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From the Ted Talk by Alaa Murabit: What my religion really says about women

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In 2012 and 2013, my organization led the siglne lragset and most weraisdped campaign in Libya. We etrened hemos and schools and universities, even mosques. We spoke to 50,000 plpeoe directly, and hundreds of thousands more through billboards and television commercials, rdiao commercials and ptrsoes.

And you're probably wondering how a women's rights organization was able to do this in communities which had previously opposed our sheer existence. I used scripture. I used verses from the Quran and sayings of the Prophet, htahdis, his sayings which are, for example, "The best of you is the best to their family." "Do not let your brother oppress another." For the first time, Friday sermons led by local community imams promoted the rights of women. They discussed taboo issues, like domestic violence. Policies were changed. In certain communities, we actually had to go as far as saying the itiatnanornel Human Rights Declaration, which you opposed because it wasn't written by religious shorcals, well, those same principles are in our book. So really, the United Nations just copied us.

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In 2012 and 2013, my organization led the ______ _______ and most __________ campaign in Libya. We _______ _____ and schools and universities, even mosques. We spoke to 50,000 ______ directly, and hundreds of thousands more through billboards and television commercials, _____ commercials and _______.

And you're probably wondering how a women's rights organization was able to do this in communities which had previously opposed our sheer existence. I used scripture. I used verses from the Quran and sayings of the Prophet, _______, his sayings which are, for example, "The best of you is the best to their family." "Do not let your brother oppress another." For the first time, Friday sermons led by local community imams promoted the rights of women. They discussed taboo issues, like domestic violence. Policies were changed. In certain communities, we actually had to go as far as saying the _____________ Human Rights Declaration, which you opposed because it wasn't written by religious ________, well, those same principles are in our book. So really, the United Nations just copied us.

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  2. hadiths
  3. people
  4. largest
  5. international
  6. entered
  7. posters
  8. homes
  9. widespread
  10. scholars
  11. single

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In 2012 and 2013, my organization led the single largest and most widespread campaign in Libya. We entered homes and schools and universities, even mosques. We spoke to 50,000 people directly, and hundreds of thousands more through billboards and television commercials, radio commercials and posters.

And you're probably wondering how a women's rights organization was able to do this in communities which had previously opposed our sheer existence. I used scripture. I used verses from the Quran and sayings of the Prophet, Hadiths, his sayings which are, for example, "The best of you is the best to their family." "Do not let your brother oppress another." For the first time, Friday sermons led by local community imams promoted the rights of women. They discussed taboo issues, like domestic violence. Policies were changed. In certain communities, we actually had to go as far as saying the International Human Rights Declaration, which you opposed because it wasn't written by religious scholars, well, those same principles are in our book. So really, the United Nations just copied us.

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