Mahnaz Afkhami

Women's Learning Partnership

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President of the Women's Learning Partnership

Mahnaz Afkhami on KCRW

Arab women have been a big factor in the Arab spring, as one Egyptian put it to the Economist magazine, " throwing stones, moving dead bodies ."

Revolution and Women's Rights in the Arab World

Arab women have been a big factor in the Arab spring, as one Egyptian put it to the Economist magazine, " throwing stones, moving dead bodies ."

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