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In Western Sahara, women play large role in forgotten struggle for independence

Washington Post, July 8, 2013
By Loveday Morris,

LAAYOUNE, Western Sahara — As dusk enveloped the salmon-pink houses of this capital city, the brightly colored robes of women stood out in a mass of protesters chanting for independence from Moroccan rule……..in a Muslim-majority region where women are often marginalized from politics, women have taken an unusually prominent role in Western Sahara’s independence movement (cont.)

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