For 26-year-old Maryam Jum'a, the story she found in the files of Jordan's National Commission for Women was too compelling to ignore. She hopes it will help humanize an issue that many in the conservative society still treat as off-limits.
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Youth + Media drive social awareness | MediaGlobal News
The United Nations Alliance for Civilizations (UNAOC) has confidence in the media’s ability to favorably shape global public opinion and policy. Plural+ encourages short videos (5 minutes or less) focusing on migration, diversity, and social inclusion that appeal to a sense of shared human experience. As one teen in the 2011 video entitled “I believe” put it, “It’s not enough to be tolerant, we must appreciate and celebrate our diversity.”
Read MoreWomen with Wings | MediaGlobal News
UNITED NATIONS - Walking into the United Nations on International Women’s Day, the positive energy was palpable. A conference on “The Role of Business in Empowering Women” spawned a gathering of a geographically and experientially diverse individuals eager to advance financial inclusion, transparent corporate supply chains, and economic opportunities for women.
Read MoreAfghan Cultural Heritage Spurs Urban Renewal | MediaGlobal News
UNITED NATIONS - Often overlooked amidst this chaos that is Afghanistan is the country's cultural vibrancy, a legacy of its rich ancient civilization at the crossroads of various Greek, Indian, Persian, and central Asian empires. One organization is striving to harness Afghanistan’s artistic traditions in order to spur sustainable development.
Read MoreRefashioning Egypt's Iconic Visual Symbols | The International New York Times →
CAIRO — Mud-brick houses are hardly the first image that comes to mind when one thinks of luxury jewelry, but they are precisely what Azza Fahmy reinterpreted as silver and gold brooches for her debut jewelry collection, “Houses of the Nile,” in the early 1980s. Refashioning the iconic visual symbols of her native Egypt into contemporary jewelry designs has become Ms. Fahmy’s trademark.
Read MoreCairo's Two Nights on the Town | The International New York Times →
CAIRO — While thousands of Egyptians gathered in Tahrir Square last month to demand that the government release the blogger and activist Alaa Abdel Fattah from prison, Cairo’s fashion-forward crowd ventured onto the streets for a different reason: to shop.
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