Keywords: The White Ribbon
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AUSTRALIA
- Benjamin Gilmour
- 12 February 2010
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In the tribal areas of Pakistan, close to the Afghan border, Abdullah
Khan, a friend and unashamed supporter of the Pakistani Taliban, gives
me a present. Slowly I open it.
Lying on a bed of white fabric is a US military service medal on a ribbon. 'Just 200 rupees a piece', he tells me.
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EUREKA STREET/ READER'S FEAST AWARD
- Irfan Yusuf
- 22 October 2008
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When a Muslim woman was kidnapped by the
Byzantine empire, the Caliph in Baghdad threatened to
send a vast army to rescue her.
Today, Muslim leaders do nothing to help
women being mistreated and held in captivity in their own countries.
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AUSTRALIA
Sheik Hilaly compared rape victims to 'uncovered meat'. Bishop Anthony Fisher stated parents of abuse victims were 'dwelling crankily on old wounds'. Unequal criticism of the remarks suggests sexual assault has been appropriated as a cultural or sectarian wedge.
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AUSTRALIA
- Morag Fraser, David Glanz, Anthony Ham, Andrew Bullen
- 26 June 2006
Dr Seuss’ books, Peace under fire, The good life, Sidney Nolan
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INTERNATIONAL
Anthony Ham looks at the national and international legacy of the bombings in Madrid.
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