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Civil society refers to the space which lies between the state and private sectors and represent un-coerced collective action around common interests, purposes and values. Civil society comprises a diversity of spaces, actors and institutions varying in their degree of formality, autonomy and power. Civil society is valued for its civilian nature and its role in strengthening peace and stability.

 

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Partaw Naderi

Beauty
 

Your voice is like a girl

from the farthest green village

 

whose tall and graceful frame

is known to the pine trees on the mountains

 

Your voice is like a girl

who, at dusk,

 

will bathe in the clear springs of heaven

beneath the parasol of the moon

 

who, at dawn,

bears home a jar of pure light

 

who will drink sip by sip

from the river of the sun

 

Your voice is like a girl

from the farthest green village

 

who wears an anklet

forged from the songs of a brook

 

who wears an earring

spun from the whispering rain

 

who wears a necklace

woven from the silk of a waterfall

 

all of which grace the garden of the sun

with their many-coloured blossoms of love —

 

and you

are as beautiful as your voice

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