Category: Assholes

Gulf Media: Where Racism and Classism Meet

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 …

Posted in Assholes, Awareness, Civil Rights, Gulf, Migrant Workers, Racism, Society, UAE, Women | Tagged , , , | 4 Comments

We won’t accept racism against migrant workers in the media as the norm

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Esra'a (Bahrain)

It does not take a vast amount of research to quickly arrive at the conclusion that Gulf countries suck at protecting migrant worker rights. The frequency in which abuses occur has gone from alarming to downright revolting. On a weekly …

Posted in Assholes, Awareness, Civil Rights, Gulf, Migrant Workers, Racism | Tagged , | 5 Comments

TIME Nominates Erdogan and his Crimes for Person of the Year

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights

For TIME magazine’s world-renowned recognition for most influential person of the year, the international publication has selected a variety of people from all walks of life and asked their readers to vote to help them make their choice. Among the …

Posted in Assholes, Awareness, Civil Rights, Freedom of Speech, Kurdistan, Kurds, Turkey | Tagged , , , | 7 Comments

Double standards on homophobia

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Esra'a (Bahrain)

This is a comic that highlights the double standards of homophobia amongst religious scholars.

Posted in Assholes, Comics, Homosexuality, Satire, Society, Taboos | 2 Comments

Vengeance from Israel

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Lord Kavi

The situation in the Middle East is pro Arabs/Muslims and con Israel. It seems that Arabs by changing building blocks of the region are changing world’s policies over Israel and Palestine’s issue. The more they go off the dictatorship, the …

Posted in Assholes, Israel, Palestine/Israel | 15 Comments

Obama's Opportunistic Policy in Tunisia and Egypt

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Elizabeth (Israel)

The revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt caught the Obama administration off-guard, which is one of the reasons many analysts could claim that the Obama administration was flip-flopping and had no concrete policy. However, despite the change in tone over the …

Posted in Assholes, Democracy, Egypt, Regional Issues, Tunisia, USA | 1 Comment

Through A Rapist's Eyes

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Ahmad H. Aggour (Egypt)

In light of the recent article posted by Esra’a, I’ve been motivated into writing a piece where we get to have an in-depth and detailed examination on how a rapist views rape. Most of the things I’m about to disclose …

Posted in Assholes, Sex, Sexism, Women | 3 Comments

Why does rape get treated like a joke in the Arab world?

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Esra'a (Bahrain)

It’s been widely publicized that Israel’s former President Moshe Katsav was found guilty of rape. Someone on Facebook had revealed the photo of the rape victim in question. To my surprise, here are the sample of comments that followed. These …

Posted in Assholes, Sex, Sexism, Society, Taboos, Women | 5 Comments

A Message To The Turkish Hacker(s)

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Ahmad H. Aggour (Egypt)

Not so long ago, MEY along with other sites it powers was taken down for a while by Turkish hacker(s), who stated that their reason for taking down the site was because of how it stands up for Kurdish rights. …

Posted in Assholes, Kurdistan, Kurds, Nationalism, Ridiculous, Turkey | 4 Comments

Challenging widespread hypocrisy

Posted on December 27, 2010 by Esra'a (Bahrain)

It’s hypocritical when lecturers and activists give talks about Israeli oppression in the U.S and get silenced with accusations of “anti-Semitism.” The video below is an example of a U.S professor being attacked and censored for his views on Palestine: …

Posted in Arabs, Assholes, Awareness, Minorities, Taboos | 4 Comments
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