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The Palestinian-Lebanese entrepreneur helping Middle Eastern women enter the digital economy

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Mona Ataya, a Palestinian-Lebanese entrepreneur based in the United Arab Emirates, runs the largest online marketplace for mothers in the Middle East. In recognition of her achievements, she has been chosen as one of the six eTrade for Women Advocates for 2021-2022, by the UN trade agency, UNCTAD. Mona Ataya

United Nations. Jan. 3.– Ms. Ataya is the founding partner and CEO of Mumzworld, and has been on the Board of Directors of the Dubai Chamber for Digital Economy since 2011. In a conversation with May Yaccoub from UN News, she shared the challenges faced by businesswomen in the Middle East, and why she is committed to supporting them.

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'Erasing history': Russia shuts down human rights group Memorial International

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  • The Supreme Court ruled that Memorial International, which chronicled political repression in Russia, must be liquidated. Russian Memorial International locked

Moscow, Dec.28 (Reuters).– Russia's Supreme Court ordered the country's oldest human rights group to disband on Tuesday for breaking a law requiring it to act as "a foreign agent", capping a year of crackdowns on Kremlin critics unseen since the Soviet era.

The closure of Memorial International bookmarks a year in which Alexei Navalny, the Kremlin's top critic, was jailed, his movement banned and many of his allies forced to flee. Moscow says it is simply enforcing laws to thwart extremism and shield the country from what it says is malign foreign influence.

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Merry Christmas to All!

Written by Gerardo E. Martínez-Solanas on . Posted in Headlines.

 We wish all our readers, collaborators and participants a very MERRY CHRISTMAS! May you all celebrate in harmony and peace with family and friends ... and may this celebration be the forerunner of a Year 2022 full of dreams come true ...

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Taliban 'Tribal Version': Shari'a is not the Same Everywhere

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Judge, Jury, And Executioner: Taliban Brings Afghanistan’s Justice System Under Its Thumb. {click to open}

When the Taliban-led government says it is implementing Islamic law in Afghanistan, it is referring to its own strict Sunni interpretation of Shari'a.

There is no universal Islamic law, because Shari'a is open to different interpretations among the five main schools of Islamic jurisprudence: four Sunni schools of thought and a Shi'ite school.

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The surprising truth behind the US illegal trade

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Miami, Dic. 18.– Illegal trade is a growing threat to our national security and impacts everyInspection at the airport law-abiding American. It fuels the 2.2 trillion dollar-a-year industry of transnational crime. It empowers criminal organizations to steal money from businesses and governments.

The criminals who engage in illegal trade are cunning and violent and commit murder to hold and expand their illicit markets. Operating with such impunity enables these groups to fund their operations and establish and sustain trade routes for trafficking across the country. They are nimble enough to avoid law enforcement, enterprising enough to continually establish new revenue streams, and are dynamic in the execution of their criminal enterprises.

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