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Activist and former child bride Naila Amin shares her story

Activist and former child bride Naila Amin shares her story

Maya Brown December 7, 2018
Naila Amin never got to experience childhood. She was engaged to her cousin at eight years old, married by age 13 and repeatedly raped by her husband until she was 15.
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Journalist David Rohde discusses Taliban kidnapping and escape

Journalist David Rohde discusses Taliban kidnapping and escape

Mike Adams February 25, 2018
Rohde was smuggled under a sheet in the car on a three-day journey to a Taliban base in Pakistan.
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The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Office in Dec. 2012. GULBENK/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS VIA CC BY SA 3.0

Immigration lawyers educate students on Muslim travel ban

Jill Ryan February 2, 2017
The State Department has stated visas from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen will be revoked.
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Momina MustehsanPHOTO COURTESY OF OSAMA KHALIL

Stony Brook Alumnus Spotlight: Momina Mustehsan

Thomas James December 4, 2016
Momina Mustehsan is a Stony Brook alumnus whose musical talent has been recognized from the United States to Pakistan.
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The Undergraduate Student Government organized a candlelight vigil on Nov. 17, 2015 for those who suffered from attacks in Paris, Beirut and other places around the world. CHRISTOPHER CAMERON/THE STATESMAN

USG holds candlelight vigil for victims of terror attacks

Andrew Goldstein November 18, 2015
USG and Dean of Students Timothy Ecklund led students in a candlelight vigil Tuesday evening for victims of the terror attacks in Paris, Beirut and around the world.
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Ann Curry talks about journalism for the next generation

Ann Curry talks about journalism for the next generation

Kelly Saberi March 16, 2015
SBU hosted Ann Curry, the Emmy-winning international news correspondent and former anchor for NBC, for a Marie Colvin Distinguished Lecture on Tuesday, March 10.
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My first vigil

Faiza Chowdhury February 19, 2015
Last Tuesday, the news of the deaths of Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23; his wife, Yusor Abu-Salha, 21; and her sister, Razan Abu-Salha, 19 shocked their North Carolina community.
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Milan Arshad Hussain, then-foreign minister for Pakistan, presented mangoes to Mao Zedong in 1968, who then used the gift as an expression to show his support of the working class.  (BASIL JOHN / THE STATESMAN)

Mango madness at the Charles B. Wang Center with Chef Fontana

Basil John October 6, 2014
The Charles B. Wang Center has focused on bringing culturally educational programs for students and members of the community to enjoy through various forms of expression and interpretation.
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Malala Yousafzai looks to inspire change in women’s education around the world

Faiza Chowdhury October 13, 2013
The whole world has been abuzz about a certain young woman. Fortunately, I am not talking about Miley Cyrus, but of the 16 year old Pakistani native who has taken women’s rights and education to the world stage- Malala Yousafzai. She advocated for girls’ education with the help of her father, Ziuaddin Yousafzai and gained attention through several media outlets including the New York Times and local Pakistani television channels.
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Towards Something Ugly

January 28, 2003

  By Arif Rafiq 'To win without fighting is best,' wrote Sun Tzu, the great Chinese warrior-philosopher of the 4th millennium BCE, and author of the treatise 'The Art of War'. 'Blessed are the...

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