Added on 13/02/2012
Juan Cole
Beirut , bodyguard , Egypt , Facebook , Haifa Wahbi , Hind Aleryani , Istanbul , Middle East , Nelson Mandela , Political activist , President , South Africa , Twitter , United States , Whitney Houston
JUAN COLE: Arab musicians and artists have been fulsome in their praise of Whitney Houston who died yesterday.
Added on 16/06/2011
Common Ground News Service
activist and journalist , Algeria , Ali Abdullah Saleh , Asmaa Mahfouz , Bahrain , Bangladesh , Boston College , Cairo , co-author , Democracy , Editor-in-Chief , Egypt , Hosni Mubarak , Indonesia , John L. Esposito , Jordan , Kuwait , Middle East , Natana J. DeLong-Bas , Pakistan , Political activist , President , The [Oxford] Encyclopedia , Tunisia , Turkey , Women , Women's issues , Yemen
NATANA J. DELONG-BAS, CGNEWS: They have confronted Western stereotypes and achieved much – but will they actively participate actively in emerging democracies?
Added on 12/06/2011
David Roberts
Chechnya , Kuwait , Middle East , Political activist , Religious law , Salwa Al Mutairi , Women , Women's issues
DAVID ROBERTS: ‘Concubines’ are the solution to protecting Kuwaiti men from “..adultery and corruption,” according to a female Kuwaiti political activist. Great idea, eh?
Added on 06/11/2010
Tricia Pethic
America , Baltimore , Islam , Maryland , Political activist , President , The American Muslim
Ironically, his reaction did more to embody the “angry Muslim male” stereotype that he was trying to avoid, than did any words of mine. He said domestic violence in the Muslim community is, and I quote, “almost non-existent.”