an Italian scholar who says he has uncovered the document that liberated her. nbcnews.com/news/world/leo…

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16:42 · March 15, 2023
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@DiabolicalIdea

Our latest report reveals how most carbon market standards are undermining the rights of local and indigenous communities by providing them with little to no recourse for voicing their grievances related to climate projects. twitter.com/CarbonMrktWatc…

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10:23 · March 15, 2023
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@DiabolicalIdea

In addition to the culling at Twitter, Meta has announced 21,000 layoffs since November. And the full destructive potential of AI has not yet been unleashed. nytimes.com/2023/03/14/tec…

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08:11 · March 15, 2023
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@DiabolicalIdea

Whenever someone expresses concern about how automation is irreplaceably annihilating jobs, optimists point to the job creation potential of the 'knowledge economy'. But even the tech sector is shedding jobs like they were an uncomfortable skin.

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08:11 · March 15, 2023
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@DiabolicalIdea

The cruel irony of the British government's 'Stop the boats' policy is that neither PM Rishi Sunak nor Home Secretary Suella Braverman would be in the UK today had their parents faced similar restrictions when they immigated. Talk about a monumental failure of empathy.

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16:33 · March 12, 2023
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