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		<title>&#8220;City&#8221; diplomacy: Minneapolis and Najaf</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak and Najaf city employee Hiba Qader in Minneapolis, October, 2011
In 2009, Minneapolis residents worked with the city council to approve a &#8220;Sister City&#8221; relationship with Najaf, Iraq. A sister city relationship is about building peaceful relationships between the people of two cities. President Eisenhower launched the idea in 1956, when he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NOT ABOUT BOMBS set to open; please consider supporting the exhibit</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Iraqi Art]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#34;Still/Chaos&#34; by Sama Alshaibi and Dena Al-Adeeb is one of the defining images of NOT ABOUT BOMBS, a new exhibit presented by the Iraqi and American Reconciliation Project. The exhibit features contemporary works from female Iraqi artists and runs February 3 - March 3.
&#8220;The Western media is rampant with preconceived notions about women in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Navigating the Aftermath&#8221; Tour Wraps Up</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/navigating-the-aftermath-tour-wraps-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:56:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[







At the opening reception in Winona, MN.




IARP ended its Navigating the Aftermath tour in October with the tour&#8217;s last stop, in Duluth, MN. Through art and film, Navigating created a shared space for unfiltered Iraqi and American voices to speak about the war on Iraq and its consequences.
The exhibit featured established and emerging Iraqi and American artists in dialogue. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Increase in Incidence of Cancer in Najaf Province</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/update-on-water-quality-in-iraq/</link>
		<comments>http://reconciliationproject.org/update-on-water-quality-in-iraq/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Iraq and Middle East News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Dr. Abdulkareem  A. Mahmood, Najaf, Iraq:
Members of the Muslim Peacemaker Teams (MPT) in Najaf reported that the incidence of cancer is increasing in the governorate, from 40 cases per 100,000 people in 2009 to 70 cases per 100,000 people at the end of 2011 .
Environmental pollution is still the main threat, including polluted drinking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mission Accomplished</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/mission-accomplished/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 04:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Sami Rasouli
The US troops officially pulled out by the end of 2011, but left behind a crippled country called Iraq. Iraq will never be the same after 2003. According to international law, the US is legally and morally responsible to pay Iraqis reparations and to rebuild the country. But today, after almost nine years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not About Bombs</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/not-about-bombs-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The opening reception for Not About Bombs: A collection of contemporary works by eminent female Iraqi artists explores an identity in flux.
Download the flyer here
DATE: February 3, 2012
TIME: 7:00 p.m. &#8211; 9:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Intermedia Arts, 2822 Lyndale Avenue South  Minneapolis, MN 55408
ADMISSION: Free
Co-Presented by IARP and Intermedia Arts


EXHIBITION RUNS JAN 31 &#8211; MAR 3, 2012
FEATURING WORKS BY [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq: A country in shambles</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt from a recent article from Al-Jazeera. For the full article, click here.
Baghdad, Iraq - As a daily drumbeat of violence continues to reverberate across Iraq, people here continue to struggle to find some sense of normality, a task made increasingly difficult due to ongoing violence and the lack of both water and electricity.
During the build-up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holy Innocents</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/holy-innocents/</link>
		<comments>http://reconciliationproject.org/holy-innocents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:05:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Steve Clemens, IARP Board Member

The President announced two weeks ago that the war in Iraq is over. The TV cameras showed the convoy of military trucks driving out of Iraq into Kuwait. All US Troops are now out of Iraq – well, except for several hundred which remain in the Kurdish north who will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As the Troops Come Home From Iraq, Here&#8217;s a Holiday Gift You Can Give</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/as-the-troops-come-home-from-iraq-heres-a-holiday-gift-you-can-give/</link>
		<comments>http://reconciliationproject.org/as-the-troops-come-home-from-iraq-heres-a-holiday-gift-you-can-give/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A series of hardships await soldiers who return home, including suicide, domestic violence, and divorce. But there are many ways to lend a hand.
As this month draws to an end amid the usual clamor of Christmas music and frenzied shopping, some 40,000 troops will be returning home from Iraq to face one of the hardest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Be Patient! Survive! Never Give Up Hope!</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/be-patient-survive-never-give-up-hope/</link>
		<comments>http://reconciliationproject.org/be-patient-survive-never-give-up-hope/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:52:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Mary Beaudoin
Re-posted from Women Against Military Madness
This is what a doctor from Najaf said that Americans can learn from Iraqis: “Be patient. Survive. Never give up hope.” Mahadi Al-Faraaon, an oral surgeon and professor of dentistry who counseled us with these words, was among eight physicians, accompanied by Intisar Ogal, a radiology technician, and Hiba Qader, a representative [...]]]></description>
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