In the Gulf, countries continue to show off their economic power by building more and more. A 1,000-metre Kingdom Tower in Jeddah is being built to take Burj Khalifa’s spot as the world’s tallest tower. Dubai is already home to …
Posted in Awareness, Bahrain, Civil Rights, Gulf, Migrant Workers, Qatar, Racism, Saudi Arabia, Society, UAE | Tagged Gulf, maids, migrant rights, Migrant Workers | 1 CommentTens of thousands of media stories appeared just in the last 48 hours (ranging from social media to mainstream media). All major Israeli media covered the campaign. Some media outlets doing several stories (almost on a daily basis). – Our …
Posted in Current Events, Palestine, Palestine/Israel | Tagged Palestine | Leave a commentAs I am writing this, approximately 1500 Kurds are on an indefinite and irreversible hunger strike to protest AKP’s escalated political and military operations and inhumane isolation of Kurdistans Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan. Şırnak deputies from the pro-Kurdish …
Posted in Civil Rights, Democracy, Kurdistan, Kurds, Politics, Turkey | Tagged hunger strike, Kurdistan, Kurds, peace, Turkey | Leave a commentRecently, I stumbled across a forum in the UAE featuring complaints against maids, most of which are childish and insulting, such as “are Ethiopian maids just plain stupid?” This mindless drivel, as offensive as it is, is unfortunately the norm …
Posted in Assholes, Awareness, Bahrain, Gulf, Migrant Workers, Racism, Society, UAE | Tagged migrant rights. maids, Racism | 4 CommentsDefying a ban on demonstrations in Habib Bourguiba Avenue, demonstrators started a march from Mohamed V Avenue and headed towards Habib Bourguiba Avenue. Thousands were there to celebrate the Martyrs’ Day and reiterate some of the demands for which the …
Posted in Activism, Censorship, Civil Rights, Democracy, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Tunisia | Tagged Tunisia | Leave a commentEaster is here with its past memories, present joys, and future hopes. Church bells in Bethlehem remind us of ancient traditions. The roar of Israeli jets overhead (on another bombing mission to Gaza?) remind us of the present. Stories of …
Posted in Current Events, Human Rights, Israel, Palestine, Terrorism | Tagged Gaza, Palestine | Leave a commentOn April 7, hundreds of unemployed diploma holders activists gathered in Mohamed Ali Square in front of the General Tunisian Workers’ Union (UGTT) headquarters to demand their right to jobs. As they were trying to reach Habib Bourguiba Avenue, the …
Posted in Activism, Demonstrations, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Tunisia | Tagged demonstrations, Tunisia | Leave a commentA few days ago, 1 April 2012, a Kurdish daily published an article about the life of Meryem Erbey, a Kurdish mother and peace activist. It is a script of death, resistance, oppression, violence, and human dignity, more suitable for …
Posted in Kurdistan, Kurds, Turkey, Women, Youth | Tagged Kurdistan, Kurdistan Mothers for Peace Turkey, Kurds | 1 CommentPhoto by Bezav Mahmod I once met Kurdistan. He said to me: I am denied my existence and my identity by heartless oppressors. I am treated as trash by indoctrinated adherents. I am mocked, molested and murdered by those who …
Posted in Activism, Awareness, Civil Rights, Freedom of Speech, Homosexuality, Kurdistan, Kurds | Tagged gay rights, Kurd, LGBT, LGBT rights | 1 CommentBen Lynfield in Jerusalem – As a nine year old slave in Sudan, human rights activist Simon Deng’s masters beat him if he did not answer loudly when they called him. ”They would beat me for not saying yes loudly …
Posted in Civil Rights, Israel, Refugees, Sudan | Tagged Israel, migrant rights | 1 Comment