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                    <language>en-us</language><item><title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia Refuses Pakistani Diplomat Over Vulgar Name Translation]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/middleeastculture/blog_personal/en/24768.htm]]></link><description><![CDATA[In an unfortunate result of translation, Pakistani diplomat Akbar Zeb will not become the next Pakistani ambassador to Saudi Arabia. Zeb’s credentials seem in order: He is the former ambassador to the United States, India and South Africa. He held ...<br>February 14, 2010, 1:36 am]]></description><guid><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/middleeastculture/blog_personal/en/24768.htm]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia: When the color is red]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/middleeastculture/blog_personal/en/24767.htm]]></link><description><![CDATA[TOMORROW (Feb. 14) means something special for a lot of people around the Western world. It is Valentine’s Day, a day on which the tradition of honoring your loved one has become a social custom in societies that celebrate such events. [...]
In ...<br>February 13, 2010, 3:29 pm]]></description><guid><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/middleeastculture/blog_personal/en/24767.htm]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Valentine’s Day in Pakistan]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/middleeastculture/blog_personal/en/24766.htm]]></link><description><![CDATA[
This picture taken on February 11, 2010, shows a woman choosing Valentine’s Day gifts at a shop in Peshawar (Pakistan)— ...<br>February 13, 2010, 3:26 pm]]></description><guid><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/middleeastculture/blog_personal/en/24766.htm]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rock & Roll Jihad: A Muslim Rock Star's Revolution]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/middleeastculture/blog_personal/en/24765.htm]]></link><description><![CDATA[
The rise of Pakistan&#039;s most popular rock musician—unfamiliar to most Americans—is the subject of this well-meaning autobiography. Ahmad, the leader of the band Junoon, recounts his wealthy upbringing at an elite British school in Lahore ...<br>February 13, 2010, 3:12 pm]]></description><guid><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/middleeastculture/blog_personal/en/24765.htm]]></guid></item><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></channel>
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