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Martina Sabra

martina.sabra@t-online.de

last contributed to D+C/E+Z in autumn 2016 as a free-lance journalist and development consultant.

All articles of Martina Sabra

MENA
Martina Sabra

Arranged marriage, forced marriage

What is an arranged or forced marriage?

Marital tradition
Martina Sabra

Marriage first, love later?

Fewer arranged marriages in Arab countries

Refugees
Martina Sabra

More than food and shelter

Art project with and about refugees from Syria and Palestine

Women in Islam
Martina Sabra

Changing gender roles

Relevant reading on Islam, gender and politics

Islamic welfare
Martina Sabra

Overcoming ­reservations

International NGOs should cooperate more with Islamic aid organisations

Rule of law
Martina Sabra

Legal challenges

Promising, but incomplete: Tunisia’s legal provisions for achieving democracy and reconciliation

Civil war
Martina Sabra

Invisible victims

Exiled Syrians help fellow citizens in Jordan in private rehabilitation centres

Globalisation sceptics
Martina Sabra

Many open questions

World Social Forum in Tunis boosts leftist, secular and feminist forces in the Arab world

Protests in the Arab World
Martina Sabra

Holiday paradise and police state

Why Ben Ali fell and the West is not in favour in Tunisia

Relevant reading
Martina Sabra

Lots of room for interpretation

Experts discuss women's right in Muslim law

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The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

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Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

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The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

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