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Opinion: How to Avoid an Iran-Like Tragedy in Egypt
By not in system - AOL NewsFew Egyptians will mourn Hosni Mubarak's downfall. His three-decade rule was sclerotic. He not only failed to address growing economic failings but also refused to even listen. As a guest observer at Mubarak's 2006 National Democratic Party convention, I watched as senior officials cut microphone power to party members who used their speeches to complain about high unemployment, poor housing and a lack of basic infrastructure. While the discrepancy between rich and poor is extreme in many Arab countries, Egypt's population density amplifies awareness. With nearly 80 million people crammed ...
Iran Bans (Bad) Western Haircuts, Putting Men Under Moralists' Gaze
By Delia Lloyd - Politics Daily"Business in the front; party in the back." So goes the famous descriptor of the signature retro haircut -- the mullet -- that is short at the front and sides and long in the back. But not in Iran. The country's religious leaders have recently issued a catalog of acceptable "Islamic" male haircuts, and noticeably absent are ponytails, spikes, mullets and Mohawks. More styles are set to be unveiled Sunday at the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance's Veil and Chastity Day festival. The ban on haircuts is but the latest in a long line of efforts by the Iranian regime to counter "decadent" ...
The Difference One Ayatollah Might Make
By Joseph Schuman - AOL News(Dec. 21) -- The death of Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri may prove to be a turning point for Iran's embattled reform movement. It may mark the moment when the surging wave of discontent overwhelms the country's remorseless theocratic leadership -- or one when the outrage crests and then recedes. The funeral procession on Monday for Montazeri, who was an architect of Iran's mullah-led system before he became one of its most outspoken dissidents, drew tens of thousands of mourners and protesters to the holy city of Qom, south of Tehran. Montazeri, 87 years old, apparently died of ...
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