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                    <language>en-us</language><item><title><![CDATA[Marjan Kalhor, Iran's first woman in Winter Games]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/middleeastculture/blog_personal/en/24569.htm]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marjan Kalhor has grown on the slopes of the Winter ski n Dizin, north of Tehran, but never thought she would achieve such a feat, that of being, at the age of 21, the first Iranian to participate in the Winter Olympics.
Source: Ennahar (Algeria), ...<br>February 8, 2010, 3:28 am]]></description><guid><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/middleeastculture/blog_personal/en/24569.htm]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Erdogan honors two masters of Traditional Turkish music]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/middleeastculture/blog_personal/en/24542.htm]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two master performers of traditional Turkish music – Niyazi Sayin, who plays the Neyzen (reed flute), and Necded Yasar, who plays the tambur (a mandolin-type instrument) – were honored with the 2009 Culture and Art Grand Award of the Culture and ...<br>February 6, 2010, 3:47 am]]></description><guid><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/middleeastculture/blog_personal/en/24542.htm]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Istanbul Fashion Week]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/middleeastculture/blog_personal/en/24568.htm]]></link><description><![CDATA[
Organized for the first time in August 2009 and attracted great attention in local and international platforms, Istanbul Fashion Week, is going to be held between 03 - 06 February 2010 parallel to global fashion schedule, to showcase 2010-2011 ...<br>February 4, 2010, 3:22 am]]></description><guid><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/middleeastculture/blog_personal/en/24568.htm]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yemeni saleswomen defy stereotypes]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/middleeastculture/blog_personal/en/24336.htm]]></link><description><![CDATA[In Yemen it is unusual to find a woman working as a salesperson in a large supermarket, grocery or clothing store. But recently, a small number of women have started taking on these jobs, and challenging this society’s traditions, in order to help ...<br>January 30, 2010, 10:37 am]]></description><guid><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/middleeastculture/blog_personal/en/24336.htm]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yemen: Empower women to counter extremism, say activists]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/middleeastculture/blog_personal/en/24335.htm]]></link><description><![CDATA[Although women are the most vulnerable to extremists in Yemen, their voices are the least likely to be heard and their role to face terrorism is restricted by social and legal status, say human rights activists. 
On Thursday, Sisters Against ...<br>January 30, 2010, 10:35 am]]></description><guid><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/middleeastculture/blog_personal/en/24335.htm]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[www.resonateyemen.org]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/middleeastculture/blog_personal/en/24334.htm]]></link><description><![CDATA[
“A &#039;teaser&#039; poster for the worldwide debut of an ambitious new initiative by a group of Canadian-based Yemenis,” reads the comment under this image on Facebook. The initiative can be viewed at ...<br>January 30, 2010, 10:31 am]]></description><guid><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/middleeastculture/blog_personal/en/24334.htm]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Egypt fatwa bans Quranic cell phone ringtones]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/middleeastculture/blog_personal/en/24333.htm]]></link><description><![CDATA[Egypt’s Grand Mufti issued a fatwa that prohibits the use of Quranic verses or the call for prayers as ringtones on the basis that they show lack of respect, according to a copy of the fatwa text obtained by Al Arabiya on Thursday. Dr. Ali Gomaa, ...<br>January 30, 2010, 10:20 am]]></description><guid><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/middleeastculture/blog_personal/en/24333.htm]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zardari sacrifices black goats to 'ward off evil eye']]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/middleeastculture/blog_personal/en/24332.htm]]></link><description><![CDATA[A black goat is slaughtered almost every day by Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari to ward off the "evil eye" and protect him from the curse of "black magic".
"It has been an old practice of Mr. Zardari to offer &#039;Sadqa&#039; (animal ...<br>January 30, 2010, 10:18 am]]></description><guid><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/middleeastculture/blog_personal/en/24332.htm]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A new historical TV series]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/middleeastculture/blog_personal/en/24109.htm]]></link><description><![CDATA[A new historical TV series will be airing this year – probably during Ramadan 2010 – staring popular Syrian, Lebanese and Jordanian actors like Ayman Zaidan, Ghassan Massoud, Yasser Al Masri and Akef Najem.
The series entitled ‘Rayat Al ...<br>January 23, 2010, 7:13 am]]></description><guid><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/middleeastculture/blog_personal/en/24109.htm]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia: 300,000 Requests to Block Websites Annually]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/middleeastculture/blog_personal/en/24108.htm]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are between 700 and 1000 requests from internet users to block websites in Saudi Arabia per day, a source at the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) told Asharq Al-Awsat. An average of 850 requests per day means that ...<br>January 23, 2010, 6:59 am]]></description><guid><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/middleeastculture/blog_personal/en/24108.htm]]></guid></item></channel>
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