Added on 02/12/2013
Juan Cole
Arab world , Constitution , Egypt , Hosni Mubarak , Human rights , James Madison , Muhammad Morsi , Muslim Brotherhood , Political geography , Politics , Politics of Egypt , Religion/Belief , Uniform civil code of India , United States Constitution
JUAN COLE: Many of its provisions will be welcomed by secularists, in particular those with plenty of money but there are some fundamental contradictions too.
Added on 05/04/2013
Crossroads Arabia
Blood money , Criminal law , Diyya , Ethics , Eye for an eye , Human rights , Islamic criminal jurisprudence , Law , Law/Crime , Lex Talionis , Qisas , Saudi Arabia , Sharia
CROSSROADS ARABIA: The proposed paralysis of an individual in revenge for a criminal act ten years ago has created an international uproar. What can the Saudi authorities do?
Added on 01/10/2012
Mich Cafe
Army , Bashar al-Assad , BBC , Damascus , High Commissioner , HIV , Homs , Human rights , Human Rights Watch , Idlib , International Criminal Court , Latakia , New York , President , Rape , Sarah Leah Whitson , security official , Syria , Syrian government , United Nations , United Nations Human Rights Council , Women , Women's issues
MICH CAFE: The catalogue of brutal rapes and sexual assaults of women, men and children grows by the day. A new documentary makes grim viewing
Added on 26/06/2012
James M. Dorsey
Abdullah , As-Sunnah mosque , Crown Prince , East Africa , Egypt , Florida , Human rights , Human Rights Watch , International Olympic Committee , Kissimee , Libya , London , Manal Al Sharif , Middle East , Nayef bin Abdul Aziz , North Africa , Olympics , Salman bin Abdul Aziz , Saudi Arabia , Saudi embassy in London , Saudi Olympic Committee , Syria , Tunisia , Women's issues , Yemen
JAMES DORSEY: It’s likely excellent news for Dalma Malhas but it’s unlikely she’ll be driving to show jumping events in the Kingdom anytime soon.
Added on 13/06/2012
James M. Dorsey
2022 World Cup , Doha , Doha Olympics , Energy , FIFA , Fifa World Cup , Geneva , Human rights , Human Rights Watch , International Labor Organization , International Olympic Committee , International Trade Union Confederation , Labor , labor minister , Middle East , Olympics , Olympics 2020 , Qatar , Qatar 2022 , Sarah Leah Whitson , Sharan Burrow , Worker's Rights
JAMES M. DORSEY: The publication of a new report examining worker conditions in Qatar ups the ante for the authorities.
Added on 02/04/2012
James M. Dorsey
2022 World Cup , Abdullah , Al Ahly , Al Ahly SC , Al Masri , Ali Bin Al Hussein , Cairo , Court of Arbitration of Sport , East Africa , Egypt , Egyptian Football Association , Egyptian government , FIFA , Fifa World Cup , Hosni Mubarak , Human rights , Human Rights Watch , International Football Association Board , Jordan , Lausanne , London , Mark Pieth , Middle East , midfielder , Mohammed bin Hammam , North Africa , Olympics , Port Said , President , Prime Minister , Qatar , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Sepp Blatter , Soccer , Suez , Suez Canal , the Daily Mail , Zurich
JAMES M. DORSEY: The Middle East looms large as FIFA’s executive committee meets against the backdrop of a call for sweeping change.
Added on 17/02/2012
James M. Dorsey
Associated Press , Basketball , Brunei , Christoph Wilcke , Dalma Rushdi Malhas , Dammam , Human rights , Human Rights Watch , International Olympic Committee , Kings United , London , Los Angeles Times , Manal Al Sharif , Olympics , Qatar , Riyadh , Saudi , Saudi Arabia , Shura Council , Soccer , The Los Angeles Times , woman athlete , Women
JAMES M. DORSEY: Saudi accused of kowtowing to conservative Muslim clerics who claim female sports are “steps of the devil” – Human Rights Watch.
Added on 04/01/2012
Susan Al Shahri
Domestic Servants , Food and Drink , Human rights , Ministry of Education , National Human Rights Commission , Oman , Sultan Qaboos bin Said , US State Department
SUSAN AL SHAHRI: I’m a proud Omani but the way in which my fellow country people treat domestic servants fills me with shame. We must change.
Added on 18/08/2011
David Roberts
Human rights
DAVID ROBERTS: Here’s a challenge. Close your eyes. Now think of the phrase ‘human rights’. Open your eyes and draw what you saw. Scan it and load it on a website. Easy.
Added on 14/04/2011
Jonathan Cook
Amos Oz , Association of Civil Rights in Israel , Columbia University , Gaza , Human rights , Ian McEwan , Israel , Israeli government , Jerusalem , Jimmy Carter , Kofi Annan , Middle East , Novelist , Oslo , Palestine , Prime Minister , Rabin , Reuters , Simon Sebag Montefiore , Supreme Court , The National , Tony Blair , United Arab Emirates , United States , West Bank , White House , Yasser Arafat
JONATHAN COOK: “There is clearly a policy to push Palestinians out of Jerusalem to reduce what is called here the Palestinian demographic threat…”
Added on 06/04/2011
Mondoweiss
High Commissioner , Human rights , Israel , Palestine , United Nations , United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East , West Bank
ADAM HOROWITZ, MONDOWEISS: ‘Land Day’ became instead ‘Demolition Day’, according to the UN spokesman. The rate of demolition on the West Bank has increased for the third straight month.
Added on 03/02/2011
Zeinobia
Army , Citizen Journalism , CNN , Democracy , Egypt , Human rights , Media , Mobile Phones , Mubarak , October Bridge , Tahrir Square
ZEINOBIA: Here are the latest updates in Al Tahrir Battle 2. It is the second battle our protesters have faced against the regime after Tuesday January 25.
