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Anger over school photo exhibition’s ‘exclusion of Nasheed’

The exclusion of former President Mohamed Nasheed from a local school photo exhibition depicting Maldives history has sparked outrage among his supporters.

10 Aug 2015, 9:00 AM
The exclusion of former President Mohamed Nasheed from a local school photo exhibition depicting Maldives history has sparked outrage among his supporters.
The 3000-photo strong exhibition, organized by Malé’s Billabong International School and up at the National Art Gallery, includes pictures of former presidents Ibrahim Nasir and Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, foreign dignitaries, television personalities, sportsmen and actors.
Only three photos of Nasheed were included in the exhibition.
President Abdulla Yameen and First Lady Fathimath Ibrahim inaugurated the exhibition on August 7.

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