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		<title>Europe Against Circumcision?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2013 13:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michel Alfandari]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is the circumcision of boys comparable to female genital mutilations? The “Children’s right to physical integrity” Resolution adopted by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) (1) on October 1st asserts that female genital mutilations and the circumcision &#8230; <a href="https://www.alfandar.fr/europe-against-circumcision.html?lang=en">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>EU &#8211; Turkey: Accession talks are back!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Nov 2013 18:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michel Alfandari]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just about a year ago, Burhan Kuzu, head of the Turkish National Assembly’s Constitution Committee and member of the AKP, the party in power, called the European Commission’s Progress Report for Turkey &#8220;garbage”, and actually threw a copy of it &#8230; <a href="https://www.alfandar.fr/eu-turkey-accession-talks-are-back.html?lang=en">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sexism at the French National Assembly</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Oct 2013 21:41:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michel Alfandari]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It turns out that a Member of Parliament in France may still be subjected to sexist remarks at the National Assembly. As she was discussing an amendment during the pension-reform debate on October 8th, ecologist MP Véronique Massonneau was mocked &#8230; <a href="https://www.alfandar.fr/sexism-at-the-french-national-assembly.html?lang=en">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Western responsibilities in the Iranian issue</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Sep 2013 19:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michel Alfandari]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Iranian government’s reaction to Argo’s winning the Oscar for Best Picture in March 2013 – see my previous blog below – fitted well with one of the Islamic Republic’s favored ways of working: one that British journalist James Buchan &#8230; <a href="https://www.alfandar.fr/western-responsibilities-in-the-iranian-issue.html?lang=en">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections on Iran, the USA, and the Oscar-winning movie Argo</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Sep 2013 15:04:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michel Alfandari]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the first minutes of the 2012 film Argo directed by Ben Affleck, we are shown documentary clips of the 1953 Anglo-American coup d’état that overthrew the popular Iranian Prime Minister Mosaddegh and reinstated the Chah Reza Pahlavi. The film &#8230; <a href="https://www.alfandar.fr/reflections-on-iran-the-usa-and-the-oscar-winning-movie-argo.html?lang=en">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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