(2021-12-04). Understanding the student protests in Iraqi Kurdistan. roarmag.org Students protesting in Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Photo via On November 21, 2021, hundreds of students from the University of Sulaymaniyah, one of the largest public universities in Iraqi Kurdistan, walked out of their classes in protest to demand better living conditions. The student demonstrations are a response to decades of endemic corruption,
(2021-12-04). [Correspondence] Enabling physical activity for people living with disabilities. thelancet.com Kathleen Martin Ginis and colleagues1 elucidated the significance and challenges of physical activity in people living with disabilities (PLWD). They summarised the difficulty of PLWD in participating in physical activity, despite the absence of serious medical problems. Due to their disability, PLWD are easily isolated from society, which can further reduce their physical activity levels. Social connectedness has been shown to have a positive effect on PLWD participating in social activities.2 Social prescribing is one such approach to resolve individual problems through the establishment of social connection.
(2021-12-03). Why We Should Oppose The Democracy Summit. popularresistance.org The exclusion of certain countries from the U.S. "democracy summit" is not a side issue. It is the very purpose of the summit. And excluded countries have not been excluded for failing to meet the standards of behavior of those that were invited or the one doing the inviting. Invitees didn't even have to be countries, as even a U.S. backed failed coup leader from Venezuela has been invited. So have representatives of Israel, Iraq, Pakistan, DRC, Zambia, Angola, Malaysia, Kenya, and — critically — pawns in the game: Taiwan and Ukraine. | What game? The weapons sales game. Which is the whole point. Look…
(2021-12-03). Dozens killed, wounded in ISIL attack on Iraq's Makhmur city. en.mehrnews.com The Ministry of Peshmerga Affairs of Iraqi Kurdistan Region announced that a number of civilians were killed and injured in the wake of last night's attack by ISIL terrorist groups on "Makhmur" city in Iraq.