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Caledoniyya

http://caledoniyya.wordpress.com/

A peek into the flighty world of politics, academia, and Middle Eastern affairs through the eyes of a verbose, and at times vitriolic, academician-to-be.

• Added on: Jun 28th, 2007
• Country: United Kingdom
• Language: English

• Author: Layla Safi
• Listed in: Education & Learning Politics
• Tags: Culture europe Middle East pop culture palestine conflict zones

Recent Posts

• Best of the Rest: A Legal Framework Against Sexual Violence

  Posted on Thursday November 26th, 2009 at 06:07 in women, Middle East, jordan, gender, women's rights, amman, cedaw, gbv, womyn, note-to-self, best of the rest

  This subject is raised time and again, yet progress is virtually non-existent. As a woman whose final weeks in Jordan were marred by a similar incident, I cannot support such a call for action enough: Despite the ratification of CEDAW, it is eviden...

• Iran: Lest We Forget

  Posted on Thursday November 26th, 2009 at 05:32 in politics, human rights, iran

  The arbitrary persecution of activists and students continues unabated, even if developments have all but disappeared from Western news coverage: Iran: Crackdown on Students Ahead of National Student Day 24 November 2009 Scores of Iranian students ha...

• Swiss Minaret Ban

  Posted on Thursday November 26th, 2009 at 05:17 in religion, Culture, society, europe, Faith, Islam, switzerland, huma rights

  …to go even further: A ban on the construction of minarets would breach Switzerland’s obligations to uphold freedom of religion, Amnesty International said ahead of a referendum on Sunday 29 November on a constitutional amendment on the i...

• Allah, the Universe, and Everything

  Posted on Wednesday November 25th, 2009 at 14:51 in religion, science, europe, Faith, Islam, Academia

  There’s always one: A London university union has cancelled a talk by an Islamic preacher who allegedly endorses killing homosexuals. Abu Usamah, recorded by Channel 4 saying gay people should be “thrown off a mountain”, was due at ...

• Krakow, Wieliczka and Dracula

  Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 07:37 in travel, Culture, europe, poland, kraków, polonia, layla, books books books

  Until recently, I never fully grasped the phrase “I need a vacation to get over the vacation”. After four days in Krakow I shudder to recall the events and accordingly this post shall be but brief, lest I descend into foam-mouthed furious...

• On Christian Peacemaker Teams

  Posted on Sunday November 15th, 2009 at 07:48 in religion, Israel, christianity, Middle East, Faith, palestine

  Try though I might to refrain from blogging, when I stumble across gems like this, I simply must share: Plus, it is work – I will be incorporating the clip into the lecture to demonstrate the work of the Christian Peacemaker Teams in the regio...

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