Issue 466 of New Internationalist
Reader-owned global journalism
October 2013
Where have all the girls gone?
Sex selection
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Argument: Has the Arab Spring failed?
Writer and academic Myriam Francois-Cerrah and journalist Noreen Sadik go head-to-head.
Girls not allowed
Vanessa Baird reports on the scandal of sex selection and what it is doing to women - and the world.
'We aren't victims in Mali'
Singer-songwriter Rokia Traoré talks to Graeme Green about being an 'Afro-progressive' and how politics informs her music.
Burma's bloodthirsty monks
Brennan O'Connor meets the activists who are challenging a violent Buddhist minority intent on persecuting Muslims.
Stepping up for Syrian refugees
Jordanian translator Maha Alasil is going to extraordinary lengths to help, reports Nigel Wilson.
What kind of peace?
The legacy of Oslo has left Palestinians distinctly underwhelmed by the current peace talks. Ella David reports.
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