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August 2012

Inequality

US electronics industry feels heat on conflict minerals

Years after the first reports that rare minerals like coltan, essential to the manufacture of electronic goods including...

Aug 16, 2012
Inequality

Inspecting the Inspectors: Walmart and Chiquita immune to labor oversight in Honduras

By John Otis SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras — If you’ve ever wondered why conditions for legions of Latin...

Aug 15, 2012
Middle East

The Partner: Ahmed Awadalla

CAIRO, Egypt — Ahmed Awadalla’s a dude, Egyptian-style. The young male activist, defender of women’s rights and anti-discrimination...

Aug 01, 2012
Middle East

Samira’s Story: Why she fights for freedom, in her own words

BY SAMIRA IBRAHIMCAIRO, Egypt — In March 2011, Samira Ibrahim was arrested with dozens of other protesters in Tahrir...

Aug 01, 2012
Middle East

The Voice & the Veil: Egypt’s Revolutionary Women

CAIRO, Egypt — When Bothaina Kamel began gathering signatures for her campaign to be not only Egypt’s first democratically...

Aug 01, 2012
Middle East

The Poet: Marwa Maamoun

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt — She approached beaming, headscarf hardly visible behind big bursting cheeks, eyes ablaze, arms sweeping up...

Aug 01, 2012
Middle East

The Pioneer: Nawal El-Saadawi

CAIRO, Egypt — In a small village outside Cairo in the early 1940s, a little Egyptian girl sent God...

Aug 01, 2012
Middle East

The Prodigy: Aya Mohsen

CAIRO, Egypt — Aya Mohsen calls herself an “underage” revolutionary. The teenager Tweets against Egypt’s ruling generals from...

Aug 01, 2012
Middle East

The Politician: Gamila Ismail

CAIRO, Egypt — Click. Clack. Click. Laugh. “She’s coming,” her assistant whispered. “You always know by the sound.”...

Aug 01, 2012
Middle East

The Protestor: Mariam Kirollos

CAIRO, Egypt — Armed with drumsticks, Mariam Kirollos makes music at street marches to empower women. Kirollos’s animated...

Aug 01, 2012
Middle East

The Performer: Sondos Shabayek

CAIRO, Egypt — In directing “Tahrir Monologues,” a theater performance that recreates revolutionary moments on stages across Egypt,...

Aug 01, 2012
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