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Syrian Female Journalists Seek Civil Society

In major western media headlines, we see the stereotypical refugee woman crying, donning a hijab, and holding an infant—the victims of the Syrian civil war. “Syria woman is one that is refugee,” Rula Asad, co-founder and executive director of the Syrian Female Journalists’ Network, told a crowd gathered at the Middle East Institute. “Stereotyping and victimizing women […]