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Title of discussion thread	Replies	Author	Start time	Last reply	Recs	Views
Templars who (most) became Nazi in the 1930s-40s - Fascinating 1957 article.Translated	8	PostTruth	16 hrs ago	9 hrs ago	8	630
Campaign calls for gender apartheid to be crime under international law	2	niyad	Mar 18	Mar 18	7	259
A Letter from an Afghan Educator: Optimism in the Face of Agony	0	niyad	Mar 11	Mar 11	2	407
'I Am Erased!': Afghan Women Leaders Urge International Community to Take Action	0	niyad	Mar 11	Mar 11	0	226
Saudi Arabia sends first female team to global tennis event	0	niyad	Feb 25	Feb 25	0	268
'They used our hijabs to gag us': Iran protesters tell of rapes, beatings and torture by police	0	niyad	Feb 11	Feb 11	0	704
Iraqis protest over killing of YouTube star by her father	6	niyad	Feb 11	Feb 11	11	323
Iranian protesters sentenced to death were tortured, says Amnesty report (trigger warning rape)	0	bronxiteforever	Jan 30	Jan 30	2	898
Secretary of State Blinken to visit Egypt, Israel and West Bank	0	Tetrachloride	Jan 28	Jan 28	2	447
OPCW blames Syria gov't for 2018 chlorine gas attack in Douma	0	Eugene	Jan 27	Jan 27	0	543
The trailblazing female Muslim Arab IDF major	0	Mosby	Jan 12	Jan 12	4	724
Iranian chess player 'moving to Spain' after competing without headscarf	0	niyad	Jan 7	Jan 7	5	834
'My heart is bleeding': Afghan women devastated by university ban	4	niyad	Dec 2022	Dec 27	5	1007
Turkey, Saudi Arabia condemn Taliban's university ban for women	2	niyad	Dec 2022	Dec 2022	0	320
US warns Taliban of 'costs' over university ban for Afghan women	0	niyad	Dec 2022	Dec 2022	3	659
What does future hold for Afghan women after university ban?	0	niyad	Dec 2022	Dec 2022	1	478
Arab Gulf countries crack down on homosexuality	1	Behind the Aegis	Dec 2022	Dec 2022	0	764
Iran: protestors set fire to Khomeini ancestral home	3	cbabe	Nov 2022	Nov 2022	5	1326
Cholera in Syria, Lebanon	1	Tetrachloride	Oct 2022	Nov 2022	1	674
Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran: 'Women in Iran have discovered their power and deci	0	niyad	Oct 2022	Oct 2022	4	1295
Iran and US set for UN confrontation over Mahsa Amini protests	0	niyad	Oct 2022	Oct 2022	0	727
LIV - OPEC - Twitter	0	LessAspin	Oct 2022	Oct 2022	0	627
Inside a Groundbreaking Anthology That Sheds Light on 18 Queer Arab Voices	0	Behind the Aegis	Oct 2022	Oct 2022	1	1095
Women Everywhere Are Standing Up Against 'Gender Apartheid'	4	niyad	Oct 2022	Oct 2022	3	705
'I Felt Like the Luckiest Girl in the World': Afghan Students Restart College in the U.S.	2	niyad	Oct 2022	Oct 2022	3	1417
Iranian security forces intensify crackdown in Kurdistan	1	Eugene	Oct 2022	Oct 2022	4	709
Nika Shakarami: Iran protester's family forced to lie about death - source	0	Eugene	Oct 2022	Oct 2022	1	1164
Iran protests: Schoolgirls heckle paramilitary speaker	0	Eugene	Oct 2022	Oct 2022	1	1080
From Iran, Solidarity With American Women	2	niyad	Oct 2022	Oct 2022	4	929
US scrambles F-15 jet to shoot down Iranian drone that appeared to threaten US forces in Iraq	0	Eugene	Sep 2022	Sep 2022	1	1599
Thirteen killed in Iraq as Iran attacks Kurdish groups blamed for protests	0	Eugene	Sep 2022	Sep 2022	0	859
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman named prime minister	1	Eugene	Sep 2022	Sep 2022	0	1118
BBC page on Iran and "The Blue Girl"	0	Tetrachloride	Sep 2022	Sep 2022	2	845
US relaxes internet sanctions on Iran in support of protesters	1	niyad	Sep 2022	Sep 2022	4	1223
Qatar fund launches initiative to support conflict-affected women	0	niyad	Sep 2022	Sep 2022	0	591
'You are not honourable anymore' Shamed and trafficked into Iraq's sex trade	2	niyad	Sep 2022	Sep 2022	2	1481
A dried-up arm of the Nile provides another clue to how Egyptians built the pyramids	1	Behind the Aegis	Aug 2022	Aug 2022	8	1750
Buildings stormed after Moqtada al-Sadr, Iraqi political leader, retires	0	Eugene	Aug 2022	Aug 2022	0	1191
This message was self-deleted by its author	2	Mosby	Aug 2022	Aug 2022	2	1072
UAE ambassador to return to Iran after six-year absence	0	Eugene	Aug 2022	Aug 2022	1	1127
Israeli, German archeologists reconstruct Hasmonean destruction of Greek city	0	Behind the Aegis	Aug 2022	Aug 2022	1	1195
Saudi woman Salma al-Shehab given 34-year prison sentence for using Twitter	0	Eugene	Aug 2022	Aug 2022	5	1373
Iraq: Muqtada al-Sadr supporters storm parliament building in Baghdad	0	Eugene	Jul 2022	Jul 2022	0	821
Body of man who fell into sinkhole under pool found by rescue teams	0	sl8	Jul 2022	Jul 2022	1	1478
Erdogan asks Russia and Iran to back Turkey's incursion into Syria	1	Eugene	Jul 2022	Jul 2022	0	1361
Several arrests at protest over dying Iranian lake	0	Eugene	Jul 2022	Jul 2022	0	793
LGBTQ communities facing new repression in Middle East	0	Behind the Aegis	Jul 2022	Jul 2022	0	997
US may create new body to record human rights abuses in Yemen	0	Eugene	Jul 2022	Jul 2022	0	1700
'Scary to be queer': Lebanon cracks down on LGBTQ rights	0	Behind the Aegis	Jul 2022	Jul 2022	1	1126
This message was self-deleted by its author	0	Mosby	Jul 2022	Jul 2022	1	894
Pride Month in Arab states brings warnings and rainbow hunts	5	Behind the Aegis	Jun 2022	Jun 2022	2	1299
Palestinian reporter for Iranian agency beaten in West Bank	0	Beastly Boy	Jun 2022	Jun 2022	0	1006
US has not fully investigated own role in Yemen rights abuses, watchdog finds	0	Eugene	Jun 2022	Jun 2022	0	1572
This message was self-deleted by its author	2	Mosby	Jun 2022	Jun 2022	0	978
This message was self-deleted by its author	1	Mosby	Jun 2022	Jun 2022	0	906
This message was self-deleted by its author	0	Mosby	Jun 2022	Jun 2022	0	858
11 Egyptian soldiers killed near Suez Canal	0	Tetrachloride	May 2022	May 2022	1	1276
Several dead, dozens rescued after migrant boat capsizes off Lebanon	0	Sherman A1	Apr 2022	Apr 2022	2	1325
First in Middle East: Aramco's Survey Vessel Gets ABS' Infectious Disease Mitigation Notation	0	Sherman A1	Apr 2022	Apr 2022	0	1637
Beirut Port Blast Suspect to Face Extradition Hearing in Madrid	0	Sherman A1	Apr 2022	Apr 2022	0	903
Six months on from elections, Iraqis frustrated by political deadlock	1	Sherman A1	Apr 2022	Apr 2022	1	1519
Suez Canal Economic Zone Signs Deals for Green Energy	0	Sherman A1	Apr 2022	Apr 2022	0	2383
Combined Maritime Forces establishes new naval group to patrol Red Sea region	0	Sherman A1	Apr 2022	Apr 2022	0	1184
US awaits final $17 million repayment from Saudis for air refueling in Yemen war	0	Sherman A1	Apr 2022	Apr 2022	2	1624
This message was self-deleted by its author	0	Mosby	Apr 2022	Apr 2022	2	1341
This message was self-deleted by its author	2	Mosby	Apr 2022	Apr 2022	2	1091
Saudi oil chief says energy security imperiled by attacks	0	Eugene	Mar 2022	Mar 2022	0	1199
Tech File: Foldable, "Workboat in a Box" goes to work for Bahrain Defence Force	0	Sherman A1	Mar 2022	Mar 2022	2	1553
Israel to host top Arab diplomats during Blinken's visit	2	Beastly Boy	Mar 2022	Mar 2022	1	2037
Cargo Ships Sinks Off Iran. Most Crew Members Rescued	0	Sherman A1	Mar 2022	Mar 2022	0	949
Phil Mickelson apologizes for recent comments, says he needs 'some time away'	0	Eugene	Feb 2022	Feb 2022	3	1747
Hope for democracy in Iraq as political violence escalates	1	Sherman A1	Jan 2022	Jan 2022	0	993
Out of this world: 555.55-carat black diamond lands in Dubai	4	TexasTowelie	Jan 2022	Jan 2022	5	1965
3 die in suspected drone attack in UAE	0	Sherman A1	Jan 2022	Jan 2022	0	1244
Netanyahu negotiating plea deal in corruption trial	0	left-of-center2012	Jan 2022	Jan 2022	1	1077
Houthis Seize 'hostile' Vessel off Yemen; Saudis Claim Ship Carried Med Equipment	0	Sherman A1	Jan 2022	Jan 2022	0	1748
US Navy Seizes $4 Million Worth of Heroin in Arabian Sea	1	Sherman A1	Dec 2021	Dec 2021	4	1088
Jamal Khashoggi killers living in luxury villas in Riyadh, say witnesses	0	Eugene	Dec 2021	Dec 2021	1	1555
Madagascar Boat Accident: Death Toll Rises to 64	1	Sherman A1	Dec 2021	Dec 2021	0	1083
Israel to ban travel to US, Canada over omicron variant	2	Sherman A1	Dec 2021	Dec 2021	1	1657