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To: nuconvert
Clearly, women have emerged as a major constituency favoring democracy and a moderate regime in Iran. This has not yet happened in the Arab world. The appeal of traditional viewpoints, radical Arab nationalism, and Islamism have attracted far more women than have liberal ideas. Whether or not their voices are heard on the side of reform will be one of the main factors determining whether the Arab world remains socially stagnant and politically authoritarian.

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3 posted on 02/04/2004 7:35:01 AM PST by Pan_Yans Wife (Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'--- Kahlil Gibran)
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To: Pan_Yans Wife
Yes, you're right.

In Saudi you're dealing with Wahabbism. Always seems questionable to me, whether the opinions we hear from women there are truly their own or their husbands? (Islam's)
6 posted on 02/04/2004 7:50:03 AM PST by nuconvert ("Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?")
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