{"id":78108,"date":"2013-03-20T23:50:29","date_gmt":"2013-03-20T23:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=78108"},"modified":"2013-03-20T23:50:29","modified_gmt":"2013-03-20T23:50:29","slug":"why-the-arab-world-needs-a-new-wave-of-feminism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/why-the-arab-world-needs-a-new-wave-of-feminism\/","title":{"rendered":"Why The Arab World Needs A New Wave Of Feminism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Why The Arab World Needs a New Wave of Feminism &#8212; and Who Could Lead It<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An article in a Hamas daily accused women for spreading a recent outbreak of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.memri.org\/report\/en\/0\/0\/0\/0\/0\/0\/6966.htm\" target=\"_hplink\">Swine flu<\/a>. The columnist blamed women for being transmitters of epidemics, due to their predilection for congregating in groups to exchange news and rumors. 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