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ActivitesHuman RightsPalestine November 20, 2008

Shameless in London, obscene in Israel, stupid in Ramallah

The decision by the Buckingham palace to bestow an honorary knighthood on Israeli President Shimon Peres should be viewed as a blatant disregard for propriety and moral conduct by Queen
ActivitesHuman Rights November 20, 2008

Begging Your Pardon

Ibrahim Eissa remains a free man, if not exactly innocent in the eyes of the law. A presidential pardon issued October 6 meant the controversial editor in chief of independent
ActivitesHuman RightsWomen November 20, 2008

An Equal Stage

The intricacies of democracy are a mystery, at least for many of the country’s rural poor — and especially for the politically and economically disenfranchised women of the agricultural heartlands
ActivitesHuman RightsWorkers November 20, 2008

Voices of the Street

By all indications, this year has been the spring, summer, fall and winter of discontent. Public frustration has been building over stagnating wages and rising prices, sexual harassment and reports
ActivitesIslamic IssuesWomen November 20, 2008

The Hijabi Monologues

I’m a member of a group called BuSSy, which aims to raise awareness of women’s issues in Egypt. Every year, we put on a play which we call “the Egyptian
ActivitesHuman RightsPalestine November 20, 2008

New DCI report: increased settler attacks against children

Today, Defence for Children International–Palestine Section (DCI/PS) released a report that documents the troubling extent of settler attacks perpetrated against Palestinian children in the Occupied Territory.
ActivitesIslamic IssuesWomen November 20, 2008

Muslim woman defies male dominance

Amal Soliman, a 32-year-old Egyptian woman, has endured intimidation and ridicule in the year since she applied for a job as the Muslim world’s first mazouna, or female marriage registrar,
ActivitesOther Issues November 20, 2008

Toxic brown cloud expected to appear in Egypt’s sky

The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) warned of the passing of the “brown” cloud, which is full of toxic chemical material, over the Middle East.
ObamaOther Opinions November 20, 2008

Obama, Middle East and the Freedom Agenda

Jackson Diehl in the Washington Post predicted the Obama administration will abandon Bush’s freedom agenda and democracy promotion in the Middle East, especially after we’ve seen its end results in
ActivitesHuman Rights November 20, 2008

Statesman Gaddafi Still Rules a Police State

the Post, Mohamed Eljahmi, brother of jailed Libyan dissident Fathi Eljahmi, reminds us of the Libyan government’s miserable human rights record. As Libyan tyrant Moammar Gaddafi rejoins polite society, receives