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Updates: Amina Abdullah and Eman al-Obeidi


Posted by Krista Riley on 10 Jun 2011 / 0 Comments
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Two important updates on stories that we have covered over the past couple months! First, Sara Yasin wrote recently about a blog called “A Gay Girl in Damascus,” where Syrian-American blogger Amina Abdullah Arraf has been writing about the revolution in Syria.  Amina Abdullah Arraf was allegedly abducted on June 6, and has not been heard from.  Many news […]

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The Symbol of Eman al-Obeidi


Posted by tasnim on 04 Apr 2011 / 0 Comments
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On March 26, Eman al-Obeidi burst into the Rixos Hotel in Tripoli and told reporters that fifteen of Gaddafi’s militiamen had detained her for two days and raped her. She named one of them as the son of a high-ranking official, and pleaded for her friends, who she said were still held captive. After a […]

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