Zeina Awad

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Zeina Awad
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Zeina Awad is an Al Jazeera correspondent for the award-winning Fault Lines current affairs programme. She is currently based in Washington DC. She's reported for news and current affairs from the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas. Follow her on Twitter: @Zeina_Awad

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By Zeina Awad in Middle East on April 19th, 2012
Syria's first lady is the target of a petition and a video started by the wives of two European ambassadors. [AFP]

"Asma al-Assad is glamorous, young, and very chic - the freshest and most magnetic of first ladies."

These were the opening  words of the now infamous Vogue magazine profile of Syria’s first lady which was published a little over a year ago.

Today, the freshest of first ladies is the target of a petition and a video started by the wives of two European ambassadors, demanding she use her political clout to stop her husband, President Bashar al-Assad, from killing his own people. It's been signed by close to 20,000 people so far.

By Zeina Awad in Americas on April 2nd, 2012

Democracy. That buzzword we hear over and over again coming from powerful quarters in the US to help explain interventions across the globe, from Iraq to Central America.

But while many in the world are familiar with the buzzword, few may realise that a fight over democracy is being waged on American soil as we speak, and it comes in the form of challenging brand new voting laws.

By Zeina Awad in Africa on June 14th, 2010
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There is no shortage of theories about who was behind Sunday's blasts in Nairobi. But one theory stands above the rest.

The timing of the blasts is crucial here - less than 2 months ahead of a referendum in which Kenyans wil be voting on whether or not to adopt a new constitution. A huge amount is riding on this vote - the draft constitution is a key part of the the deal that ended Kenya's violence in 2008. The Kibaki - Raila unity government wants the constitution to pass.

Badly.

But the target of the blasts - thousands of Evangelican Christians - do not. They were attacked while gathering in a public park to pray and listen to their leaders preach about the virtues of voting No in the upcoming constitution. They believe the blasts were planted by supporters of the Yes camp with the backing of the government.

And this is where the danger lies in as far as many Kenyans are concerned. The blasts are still being investigated.

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