Archive for July 29th, 2009

29
Jul
09

1989 and all that….

berlin wallHow many people remember the momentous events of 1989? The revolutions across Eastern Europe, the sense of impending change, the excitement of “people power”?

Chances are, if you’re in your 20s or younger, you’ll have heard that Europe used to be divided by the Berlin Wall, but you didn’t live through those years.
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29
Jul
09

On air: Women of Gaza : Virtue reality

“We have to encourage people to be virtuous and keep them away from sin “

000097304Hamas has launched it’s “virtue campaign” in  Gaza . 

Lingerie can’t be displayed in shop windows, female lawyers will have to wear headscarves in court and teenagers must stop playing “suggestive” music.

Men and women are also being told to celebrate separately at wedding parties.
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