2003 women in the news

Women in the news 2003


Iraqi mothers, on hunger strike, crying in front of the Iraqi society of human rights in Kirkuk, demanding the US occupation forces to release their detained sons. (Assafir, 12/23/03).	Five Arab women from Lebanon succeeded in climbing to the top of Mountain Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and came back safely, last week. These were Noura Walid Jumblat, Aida Saud Shawaf, Lara Saud Shawaf, and Safa Nasser Sa'adi. (Dar Al-Hayat, 12/24/03).


Iranian human rights activists and 2003 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Shirin Ebadi, receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, on Wednesday. (Alittihad, 12/11/03).	Palestinian poet, Fadwa Touqan (84) died in Nablus yesterday. Fadwa was one of the most famous Arab poets for the last 50 years. (Saudi Al-Jazirah, 12/14/03).	Foreign Ministers of Spain (Anna Palacio) and Japan (Poriko Kawaguchi) in Tokyo yesterday (Alittihad, 12/23/03).

Anna Belle Valencia, a member of a US people-delegation, who came to Iraq from Tuscon, Arizona, to see her son and her daughter, who are US soldiers in Iraq. When she arrived at the US base in Tikrit, US base guards prevented her from entering the base telling her that her daughter left to Baghdad. She did not see her daughter for three years, as she was stationed in Germany before the war (Alquds Alarabi, 12/6/03).

American actor, Richard Gere, meeting with Hanan Ashrawi and several Palestinian intellectuals in Ramallah yesterday after meeting with Israeli intellectuals earlier (Alquds Alarabi, 12/10/03).

Iranian human rights activists and 2003 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Shirin Ebadi, speaking on Oslo on Tuesday. She'll be receiving her prize on Wednesday, as the first Muslim woman and the 11th Muslim who received it. (Annahar, 12/10/03).


Chinese-born U.S. resident and American University professor Gao Zhan, on November 26, 2003 pleaded guilty to illegally selling to China high-tech equipment that can be used in weapons systems, a Justice Department official said. Zhan, a U.S.-based Chinese sociologist convicted by China in 2001 for spying for rival Taiwan, pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Virginia, the official said. Gao is pictured during a press conference after arriving at Washington Dulles International Airport, in this July 26, 2001 file photo. (REUTERS/ Hyungwon Kang/Files, 11/27/03).	Ilina Tregopova, the Russian Journalisst, published her book about scandals of previous Soviet Presidents and how their offices manipulated the media (Alittihad, 11/27/03).	Tunisian singer, Dhikra Al-Dali, was killed by her Egyptian husband, Ayman Sadiq, who also killed her manager and his wife, then killed himself, in Cairo yesterday (Alittihad, 11/29/03).


Khadija Bin Ganna, Aljazeera TV anchorwoman, started wearing the Islamic dress (hijab) yesterday, as a sign of piety, while other women in the channel are still without hijab (Al-Riyadh, 11/26/03).	Aljazeera TV star anchorwoma, Khadija Bin Ganna puts on hijab	Indonesian President, Megawati Sukarno, during the Eid sermon, in Jakarta, yesterday (Allittihad, 11/26/03).


	Demonstrations broke out all over India yesterday protesting Sharon's visit to New Delhi. (Alquds Alarabi, 9/10/03).	Sweden's Foreign Minister Anna Lindh was stabbed in the arm by an unidentified man at a department store in central Stockholm on September 10, 2003, Lindh is seen during an address at the United Nations in New York in this September 19, 2002 file photoby Peter Morgan/Reuters, (9/10/03).


An elderly woman in Amman casts her vote on Saturday during the municipal elections to choose members of 83 municipal councils (PHOTO by Khalil MAZRAAWI/AFP, Jordan Times, 7/27/03).	An Italian soldier looking at an Afghani woman in Kabul. More than one year after Taliban and women have not changed the way they dress as some Western media predicted. (An Nahar, 7/27/03).	Amat Alim Assosowa, Yemeni Minister of Human Rights (Gulf News, 8/12/03).


Palestinian women chaining themselves in protest against the Israeli reluctance to release about 6,000 Palestinian detainees, a major Palestinian demand before the peace process is taken seriously. (Saudi Aljazirah, 7/27/03).	President Gloria Arroyo survived a military coup attampt yesterday (An Nahar, 7/27/03)	Australian ambassador to the Philippines Ruth Pearce (C) and other foreigners emerge from the Oakwood building hours after being held by dozens of rogue soldiers in Manila's Makati financial district on Sunday. (Reuters, Khaleej Times, 7/27/03).


Mariam Rajavi paying respect to the two women who burned themselves in protest to her arrest 15 days ago (An Nahar, 7/4/03).	Badria Rabi', a Bahraini activist, covered her face with the words justice and democracy, in protest for trying journalists in the island (An Nahar, 7/6/03).	Iranian conjoined twins, Ladan, left and Laleh Bijani adjust their scarf during a press conference in Singapore in this June 11, 2003 file photo. The 29 year old sisters, who will undergo a risky surgery to separate them on Sunday said on Saturday, July 5, 2003, that if God wanted them to live the rest of their lives as two separate individuals, then they would.(AP, Khaleej Times, 7/6/03).


Afnan R. Al-Zayani, president, Bahrain Businesswomen’s Society, left, with Rafidah Aziz, Malaysia’s minister of international trade and industry, at the conference of the Bahrain Businesswomen’s Society in Manama (Arab News, 5/16/03).	Palestinian legislator Hanan Ashrawi meets with Richard Gere outside her home in Ramallah. The two discussed the possibility of an international peace event that would be held in Jerusalem in October (Photo by Naser Naser, Jordan Times, 6/10/03).	Elina Firnandez, the daughter of Fidel Castro, speaking about Cuba's socialist experience in a symposium in Switzerland, yesterday. (Alittihad, 6/28/03).


The Irish President, Mary McKlins, in a state visit, Sidney, Austalia (Alittihad, 3/17/03).	The American woman peace activist, Rachel Corrie, who was murdered by an Israeli bulldozer in Rafah yesterday, when she tried to stop it from demolishing a Palestinian home. You don't see this on CNN or Fox. (An Nahar, 3/17/03).	Thank God, somebody still on Earth kisses children. Queen Beatrice of the Netherlands kissing a Brazilian child yesterday during her visit there (Alittihad, 3/27/03).

Name: Rachel Corrie.

Nationality: A US citizen, peace activist.

Place in history: Martyred on March 17, 2003.

Where? - In Rafah refugee camp, occupied Palestine.

Why and who murdered her? Zionist Israelis killed her by running over her with a bulldozer when she stood before them to prevent them from demolishing a Palestinian refugee home.

What will the Bush administration do? Nothing. When it comes to Israeli war crimes, American politicians are blind, deaf, and dump.

RACHEL CORRIE SUFFERED LIKE THE PEOPLE SHE LOVED. SHE DIED AMONG THEM. SHE IS ONE OF THEM. SHE IS A PALESTINIAN MARTYR. (By Khalil Arafeh, 3/17/03).

Sheherazade: Risking the Passage, contemporary art by Muslim women, a Minneapolis exhibition


Serena Williams of the United States celebrates her win over Eleni Daniilidou of Greece during their match at the Australian Open in Melbourne on January 20. Williams defeated Daniilidou 6-4 6-1. (Reuters, Khaleej Times, 1/20/03).	Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri (R) before the 114-nation Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Kuala Lumpur on February 24.(Reuters, Khaleej Times, 2/24/03).	Aisha Al-Siyabi, the first Arab Gulf woman to be appointed as a cabinet member. She was appointed as Oman's Minister of traditional industries (Alquds Alarabi, 3/5/03).

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