Category: Countries/Regions
Posted on February 11, 2012 by Xende Biradosti
Contrary to what the Turkish government would like you to believe, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, was not born out of thirst for baby’s blood. No, the Kurdish guerrillas in the mountains of Turkey are not all callous sociopaths …
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Kurdistan Kurds Kurdish PKK HPG KCK Turkey Iraq Iran Syria Terrorism Terror America United States USA US EU European Union Amnesty International Political Prisoners Guerrilla armed struggle freedom mo |
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Posted on February 8, 2012 by Wamith Al-Kassab (Iraq)
The first conference for Iraqi bloggers started today the 8th of February in the city of Sulaymaniyah with the participation of more than 70 Iraqi bloggers. All the men and women participated from all over Iraq. This conference will be …
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Media |
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Posted on February 8, 2012 by Esra'a (Bahrain)
There’s been a series of articles popping up left and right about the inconveniences of having a “demanding” or “expensive” maid. The most recent set of such articles were published by Emirates 24/7, based in the UAE, a country which …
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Assholes,
Awareness,
Civil Rights,
Gulf,
Migrant Workers,
Racism,
Society,
UAE,
Women |
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Bahrain,
Gulf,
migrant rights,
UAE |
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Posted on February 7, 2012 by Raha
Unrest in Syria, domestic and foreign conflicts, unstable economics, and ever increasing sanctions are some of many factors challenging Iranian’s regime. The question arises, whether the current circumstances can be taken advantage of by the working class, students, and generally the opposition …
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Human Rights,
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Posted on February 7, 2012 by Aalia (Saudi Arabia)
Hamza Kashgari, a young journalist has caused a wide anger among Saudis when tweeting on the Mawlid (the Holy Prophet’s birthday). His tweets included his opinions about the prophet, how he’s equal to him and how he hated some of …
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Activism,
Atheism,
Censorship,
Current Events,
Freedom of Speech,
Islam,
Media,
Religion,
Saudi Arabia,
Society,
Taboos |
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blasphemy,
hamza,
prophet,
Saudi,
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Posted on February 5, 2012 by Mazin Qumsiyeh (Palestine)
Items in today’s post: Video of the event today at Al-Walaja (three arrested but subsequently released), Comments on the just concluded Herzliya conference, action item to do for Brussels Air, Youth Conference in Palestine in July, and more. 1) Video: …
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Palestine |
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Posted on February 4, 2012 by Suzan Boulad (Syria)
For the last few days, hundreds of diplomats and politicians of various importance have gathered in New York to Talk About Syria. News media has been abuzz with the back and forth like high schoolers passing notes. Russia did what? …
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Posted on February 3, 2012 by The Zagrosian (Kurdistan)
Let us from the very beginning of this article state and ascertain that we live in the age of free information, where the Internet has connected billions of people to each other, making it possible for the individual to exchange …
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Freedom of Speech,
Kurdistan,
Kurds |
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Posted on February 2, 2012 by Aya (Iraq)
What’s the first thing that comes to your mind when hearing the words “the little boy”? Innocence? A new life? White and blue? Or maybe even a toy? 67 years ago, in Japan, “THE LITTLE BOY” didn’t mean innocence; it …
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Arabs,
Culture,
Freedom of Speech,
Human Rights,
Iraq,
Literature,
Middle East,
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Iraq |
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Posted on January 31, 2012 by Wamith Al-Kassab (Iraq)
according to a Sumeria news web site the editor of an Iraqi newspaper has threaten to start a law suit against Baghdad sceuirty operations ,after a group of Iraqi forces beats a news papers seller in his stand in the street in the 28th of Jan 2012 , because he …
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