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Ghassan Hitto (Arabic: غسان هيتو; born 1963) was the first Prime Minister of an interim government established by the Syrian opposition National Coalition. Born in Damascus into a Kurdish family, he left Syria to the U.S. in 1980, became a
John Bruce “Jack” Thompson (born July 25, 1951) is an American activist and disbarred attorney, based in Coral Gables, Florida. Thompson is known for his role as an anti-video-game activist, particularly against violence and sex in video games. Durin
Thomas Clement “Tommy” Douglas, PC CC SOM (20 October 1904 – 24 February 1986) was a Canadian social democratic politician and Baptist minister. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1935 as a member of the Co-operative Commonwealth F
Sarah Coral Hanson-Young (born 23 December 1981) is an Australian politician. She has been a Greens member of the Senate since July 2008, representing the state of South Australia. She is the youngest woman to sit in federal parliament, and the young
Lee Bum Suk (1925–1983, revised romanization I Beom-seok) was the Foreign Minister of South Korea from 1982 until his death. He was among the victims of the Rangoon bombing in 1983.
Pedro Pablo Zamora was an openly gay, Cuban-American HIV-positive AIDS educator who became famous for his activism, testimony before Congress, and his appearance on MTV`s reality television series, The Real World: San Francisco. U.S. President Bill
Semyon Grigoryevich Morozov (Russian: Семён Григорьевич Морозов; 25 September [O.S. 12 September] 1914, Taganrog – 23 February 1943, Taganrog) was commissar of the Taganrog antifascist underground organization (1941–1943)
Sima Samar (Persian: سیما سمر) (born 3 February 1957) is a well known woman’s and human rights advocate, activist and a social worker within national and international forums, who served as Minister of Women’s Affairs of Afghanistan fr
Rahima Moosa (14 October 1922 – 29 May 1993) was a member of the Transvaal Indian Congress and later the African National Congress. She is well known for the role she played in the national uprising of women on 9 August 1956. Moosa was also a shop st
Gerard Ee Hock Kim (Chinese: 余福金; pinyin: Yú Fú Jīn) is a public figure championing social service rights and issues in Singapore. He is the son of the late Ee Peng Liang, a Singaporean philanthropist and the Father of Charity in Singapore.
Jessica Valenti (born November 1, 1978) is an American blogger and feminist writer, founder of the Feministing blog in 2004. She is the author or co-author of four books on women’s issues, including Full Frontal Feminism (2007), He’s a Stud, She’s a