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Maria Khan is the Founder and Editor of The Human Postcard, the Middle East editor at BreakingTweets and a devoted human rights activist on Gender Across Borders. Since completing her M.A. in International Relations, she has been actively involved with the UNHCR, ICMC, Life for Relief & Development, Medecins Sans Frontieres and most recently the American Red Cross of Greater Chicago. Contact Maria at maria.ayk@gmail.com.

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CHF International: Building a Better World

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

"Identifying households who have lost their breadwinners, we help to re-establish livelihoods by helping war widows acquire the necessary...
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Recession - A Curse or a Blessing in Disguise?

Recession has and continues to affect all of us in a myriad of ways. From job loss and home foreclosures to suicides and family breakdowns, the list...
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The Clinton-Lewinsky scandal

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At the heart of the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal was the silent battle waged between the mass media and the American public. Whilst a majority of the...
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Censorship in South Asia: Cultural Regulation from Sedition to Seduction

Edited by Raminder Kaur & William Mazzarella Indiana University Press There is no use in burying the head of an ostrich in censorship...
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In my Perfect World - The Refugee Crisis

A Palestinian boy wearing a military uniform & holding a toy gun in the Al-Amari refugee camp. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) In my perfect world,...
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Purple Hearts – A day in the mind of a soldier

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I want the taste of all the tears shed in Vietnam on every politician's tongue I want the sight of all the blood to drown their eyes...
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Princess Diana’s death – Media Trials

The era of sensationalism in news reporting marked the beginning of the tabloid business model. As long as a story had legs and sold well, nothing...
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Book Review: Questioning the Veil by Marnia Lazreg

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Questioning the Veil By Marnia Lazreg Princeton University Press We are not [wo] men for whom it is a question of either-or. For us, the...
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Our World at War - The Video

Photograph taken by Maria Khan, Photojournalism Beyond The Frontlines Presenting this week’s spotlight event in Chicago, Our World at War:...
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Our World at War: Photojournalism Beyond the Frontlines

Celebrating International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement’s 150th anniversary, Our World at War: Photojournalism Beyond the Frontlines is a...
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