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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
ActivitesHuman Rights November 20, 2008

Democracy Promotion in U.S. Foreign Policy

Michael Allen at Democracy Digest points to a thread at the CFR Forum in which Peter Beinart asks the house: “how central is the promotion of liberal democracy to a
ActivitesHuman RightsPalestine November 20, 2008

UNRWA suspends financial assistance to refugees in Gaza

The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees has announced that it would be forced to suspend its financial assistance to refugees in the Gaza Strip due to the
ActivitesHuman RightsPalestine November 20, 2008

Barghouthi: IOA measures against Gaza war crime

MP Dr. Mustafa Al-Barghouthi has charged that the Israeli occupation authority’s measures against the Gaza Strip, siege and closure of crossings, constituted a war crime and a blatant violation of
ActivitesHuman RightsPalestine November 20, 2008

Khudari: Gaza out of wheat

MP Jamal Al-Khudari, the head of the popular anti siege committee, has affirmed that the flour mills in the Gaza Strip have come to complete halt due to the Israeli