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When We Can’t Read

Monday, January 7th, 2008
This is not about “won’t read,” but about “can’t read.” Today, AFP reported the following from the Middle East: “Nearly one in three people in the Arab world is illiterate, including nearly half of all women in the region, the Tunis-based Arab League Educational Cultural and Scientific Organisation said Monday.” It is impossible to state how distressing this [...]
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