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Working women in Brazil fight to get their children into crèches
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By Rasheed Abou-Alsamh BRASILIA, Brazil – Like their counterparts across the developing world, working Brazilian mothers are fighting to get their children into government-run crèches, but are finding that a severe shortage of such daycare facilities is forcing them to pay for private care or enter into lengthy legal battles […]
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rasheedabou
I am a Saudi-American journalist who grew up in Switzerland and Brazil. I studied at Swarthmore College in the US, and then worked for 20 years in Saudi Arabia and the UAE as a reporter, editor and columnist in English-language newspapers. I moved back to Brazil in 2008, and am now a columnist on the Arab world for O Globo newspaper and a correspondent for Al-Ahram Weekly in Cairo. I speak English and Portuguese fluently.
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Brazil’s government struggles to respond to popular demands
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By Rasheed Abou-Alsamh BRASILIA, Brazil – The massive street protests that rocked all of Brazil at the end of June for several weeks showed the high level of popular discontent with the poor state of transportation, education and healthcare in the country. This came as a surprise to many Brazilian […]
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240,000 Brazilians protest across country for reforms
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São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and five other Brazilian cities have already announced bus fare cuts By Rasheed Abou-Alsamh BRASILIA, Brazil – In a movement devoid of any overt political demands and run mostly by young Brazilians fed up with being ignored for so long, Brazilians across the country spilled […]
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Nuclear energy: the elephant in the room of renewable energy debate
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The following article deals with the topic “Reassessing Renewable Energies” which is currently discussed at the Global Economic Symposium in Rio. The author intends to enrich the discussion at the symposium with his personal stories and ideas. By Rasheed Abou-Alsamh The ‘Reassessing Renewable Energies’ panel held today at the Global […]
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The challenge of online education
Written by rasheedabou
The following article deals with the topic “ Roundtable: Education and Media” which is currently discussed at the Global Economic Symposium in Rio. The author intends to enrich the discussion at the symposium with his personal stories and ideas. By Rasheed Abou-Alsamh This morning’s panel on “Redefining Universities” at the […]
