Added on 11/07/2011
Rob L. Wagner
Bangladesh , Cambodia , Christoph Wilcke , Council of Ministers , Dubai , East Africa , Europe , Human Rights Watch , Indonesia , Middle East , North Africa , Philippines , Riyadh , SAR , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Shoura Council , Vietnam
ROB L. WAGNER: Saudi Arabian and Indonesian intransigence has put maids needing work and Saudis help between a rock and a hard place.
Added on 14/05/2011
SlimGulfie
Bahrain , Bahraini government , Human Rights Watch , Member of Parliament , policeman , prime minster , Salmaniya Hospital , Saudi Arabia , South Africa , Sunnis , supermarket chain , Tehran , United Nations , United States
SLIMGULFIE: Over half a million Bahrainis who share the same religion are now thoroughly divided by their two sects. It’s heartbreaking.
Added on 10/05/2011
Sultan Al Qassemi
AED , Arab Gulf , Arabian Peninsula , Asharq Al-Awsat , Civil society , Dubai , Dubai School , Egypt , Facebook , Finance , Freedom and Justice Party , Gaza Strip , GCC , Gulf News , Hosni Mubarak , Human Rights Watch , Iran , Jordan , Kuwait , London , Media law , Middle East , Mohamed elBaradei , Muslim Brotherhood , Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt , President , Saudi Arabia , Social Media , Syria , Tahrir Square , Turkey , UAE , UAE government , United Arab Emirates , Yemen
SULTAN AL QASSEMI: UAE national observers commented in private that many names on the UAE petition calling for an elected parliament were UAE members of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Added on 29/03/2011
SuhaibWebb
Abu Salim prison , California , Colonel , Human Rights Watch , Libya , Libyan government , Los Angeles , Middle East , Muammar Gaddafi , Tripoli
TASBEEH HERWEES, SUHAIBWEBB: The memories of that summer come rushing back. It was, after all, the Abu Salim families who kick-started this revolution.
Added on 21/02/2011
Omar al-Issawi
Africa , Colonel , head of state , Human Rights Watch , Libya , Middle East , Muammar Gaddafi , Nasser , Obama , President
OMAR AL-ISSAWI: Omar al-Mukhtar was the leader of resistance to colonial rule in Libya eight decades ago. Born in eastern Libya, the heart of current resistance today, his words resonate strongly.
Added on 20/02/2011
Mondoweiss
America , Barack Obama , Cairo , Civil society , Elliott Abrams , Hillary Clinton , Human Rights Watch , Israel , Jennifer Rubin , Mahmoud Abbas , Middle East , Obama , Obama administration , Palestine , Palestinian Authority , Peace , President , Sarah Leah Whitson , Secretary of State , Security Council , Susan Rice , Tahrir Square , U.S. Congress , United Nations , United States , Washington , West Bank
PHILIP WEISS, MONDOWEISS: Fine words in Cairo almost two years ago are forgotten when the Israeli lobby makes a call for a vote on illegal West Bank settlements…
Added on 29/01/2011
James M. Dorsey
2022 World Cup , Asia , Bahrain , Doha , Fifa World Cup , Georgetown University , Human Rights Watch , Kuwait , Oil , Oman , Qatar , Rights , Saudi Arabia , UAE , United Arab Emirates
JAMES DORSEY: The workers are a necessarily evil, but over time they are almost certain to change the nature of society – a notion that sends chills down Qatari spines.
Added on 29/01/2011
Rob L. Wagner
Abdullah , deputy mayor , Facebook , Food and Drink , Human Rights Watch , Jeddah , Jeddah Municipality , King Abdullah , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , Twitter , YouTube
ROB L. WAGNER: The Facebook images, twitter messages and online videos fuel Saudi anger and repeatedly raise the question why authorities learned nothing from 2009.
Added on 28/01/2011
Ramzy Baroud
Algeria , Amr Moussa , Arab League , Ben Ali , Civil society , Energy , France , Human Rights Watch , model , President , Tunisia , Tunisian government
RAMZY BAROUD: In Tunisia that ‘unprecedented anger” has reaped unprecedented results, leaving Tunisia with the great task of rebuilding a civil society.
Added on 30/12/2010
Jonathan Cook
Bedouin , Ben Gurion University , Benjamin Netanyahu , Christian Zionist , Congress , East Africa , Europe , Human Rights Watch , Israel , Israeli government , Israeli police , Jerusalem , Jewish National Fund , Middle East , Negev , Neve Gordon , North Africa , Palestine , politics professor , Prime Minister , Rabbi , Supreme Court , The National , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , United States , Washington , West Bank
JONATHAN COOK: The involvement of extremist Christian groups like God-TV will turn this into a religious confrontation – much harder to resolve…
