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		<title>One Day One struggle www.jismi.net</title>
		<link>http://meemgroup.org/news/2010/11/www-jismi-net-one-day-one-struggle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 11:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This website is dedicated to the annual “One Day, One Struggle” campaign, a unique effort to underscore the joint struggle against the violation of sexual and bodily rights in Muslim societies, which takes place on November 9. (The Arabic word “Jismi” means “My Body” in English.)]]></description>
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		<title>We cant ALL be anti-semites, can we?</title>
		<link>http://meemgroup.org/news/2010/05/we-cant-all-be-anti-semites-can-we/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 07:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[International LGBT News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apartheid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[israel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pro-Palestinian solidarity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[queers against apartheid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toronto pride]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Elle Flanders May 11, 2010 Since this article was written, the federal government has cancelled $397,500 in support for Pride Toronto. The hysteria created around the inclusion of a group called Queers Against Israeli Apartheid (QuAIA) in the Toronto Pride Parade this year can be justly attributed to the ongoing Brand Israel campaign backed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kenya chiefs block Mombasa gay wedding</title>
		<link>http://meemgroup.org/news/2010/02/kenya-chiefs-block-mombasa-gay-wedding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[International LGBT News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homophobia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[lgbt news]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Local chiefs and Kenyan officials have prevented a planned "gay wedding" in Kenya - where such unions are illegal.]]></description>
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		<title>Cross about cross-dressing: Is it a wicked Western habit that should be stopped?</title>
		<link>http://meemgroup.org/news/2010/02/cross-about-cross-dressing-is-it-a-wicked-western-habit-that-should-be-stopped/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Arab LGBT News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cross dressing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gender]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[qatar]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jan 28th 2010 &#124; DOHA &#124; From The Economist print edition CROSS-DRESSING is on the rise among young Qataris. The local press says that more tradition-minded locals are upset by the growing number of young women affecting a masculine style of dress, baggy trousers, short hair and deep voices. These women, who call themselves boyat, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bareed Mista3jil:  Pressed to Express:  By Alexis Pauline Gumbs</title>
		<link>http://meemgroup.org/news/2010/01/bareed-mista3jil-pressed-to-express-by-alexis-pauline-gumbs/</link>
		<comments>http://meemgroup.org/news/2010/01/bareed-mista3jil-pressed-to-express-by-alexis-pauline-gumbs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:25:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>meem</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International LGBT News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meem Achievements]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[homosexuality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lebanon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lgbtq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trans.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pressed to Express By Alexis Pauline Gumbs Published on: October 01, 2009 BAREED MISTA3JIL: TRUE STORIES BY MEEM bareedmista3jil.com, 2009 Bareed Mista3jil—roughly translated as “Express Mail”—is the perfect name for this collection of 41 personal stories by “lesbians, bisexuals, queer and questioning women, and transgender persons from all over Lebanon.” I waited by the door [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meem Speech at the Opening Plenary of the AWID Forum Receives a Standing Ovation</title>
		<link>http://meemgroup.org/news/2008/12/meem-speech-at-the-opening-plenary-of-the-awid-forum-receives-a-standing-ovation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Meem in International events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feminism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women's movements]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[2000 feminists from 144 countries around the world gathered at the AWID Forum &#8220;The Power of Movements&#8221; to discuss the global women&#8217;s movement from all angles and perspectives. Meem was invited by the organizers to give a speech at the Opening Plenary &#8220;Woman Organizing and Transforming the World.&#8221; The Meem speech received a standing ovation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Different in a Different World</title>
		<link>http://meemgroup.org/news/2008/12/different-in-a-different-world/</link>
		<comments>http://meemgroup.org/news/2008/12/different-in-a-different-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[International LGBT News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Homophobia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Youth]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Meem participated in a workshop that reached out to young people in schools and youth centers in Belgium to talk about the challenges of LGBT rights around the world. The experience gained in working with youth was important in helping us formulate a strategy to combat school homophobia in Lebanon in the future.]]></description>
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		<title>Meem Wins an International LGBTI Human Rights Award!</title>
		<link>http://meemgroup.org/news/2008/11/meem-wins-an-international-lgbti-human-rights-award/</link>
		<comments>http://meemgroup.org/news/2008/11/meem-wins-an-international-lgbti-human-rights-award/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 22:33:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>news_editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International LGBT News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LGBT Activists]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Austrian Member of Parliament, Ulrike Lunacek, presented Meem with a special award recognizing Meem&#8217;s courage, creativity, and commitment in the struggle for equal rights (i.e. for our awesomeness!) A Meem member was presented with the €500 award in Vienna to the standing ovation of over 200 LGBT activists from around the world. Lesbian group Labrys [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meem Gives a Panel on Feminism at the ILGA World Conference</title>
		<link>http://meemgroup.org/news/2008/11/meem-gives-a-panel-on-feminism-at-the-ilga-world-conference/</link>
		<comments>http://meemgroup.org/news/2008/11/meem-gives-a-panel-on-feminism-at-the-ilga-world-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 22:02:03 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[International LGBT News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meem received a scholarship from the ILGA World Conference to attend and give a panel on feminism. Our panel consisted of a 7-point presentation on how to incorporate feminism into the LGBTI movement. Meem also participated in the women&#8217;s pre-conference, networked with different LGBTI organizations from around the world, and joined ILGA Asia taking on [...]]]></description>
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		<link>http://meemgroup.org/news/2008/11/132/</link>
		<comments>http://meemgroup.org/news/2008/11/132/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:40:21 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[International LGBT News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Meem member visited Belgium for 5 days in October as part of a team preparing a youth awareness project in schools and youth centers in the Flanders. She also visited the offices of ILGA Europe (the International Lesbian &#38; Gay Association) and met with Patricia Cruzi, Women&#8217;s Program Coordinator.]]></description>
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