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WOMEN’S DAY-IRAQ: Surviving Behind a Concrete Purdah

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Analysis by Dahr Jamail

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WASHINGTON, Mar 6 (IPS) – Iraq, where women once had more rights and freedom than most others in the Arab world, has turned deadly for women who dream of education and a professional career.

Former dictator Saddam Hussein maintained a relatively secular society, where it was common for women to take up jobs as professors, doctors and government officials. In today’s Iraq, women are being killed by militia…

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