Added on 25/02/2012
Rob L. Wagner
Abdullah , blasphemy , counsel , Crown Prince , Facebook , Hamza Kashgari , Jeddah , Journalist , Malaysia , Nayef , New Zealand , Poet , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , The Arab News , Turkey , Twitter , UN Court
ROB L. WAGNER: His religious comments were ill-chosen but they are not the only reason that he is in serious trouble.
Added on 06/02/2012
Ahmed-Al-Omran
Al-Hayat , Board of Grievances , Grievances , Manal Al Sharif , prominent human rights lawyer , Saudi Arabia , UN Court , Women , Women's issues
AHMED AL OMRAN: It’s all been a bit quiet recently on the women-drivers front. There has, though, been an interesting development this week.
Added on 28/01/2012
Rania Al Malky
Arab Spring , Egypt , Farid El-Deeb , Freedom and Justice Party , Libya , Mubarak , Omar Suleiman , President , presiding judge , SCAF , Syria , Tunisia , UN Court , Yemen
RANIA AL MALKY: Guess what you fools, Farid El-Deeb told the court and Egyptians, Mubarak is still the president. This court can’t even try him.
Added on 14/01/2012
Rania Al Malky
Army , Cairo , Egypt , Habib El-Adly , head of communications , Interior Ministry , Mubarak , State media , Supreme Council of the Armed Forces , UN Court
RANIA AL MALKY: Without a just verdict, this absurd piece of courtroom drama will join a shameful list of reminders the revolution is far from complete.
Added on 23/10/2011
James M. Dorsey
Afghanistan , Al Qaeda , Al Shabab , Ayman al-Zawahiri , Basketball , East Africa , Food and Drink , Hamas , handball , Hizballah , Islamist , James M. Dorsey , Lebanon , Middle East , Nanyang Technological University , North Africa , Osama Bin Laden , Palestinian Territories , President , recruitment tool , S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies , Singapore , Soccer , Somalia , Taliban , UN Court , United Nations , woman athlete
JAMES M. DORSEY: While Al Qaeda is attempting to portray a gentler face, distributing aid to famine victims, Al Shabab, are ensuring strict adherence to a ban on women’s sports.
Added on 28/09/2011
Common Ground News Service
Democracy , Libya , Media outlets , National Transitional Council , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Oil wealth , political commentator , UN Court , United Nations , World Council of Churches
DR GHASSAN MICHEL RUBEIZ: It’s understandable that there will be significant differences in how various parties see Libya’s future. There are, though, important areas where agreement is needed
Added on 18/05/2011
Common Ground News Service
Alexandria , Cairo , Christmas , Egypt , H.A. Hellyer , Institute for Social Policy and Understanding , Muslim Brotherhood , New Year's Day , Tahrir Square , UN Court , University of Warwick , www.hahellyer.com
H.A HELLYER, CGNEWS: The spirit of solidarity that was displayed by Copts and Muslims in Tahrir Square is embedded deep in Egyptian society.
Added on 08/04/2011
Mondoweiss
Civil society , Colonel , Gaza , Gaza Strip , Human Rights Council , Israel , Israeli government , LA Times , Palestine , Richard Goldstone , the Associated Press , the LA Times , The Washington Post , UN Court , United Nations
ADAM HOROWITZ, LIZZY RATNER, PHILIP WEISS, MONDOWEISS: The most significant achievement of the Goldstone Report is that it has re-framed the Israeli-Palestinian debate.
Added on 12/03/2011
Shelina Zahra Janmohamed
Libya , Middle East , Saudi Arabia , The National , UN Court , Women
SHELINA ZAHRA JANMOHAMED: Two corners of the Muslim world, two very different stories. On the one hand there is hope. On the other hand, despair…
Added on 07/03/2011
Mishaal Al Gergawi
Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz , Bahrain , Banking , Civil society , Dubai , Food prices , Gulf News , Iran , Mishaal Al Gergawi , Oil production , Oman , President , Rubber bullets , SAR , Saudi Arabia , Sultan Qaboos , Tear gas , Tunisia , UN Court , United Arab Emirates , United States , US Federal Reserve
MISHAAL AL GERGAWI: In stark — but unsurprising — contrast to the uprisings around the region, Oman’s protest did not call for the fall of its regime or even its ruler.
Added on 06/03/2011
Matt J. Duffy
Censorship , Doha , Dubai , Gulf News , Journalist , Media freedom , Media law , Mishaal Al Gergawi , Qatar , Qatar Peninsula , Sultan al Qassemi , UN Court , United Arab Emirates
MATT J. DUFFY: The ‘fourth-estate’ is crippled by lack of legal protection, and journalists unwilling to deal with the consequences of being critical argues the Peninsula – to almost universal agreement.
Added on 21/02/2011
Steve Royston
Bahrain , CNN , Crown Prince , Hillary Clinton , Hosni Mubarak , Iraq , Kuwait , Minister of Information , New York Times , Nicholas Kristof , Oil , Omar Suleiman , Pearl Roundabout , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , the Bahrain Grand Prix , The Crown Prince , UN Court
STEVE ROYSTON: I can’t believe that anybody in Bahrain, except possibly those who would like to see the country purged by fire, wants the economy to suffer.
Added on 18/01/2011
Crossroads Arabia
Marriage , National Society for Human Rights , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Gazette , UN Court
CROSSROADS ARABIA: When it comes to marriages in the KSA, no complication is too bizarre. Now a cousin is able to nullify marriage on the basis of family origin.
Added on 05/01/2011
Osama Al Sharif
Afghanistan , Al Qaeda , Alexandria , Baghdad , Condoleezza Rice , Coptic Church , Copts , Egypt , Egyptian government , Iran , Iraq , Islam , Israel , Lebanon , Middle East , New Year's Day , Pakistan , policeman , Reuters , Secretary of State , Somalia , Sudan , Terrorism , UN Court , United States , Washington , Yemen
OSAMA AL SHARIF: Christians are not the only victims of sectarian terror: Mosques, shrines, religious parades have been targeted indiscriminately, affecting Sunnis, Shias and other sects…
Added on 11/12/2010
James M. Dorsey
Abdul Aziz Al-Asheik , Abdullah , Grand Mosque , Mecca , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Gazette , Supreme Judicial Council , Tabuk , UN Court , World Trade Organization
JAMES M. DORSEY: Abdullah appears to be gaining the upper hand in his battle to push through sweeping legal reform and codification of Saudi law to meet World human rights standards.
Added on 03/12/2010
Matt J. Duffy
Abu Dhabi , Cablegate , Censorship , Dubai , Gulf News , Iran , Local media , Media outlets , North Korea , UAE government , UN Court , United Arab Emirates , Wikileaks
MATT J. DUFFY: I suggest that one—or preferably all—of the UAE’s press outlets compile a simple report analyzing the leaked cables. The report should be published without a byline so no single reporter can be sued.