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The need to &amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;redefine and reproduce a strong Arabic presence
and not let others do it on our behalf&lt;/em&gt;&amp;quot; was the key feeling last night when I sat in with the
twelve women from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.elkarama.org&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Karama&lt;/a&gt; as they met to debrief each other on day one at the
CSW. They are here from Lebanon,
Egypt, Syria, Jordan,
Sudan, Somalia and Morocco and had split into twos and
threes to attend different sessions. Key points that came up were:
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