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**If readers want this series to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz What can you tell us about this photo? Yesterday’s photo was taken looking east towards Danseys Pass, Central Otago, from SH85, near Ranfurly. NOTE: We prefer photos to be from a window

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Saudi Woman Targeted for Tweets

Saudi Woman Targeted for Tweets

Jessica Corbett commondreams.org Jessica Corbett is a staff writer for Common Dreams. Human rights advocates around the world this week called on Saudi Arabia to free Salma al-Shehab after she was sentenced to 34 years in prison and a 34-year travel ban for tweets criticizing the kingdom’s repression

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Digital ID in Canada Who Is Next?

Digital ID in Canada Who Is Next?

John Mac Ghlionn brownstone.org With a doctorate in psychosocial studies, John Mac Ghlionn works as both a researcher and essayist. His writing has been published by the likes of Newsweek, NY Post, and The American Conservative. The World Economic Forum (WEF) is actively promoting digital IDs. The Known Traveler

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**If readers want this series to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz What can you tell us about this photo? Yesterday’s photo was taken looking down Cambridge Terrace from Montreal Street, Christchurch. NOTE: We prefer photos to be from a window with preferably part

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**If readers want this series to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz What can you tell us about this photo? Yesterday’s photo was of a shop front in High Street, Christchurch. NOTE: We prefer photos to be from a window with preferably part of

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**If readers want this series to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz What can you tell us about this photo? Yesterday’s photo was of the Chelsea Sugar Refinery. Looking out from the Kipp Kelly floor to the Melt House. The bricks used in the

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**If readers want this series to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz What can you tell us about this photo? Yesterday’s photo was of the church and cemetery. Corner Korokipo Rd and Napier/Taihape Rd. Fernhill. Hawkes Bay. NOTE: We prefer photos to be

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A Conversation With a Palestinian Lawyer

A Conversation With a Palestinian Lawyer

Dr Sheree Trotter Israel Institute of New Zealand israelinstitute.nz The Israel Institute of New Zealand is an independent think tank dedicated to providing New Zealanders with a better understanding of the State of Israel through accurate analysis, insightful commentary, and effective advocacy. In 2018, we had the opportunity to

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**If readers want this series to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz What can you tell us about this photo? Yesterday’s photo was taken from Crown Terrace, looking across Russell Coutts’ private 18-hole golf course to the Frankton Arm of Lake Wakatipu. NOTE: We

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Israel Took a Walk on the Dark Side during the Pandemic

Gilad Haran Shahar Gavish brownstone.org Shahar Gavish is the director of The Israeli Public Emergency Council For The Covid19 Crisis Gilad Haran is a professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Physics at the Weizmann Institute of Science. He served as the Dean of Chemistry in the Institute.

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**If readers want this series to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz What can you tell us about this photo? Yesterday’s photo was of Lilybrook Reserve, Rangiora. NOTE: We prefer photos to be from a window with preferably part of the window in the

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Scapegoated Salman Rushdie Is an Easy Target

Scapegoated Salman Rushdie Is an Easy Target

Vijay Mishra Murdoch University Professor Vijay Mishra is an Emeritus Professor of English Literature at Murdoch University and Fellow of the Australian Humanities Academy. He has held Visiting Professorships/Fellowships at the University of Wales, the University of California, Santa Cruz, the University of Otago, Universitat des Saarlandes, University of

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Taliban’s Tactics to Oppress Women Haven’t Changed

Taliban’s Tactics to Oppress Women Haven’t Changed

Brian McQuinn University of Regina Cody Buntain University of Maryland Laura Courchesne University of Oxford Dr. Brian McQuinn is an Assistant Professor at the University of Regina and co-author of the report, “Powered by Twitter? The Taliban’s Takeover of Afghanistan.” Cody Buntain studies social media and how people engage

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**If readers want this series to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz What can you tell us about this photo? Yesterday’s photo: Attempts to dam the Waimakariri River proving harder than thought, even with the dog doing most of the digging. Popular swimming hole

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