On the occasion of World Theatre Day, artists from the Tunisian Association of Gradutes of the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts have organized an event on Habib Bourguiba Avenue, in front of the Municipal Theatre, entitled “the People demand theatre.” …
Posted in Activism, Censorship, Culture, Culture and Society, Events, Freedom of Speech, Religion, Society, Tunisia | Tagged Tunisia | Leave a commentOn March 15, 2012, the leftist student union, UGET, has won a landslide victory over the Islamist student union, UGTE in the election for the scientific councils at Tunisian universities. This massive win is interesting as it does not reflect …
Posted in Activism, Democracy, Education, Tunisia, Youth | Tagged Tunisia | Leave a commentAfter 10 years of working as an activists I can not stop the feeling of disappointment of filling my heart , as I walk every steep of the road and see people with great potentials and high level of creativity wasting …
Posted in Activism, Iraq | 2 CommentsA clash broke out yesterday, March 7, between Salafists and students at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of Manouba and the situation escalated when a Salafist tore down the Tunisian national flag
Posted in Activism, Arabs, Education, Gender, Tunisia, Women, Youth | Tagged Tunisia | Leave a commentIt snowed in Palestine and the heavy rain washed away many things but not human sins. I thought of the huge amount of water running by friends of mine in Al-Auja near Jericho who were prevented from capturing that water …
Posted in Activism, Awareness, Civil Rights, Israel, Palestine | Tagged Palestine | 1 CommentOne rainy morning, many years ago, my teacher told us that we “were the future of this country”, that we, can achieve anything and everything, and that every country’s strongest weapon –surprisingly- wasn’t their gun, but It was their youth. …
Posted in Activism, Arabs, Creativity, Human Rights, Iraq, Literature, Middle East, Poetry, Youth | Tagged Iraq | Leave a commentA friend asked how activists keep going when so many people engage in corruption, stealing, lying, cheating, and harming others. Here in Palestine, there are plenty of people who do these things and they are both Israelis and Palestinians. Occasionally …
Posted in Activism, Ethics, Israel, Palestine, Palestine/Israel, Regional Issues | Tagged Gaza, Palestine | 1 CommentHamza 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 …
Posted in Activism, Atheism, Censorship, Current Events, Freedom of Speech, Islam, Media, Religion, Saudi Arabia, Society, Taboos | Tagged blasphemy, hamza, prophet, Saudi, Twitter | 9 CommentsDear those who celebrate the censorship of RojTV, When an entire people are systematically oppressed and marginalized, small actions to make their story heard can have dramatic consequences. Similarly, small actions to silence their voice can have dramatic and tragic …
Posted in Activism, Awareness, Civil Rights, Freedom of Speech, Iran, Kurdistan, Kurds, Syria, Turkey | Tagged Kurdistan, Kurds, Syria, Turkey | 1 CommentA new regulation by the women affairs coordinator in the Iraqi Ministry of Oil has raised many campaigns of protest by Iraqi women and human rights activists. The regulation forbid women working in the ministry of wearing dresses, skirts, modern …
Posted in Activism, Gender, Iraq, Women | Tagged Iraq, iraqi women movement | 1 Comment