Since the revolution in Tunisia and Egypt early this year, a movement has begun in Jordan which is #ReformJo. The hashtag is used because it began on Twitter. The reform is different than the Arab Spring that is spreading in …
Posted in Activism, Jordan, Middle East | Tagged Jordan | 4 CommentsHosni Mubarak, the ousted president of Egypt who ruled for 30 years, is said to have accumulated $70 billion from corruption and Egypt has been under Emergency Law as long. Under the law, the police power was extended, constitutional rights …
Posted in Activism, Arabs, Awareness, Bahrain, Censorship, Civil Rights, Current Events, Democracy, Demonstrations, Education, Egypt, Events, Freedom of Speech, Iraq, Jordan, Kurdistan, Kurds, Libya, Media, Middle East, Morocco, Politics, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen | Leave a commentThe world’s eyes are tuned onto Japan as we follow the news of its nuclear crisis, hour by hour, minute by minute. When writing this post, it looks as though some 300 workers have stabilized the reactors by pouring cold …
Posted in Egypt, Environment, Iran, Israel, Issues and Causes, Jordan, Middle East, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, UAE | Tagged Egypt, Environment, Green Prophet, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Nuclear, Saudi Arabia | 1 CommentHashtag Tahrir, hashtag revolution, Lotus revolution, among many other names given to describe the ongoing protests in Egypt.
The last 12 days have seen a lot of twists and turning points since the very beginning, when we’ve expected here that Egypt was on the verge of several successive days of rage, following the first Day of Rage which has jolted the regime on Tuesday 25th of January 2011. Accordingly, the regime has had to step closer to a real democratic reform, but on the other side the protesters kept their pressure up, their hands high, and their fingers crossed.
Posted in Activism, Arabs, Civil Rights, Culture and Society, Current Events, Democracy, Demonstrations, Egypt, Freedom of Speech, Jordan, News and Politics, Podcasts, Society, Tunisia, Yemen | Tagged Day of Rage Egypt, Day of Wrath, Egypt's demonstrations 2011, Egypt's protests 2011, Friday of Departure | 10 CommentsI met the family of Mohammed by accident as I offered them a ride back to their home in Dheisheh refugee camp from Gush Etzion colonial offices where they were seeking (unsuccessfully) a permit to enter Jerusalem for medical treatments …
Posted in General, Israel, Jordan, Palestine, Palestine/Israel, Religion | Tagged Arab, Arabs, corruption, Gaza, Human Rights, IDF, Islam, Israel, Jews, Jordan, Judaism, Middle East, Muslims, Palestine, Palestinian, Palestinians, peace, Politics, Religion, settlements, Terrorism, Women, Zionism, Zionist | 1 CommentGhamadan zoo is not a good advert for Amman and is a bad reflection of Jordan to international and local visitors. Please help us protest the conditions of animals there by adding your voice to this petition. Please consider taking …
Posted in Jordan | 2 CommentsSome leaders in the Middle East are facing existential threats, and as we can well imagine, a knife to your throat concentrates the mind. In chemistry an unstable chemical solution seeks a way of stabilizing itself. Could the volatility of …
Posted in Awareness, Current Events, Egypt, Foreign Affairs, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Middle East, Palestine, Palestine/Israel, Regional Issues, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Terrorism, Turkey, USA | 4 CommentsA new Human Rights Watch (HRW) report about the rights of migrant domestic workers focused heavily on the Middle East, and for a good reason: most regional governments do not include domestic workers under the protection of its labor laws, …
Posted in Bahrain, Human Rights, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Migrant Workers, Qatar, Racism, Regional Issues, Saudi Arabia, Sexism, UAE | 2 CommentsKarin meets Prince Hassan of Jordan at a water security conference in Switzerland last week. It was a meeting of minds, water minds. Water consultants, ambassadors who’ve built water treaties, and government specialists and negotiators from around the Middle East
Posted in Israel, Jordan, Palestine, Palestine/Israel, Regional Issues, Turkey, War | Tagged conflict, Israel, Jordan, Palestine, Switzerland, water | Leave a commentThe Internet has become a powerful international tool for freedom of speech. It enables users anywhere in the world to foster debate and provide a forum to express different points of view. In doing so, the ability of internet users …
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