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[caption id="attachment_55237637" align="alignnone" width="620"] T.E. Lawrence (left), better known as Lawrence Of Arabia, with American broadcaster and explorer Lowell Thomas, circa 1925.[/caption] …

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[caption id="attachment_55237136" align="alignnone" width="620"] Egyptian Coptic Christian women attend Christmas midnight mass led by Pope Tawadros II late on 6 January 2013. Source: KHALED DESOUKI…

[caption id="attachment_55237101" align="alignnone" width="620"] Samar Yazbek in Saint Malo, France.[/caption] [inset_right]A Woman in the Crossfire: Diaries of the Syrian Revolution Samar Yazbek…

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