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Yalda Hakim

A woman prisoner waits for her release orders inside a jail in Karachi, Pakistan, July 13, 2006.

In Pakistan, women can still be sent to prison for choosing who they love

Development

A women in Pakistan chose the man she loved instead of the man her family wanted her to marry. That’s why she’s in prison.

Drones in Yemen: A Scene from Ground Level

Attitudes in Yemen Toward US Drone Strikes and al-Qaeda

Global Politics
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