<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Young Central]]></title><description><![CDATA[Young Central]]></description><link>https://sereenbanna.wixsite.com/my-site/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:29:23 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://sereenbanna.wixsite.com/my-site/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[A Call for Climate Action and Sustainable Development in Colombia]]></title><description><![CDATA[Climate change in Colombia has led to rising temperatures, impacting various aspects of life. In regions like El Líbano, traditional...]]></description><link>https://sereenbanna.wixsite.com/my-site/post/climate-action-sustainable-development-colombia</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6601cf088ad198b5fd543140</guid><category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Social Justice]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2024 19:59:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e745a0_7647f1b76cd94d64ab32a2b744f2af4e~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sereen Banna</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confucianism and Gender Roles in Dynastic China and South Korea]]></title><description><![CDATA[Between 1400 and 1900, women were seen as frail, troublesome, and dependent. ]]></description><link>https://sereenbanna.wixsite.com/my-site/post/confucianism-and-gender-roles-in-dynastic-china-and-south-korea</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66077797591cd43b8960a536</guid><category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category><category><![CDATA[International Human Rights Law]]></category><category><![CDATA[Social Justice]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2024 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_0fd3a83e8a454249adffc1e35ecff75d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sereen Banna</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gaza's catastrophic humanitarian crises and its Promising climate Issue on the Globe]]></title><description><![CDATA[The war in Gaza is catastrophic not only to the civilians, but also to animals and to the environemnt. Environmental issues caused by...]]></description><link>https://sereenbanna.wixsite.com/my-site/post/gaza-s-catastrophic-humanitarian-crises-and-its-promising-climate-issue</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65f8b987da6ac63a69d29d9c</guid><category><![CDATA[International Human Rights Law]]></category><category><![CDATA[Conflict]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2024 03:50:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/390743_81741c8cfea743bdaeb11a6b768c5162~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_720,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sereen Banna</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anarchy in Paradise: Gang Violence in Haiti]]></title><description><![CDATA[A group of Haitians and Colombians assassinated Jovenel Moise in 2021. Ariel Henry, Moïse's prime minister, became Haiti's head of state.]]></description><link>https://sereenbanna.wixsite.com/my-site/post/anarchy-in-paradise-gang-violence-haiti</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65f48d6da733290a3c49cba0</guid><category><![CDATA[Conflict]]></category><category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2024 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cb286e_ed603d799f624fe090c814a7d367bc4e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_640,h_342,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sereen Banna</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exploring the Impact of Conflict on Water Crisis in Gaza: Israel-Palestine War]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduction The United Nations (UN) states that the right to water entitles everyone to have access to sufficient, safe, accessible, and...]]></description><link>https://sereenbanna.wixsite.com/my-site/post/water-crisis-in-gaza</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65c34499645b64cfe893fc41</guid><category><![CDATA[Social Justice]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2024 01:15:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/17d651_35b9e37377574e12853aad3086628ea7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_628,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sereen Banna</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contentious Politics in Spain: Balancing Autonomy, Democracy, and Monarchy]]></title><description><![CDATA[The emergence of conservative political parties in Spain, notably VOX, whose agenda prioritizes the defense of the monarchy's authority...]]></description><link>https://sereenbanna.wixsite.com/my-site/post/contentious-politics-in-spain-balancing-autonomy-democracy-and-monarchy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65d63a8497547765ae478942</guid><category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2024 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e745a0_d3580916327647e49ac6c0e2fd38c65b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sereen Banna</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Belt and Road Initiative: Unraveling China’s Foreign Investment Strategy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Much has been said about China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), both in the context of developing countries but also from a perspective...]]></description><link>https://sereenbanna.wixsite.com/my-site/post/the-belt-and-road-initiative-unraveling-china-s-foreign-investment-strategy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65eab0e8e4f1b4c0acb6372b</guid><category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2024 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/428b65_87ed53801fe841848aa4b4ef6430a936~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sereen Banna</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rwanda's Genocide Case: The longstanding effect of colonialism on Rwanda]]></title><description><![CDATA[Background information Th Rwandan Genocide is a product of Eurpean colonialism and still prvelenct in Africa. When the Belgiun came to...]]></description><link>https://sereenbanna.wixsite.com/my-site/post/rwanda-s-genocide-case</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65e644ac74a710fffdf7b520</guid><category><![CDATA[International Human Rights Law]]></category><category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category><category><![CDATA[Social Justice]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2024 03:41:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/390743_95d6ada932f644a6a8ea2646d7c9e62d~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sereen Banna</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI Images and Videos: What Could Go Wrong?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Keynote presenting Sora]]></description><link>https://sereenbanna.wixsite.com/my-site/post/ai-images-and-videos-what-could-go-wrong</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65e659ad03c0778b49ac9564</guid><category><![CDATA[AI]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2024 00:21:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/61e86e_4f50e99f91dc4e14ab458ccb5c6fce28~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_445,h_266,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sereen Banna</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Chiquita Canyon Landfill Crisis]]></title><description><![CDATA["Without a clean and healthy environment, economic and social development cannot be sustained."]]></description><link>https://sereenbanna.wixsite.com/my-site/post/the-chiquita-canyon-crisis</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65e00e8e8feaf73a591f3fe0</guid><category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Social Justice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Conflict]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2024 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cb286e_933e3ad9f3584e208239f8eb204bd78e~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_280,h_180,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sereen Banna</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Food, identity, and ‘gastronationalism’: Three dishes from around the world]]></title><description><![CDATA[Who, culturally speaking, owns a dish? Can that ever be definitively determined? And why should it matter?]]></description><link>https://sereenbanna.wixsite.com/my-site/post/food-identity-and-gastronationalism-three-dishes-from-around-the-world</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65d82c7e34bcf0e4fcc5f1e1</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2024 06:29:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/428b65_20cb9e2ad1c64007a18b616e2feeefee~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_827,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sereen Banna</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inside the Darién Gap: At the Center of Migration in the Americas ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Examining the various factors influencing migration through the treacherous Darién Gap region of Panama and Colombia, including the...]]></description><link>https://sereenbanna.wixsite.com/my-site/post/darien-gap-migration</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65d524c3e11e8b4fe69c5601</guid><category><![CDATA[International Human Rights Law]]></category><category><![CDATA[Conflict]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2024 22:18:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e745a0_b729a34fecfb4d7ca1bc6ad1fa8aabc3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_970,h_405,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sereen Banna</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sexism in North Africa]]></title><description><![CDATA[Women can acquire a passport without their guardian's consent in Egypt (since 2000), Libya, Morocco (since 2004), and Tunisia (since 2017). ]]></description><link>https://sereenbanna.wixsite.com/my-site/post/sexism-in-north-africa</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65cfc1a4d487949b0241bf33</guid><category><![CDATA[International Human Rights Law]]></category><category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Social Justice]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2024 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_47c61d4595ad4d829f6138fff3e858a9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sereen Banna</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lost Lives, Stolen Dreams: Investigating the Human Trafficking Crisis Across Latin America]]></title><description><![CDATA[Human rights experts have stressed that tens of thousands of women and children across Latin America are trafficked annually.]]></description><link>https://sereenbanna.wixsite.com/my-site/post/the-human-trafficking-crisis-between-the-u-s-and-central-america-a-comprehensive-guide</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65bc1fda58709f797b0a1375</guid><category><![CDATA[International Human Rights Law]]></category><category><![CDATA[Conflict]]></category><category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category><category><![CDATA[Social Justice]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2024 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e745a0_4507d257f6594aa6902752da14e46d16~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_600,h_400,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sereen Banna</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Austerity policy: a necessary evil or a failure of the system?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Austerity policy's mixed record brings up questions over its track record and costly implications for government welfare programs.]]></description><link>https://sereenbanna.wixsite.com/my-site/post/austerity-policy-a-necessary-evil-or-a-failure-of-the-system</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65c4ceda67e228aef321bf7d</guid><category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 13:26:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/428b65_5ab001f7699b43fa8a57e41df3cd4656~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_400,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sereen Banna</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Child Labor in Democratic Republic of Congo: the consequences of big tech scramble for mineral in DRC.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduction The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) faces  severe issue: child labor, particularly within artisanal mining. Despite the...]]></description><link>https://sereenbanna.wixsite.com/my-site/post/child-labor-in-democratic-republic-of-congo-the-complexity-of-big-tech-scramble-for-mineral-and-hum</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65c10b1d5278d6ed60478d49</guid><category><![CDATA[International Human Rights Law]]></category><category><![CDATA[Social Justice]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2024 04:23:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/390743_c4b7c17ac810436c8154f61ac7d76a38~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_299,h_169,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sereen Banna</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indigenous Rights in the Congo Basin ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gorillas, giraffes, bonobos, chimpanzees, elephants, hippos, leopards, and Indigenous peoples encounter habitat loss.]]></description><link>https://sereenbanna.wixsite.com/my-site/post/indigenous-rights-in-the-congo-basin</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65baec4ba9d2e39091176023</guid><category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Conflict]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2024 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cb286e_dbab2eaca880447696bace92157e8856~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_300,h_168,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sereen Banna</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Looking Back at The War on Terror]]></title><description><![CDATA[The War on Terror lasted over twenty years and has caused irreversible damage to numerous countries. What started as an effort to curb...]]></description><link>https://sereenbanna.wixsite.com/my-site/post/looking-back-at-the-war-on-terror</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65bb2d5f4a52d2c0ba8e02bf</guid><category><![CDATA[Conflict]]></category><category><![CDATA[International Human Rights Law]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2024 06:20:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/61e86e_7d3290070ed4450aa5c8c25e1859f6a7~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_474,h_316,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sereen Banna</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illuminating the Impact of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduction Female genital mutilation (FGM) is defined as the partial or total removal of a woman’s external genitalia.[1] FGM is a...]]></description><link>https://sereenbanna.wixsite.com/my-site/post/illuminating-the-impact-of-female-genital-mutilation-fgm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65b350c8edf1099106720ce4</guid><category><![CDATA[Social Justice]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2024 20:05:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_c7c9d7bed8354d578667126c1aa96894~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sereen Banna</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elections, Scandals, and Corruption: Milei in the 2023 Argentina Elections]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is a new president in office in Argentina. Elected in December 2023, Javier Milei led the presidential election in the country,...]]></description><link>https://sereenbanna.wixsite.com/my-site/post/elections-scandals-corruption-2023-argentina-elections</link><guid isPermaLink="false">659772a09bf5cc38f31fe66c</guid><category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2024 19:59:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e745a0_33a50da678d848ddb33cafed1b72c0a9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sereen Banna</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>