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...allows these students—our delegates—to think beyond their nationality, their ethnic identity, and their comfort zone for better understanding,” Liu wrote in an e-mailed statement. “HPAIR’s goal is to broaden people’s perspectives about Asia and its relation to the world...
...Israeli occupation though I disagree with their political ideology”) who directed the effort by the Association of University Teachers to boycott Haifa and Bar-Ilan universities. In the invitation to their event, the Nakba Committee quotes Pappé’s book, “Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine:” “On May 15, 1948, leaders of the Zionist movement declared the formation of the State of Israel on the land of Palestine. They proceeded to implement their long held plan to ethnically cleanse the indigenous majority Palestinian Arab population from Palestine...
...admissions committee is looking for students that have an impact beyond themselves,” Kreisberg said.“Many successful applicants participate in political and ethnic-identity clubs. Helping your own ethnic group [and] political campaigning are well-regarded activities. Health-related organizations are also popular—organize breast cancer walks, or help bring awareness to some specific disease...
...only the policy expectations that account for Obama's popularity: his Third World ethnic background and the Muslim faith of his father's Kenyan family - even his middle name, Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad and a revered figure in the Shi'ite Islam practiced in Iran - offer points of affinity that some analysts believe could give Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the political cover to make a gesture of reconciliation to the country long decried in Tehran as "the Great Satan...
...strong political dissent for which many South Africans have been killed.Uys began writing plays criticizing Apartheid while attending college in Cape Town in the 1960s. As a gay man living under a government that criminalized homosexuality, estranged from the white community and legally prohibited from associating with other ethnic groups, Uys struggled to find a place within the rigid social politics of South Africa. During this time, Uys found the medium that would define his career: one-man comedies. “Elections and Erections” continues Uys’ tradition of performing as a variety of male...