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The Sunni-dominated structure was overturned, and members of the Shia majority, previously oppressed, were now eagerly taking their place at the top of the system.

What the play most painfully illustrates is that for women like these—impoverished or politically oppressed—appealing options are nonexistent.

What a difference, he said, to have a decision-maker in the White House with family roots in another country long oppressed by an authoritarian regime.

Leaning heavily on Jeffersonian rhetoric, the Browns called on the “oppressed” populace to rise and assert “their natural rights” as “citizens of a free republic.”

In another soaring room, dramatic bronze sculptures flip the script on the triumphs of Western civilization — placing the focus on the oppressed.