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If not then compare Ask your doctor about CRESTOR® Now you're getting somewhere:m neighbors able for a to woman '''A' !( hold a posi- tion requiring daily contact 4 the with Fatima Suhwell public "The maNew mayor of Abwein jority of my problems were due to society's inability to accept the idea of women participating in the municipality" Badarneh said adding that four other women candidates in her town dropped out before the elections due to family pressure The role of women in the Palestinian struggle has seen peaks and valleys Leila Khaled pushed women into the forefront in 1969 when she hijacked a TWA air' liner to Syria and Hanan Ashrawl has had a long career as a Palestinian spokeswoman legislator and human rights activist But Palestinian society has relegated most women to traditional house-bounroles during the two intense periods of violence — the uprising of 1987-9and the current round which began in 2000 Mhrawi believes the situa- is changing for the better lion - "We were hoping for more but this is a beginning" she said of the elections "We're delighted and plan to have a big celebratiod for the women" In the village of Abwein north of Ramallah Fatima Suhwell 59 received more votes than any of the 27 other candidates despite religious-baseparties campaigning relentlessly against her Now she will be mayor of the village representing the mainstream Fatah Party which won 12 out of the 13 council seats The elections in 26 localities last week were seen as a warm-ufor the Palestinians' Jan 9 presi- dential election to replace Yasser Arafat Mandi Abdul Hadi a Palestinian analyst said that as Palestinians become more demo- cratic women are increasing in- terested in affecting the direction ( of their society ' t ' i t half of them defeating their male opponents in this conservative traditional Arabic society Palestinian women won 51 seats in Thursday's elections 32 of them winning their place outright without having to claim a seat reserved for women by Palestinian law Maisoun Badarneh a teacher elected as an independent candidate to the council in the town of Yabed said she faced intense opposition from relatives and I 7' ii' - BALIAS YABED West Bank -- Women faced pressure not to run as candidates in the Palestinian local elections But they did — and they won with more than 141'' ''- l'!'' 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