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Sander Hicks (born February 1, 1971) is the founder of Soft Skull Press, and Vox Pop Inc. Raised in the DC area, he is the son of Norman Hicks, a former World Bank economist who was an initial investor in his publishing business and his cafe. Sander
Tarab Abdul Hadi (also transliterated Tarab ‘Abd al-Hadi) (1910 Jenin –1976 Cairo) was a Palestinian Muslim activist and feminist. In the late 1920s, she co-founded the Palestine Arab Women’s Congress (PAWC), the first women’s organization in Briti
Felicia Langer (born on 9 December 1930 as Felicia-Amalia Weit in Tarnów, Poland) is a German-Israeli attorney and human rights activist known for her defence of Palestinians charged with political violations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Langer
Khalida Toumi (in Arabic خليدة تومي) (born 13 March 1958), aka Khalida Messaoudi (in Arabic خليدة مسعودي), is an Algerian politician. She was the Minister of Communication and Culture until April 2014. She is also a feminist activ
Maurício Waldman (São Paulo on December 2, 1955) is a professor, researcher, africanist, social activist and pioneer of Brazilian environmentalist movement.
Dilian Francisca Toro Torres (born 6 January 1959) is a Colombian physician and politician, she served as Senator of Colombia from 2002 to 2013. She is currently being investigated by the Supreme Court of Justice of Colombia on charges of money laund
Maryam Rajavi (born Maryam Azodanlu on 4 December 1953, in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian politician who is President elect of National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) since 1993. She is the wife of Massoud Rajavi, founder of the People’s Mujahedin
Yvonne Ridley (born 23 April 1958) is a British journalist and Respect Party activist. She was captured by the Taliban in 2001, and converted to Islam after release, later becoming an outspoken opponent of Zionism and vocal critic of Western media po
Sukhdev Thapar (15 May 1907 – 23 March 1931) was a revolutionary, born in Ludhiana, Punjab, British India.
Park Ki-tae is the founder of Voluntary Agency Network of Korea (VANK), a non-governmental South Korean organization. VANK consists of elementary, middle and high school students who “provide correct information about Korea to international textbook