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World Links: Ethiopia Requests Emergency Food Aid, Karadzic Boycotts His Own Trial
World Links: Pakistan Suffers Six Attacks in One Day, U.N. Endorses Gladstone Report
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World Links: Israel Exchanges Prisoners for Video, Burmese Opposition Leader’s Appeal Rejected
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World Links: U.S. to Withdraw More Troops from Iraq, Lashkar-e-Taiba Determined to Strike India
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World Links: Obama Addresses U.N., Co-Ed University Opens in Saudi Arabia
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World Links: Warning from Top Commander in Afghanistan, World Leaders Gather in New York
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World Links: Four U.S. Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan, Iranian Reformist Faces “Maximum Punishment”
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Contestant No. 2: Full Episode
Watch the full episode of Contestant No. 2, about an Arab-Israeli teenager and member of the Druze religion. When she sets her sights on the Miss Israel pageant, her tight-knit community balks.
Contestant No. 2: Introduction
(July 29, 2009) Duah Fares is an Arab-Israeli teenager and member of the Druze religion. When she sets her sights on the Miss Israel pageant, her tight-knit religious community balks. The pageant requires contestants to wear a bathing suit, an act that could disgrace her family and even put her in danger.
Contestant No. 2: Slideshow: Who Are the Druze?
Learn more about the faith, culture and history of the Druze, a tight-knit social and religious community with an estimated one million members worldwide.
Contestant No. 2: Filmmaker’s Notes
Filmmaker Ibtisam Mara'ana describes her experience working on the film.
Contestant No. 2: Credits
Credits for Contestant No. 2.
One Woman’s Brave Struggle to Expose “Honor Killings”
An award-winning Jordanian author chronicles how her reporting exposed the often accepted practice of murdering women in the name of family honor.
World Links: Taliban Lays Out New Rules of Engagement, Islamic Militants Kill Dozens in Nigeria
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