Few people truly believe that states conduct their foreign and domestic affairs based on the ideals they pretend to espouse. For example, as the United States preaches about how lovely freedom and democracy are and how important they are to …
Posted in Assholes, Awareness, Civil Rights, Foreign Affairs, Kurdistan, Kurds, Palestine, Turkey | Tagged Kurdistan, Kurds, Palestine, Turkey | 5 CommentsIt’s tragic when some people gain from a human rights violation to further a political agenda, but it happens every day. And not just here. This is actually common practice for the governments of the USA and Israel, and elsewhere …
Posted in Awareness, Civil Rights, Current Events, Democracy, Foreign Affairs, Iran, Islamophobia, Israel, Media, Politics, Saudi Arabia | Tagged Iran, Palestine, Saudi Arabia | 4 CommentsThere’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 Bahrain, Gulf, migrant rights, UAE | 10 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 CommentMany prominent internet companies brag about offering services that help people “connect” with one another, making information more “open” and “transparent” and that they seemingly promote freedom
Posted in Activism, Awareness, Bahrain, Censorship, Civil Rights, Freedom of Speech | Tagged Censorship, security | 4 CommentsJerusalem – An assault on a human rights activist after he voiced extraordinarily blunt criticism of Gaza’s ruling Hamas movement has heightened concern about the safety of independent voices in the troubled coastal enclave. The stabbing by three masked men …
Posted in Activism, Awareness, Civil Rights, Freedom of Speech, Palestine, Palestine/Israel | Tagged Gaza, Palestine | Leave a commentDear Friends of Kurdistan, I have set up an e-petition urging the British Government to recognize the Genocide inflicted upon the Kurdish population by the former regime of Saddam Hussein. If we get 100,000 signatures than they will debate this …
Posted in Activism, Awareness, Current Events, Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Iran, Iraq, Kurds, Middle East | Tagged Alliance for Kurdish Rights, Arab, Arabs, Barack Obama, Egypt, Environment, Green Prophet, help, Human Rights, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Israel, Jews, Jordan, Kurdish Human Rights, kurdish rights, Kurdish Youth, kurdish youth festival, Kurdistan, Kurds, Lebanon, Maikel Nabil, Maikel Nabil trial, Palestine, peace, petition, Politics, Religion, revolution, Saudi Arabia, Women | 1 CommentThroughout history the kurds have been forgotten and stigmatized as having a high record of unemployment, lack of human rights and primitive education. To treat this misperception as Kurdish professionals we have a ethical & moral duty to represent Kurdistan …
Posted in Activism, Afghanistan, Awareness, Civil Rights, Foreign Affairs, Iraq, Kurdistan, Kurds, Middle East, Youth | Tagged clean technology, Education, Green Prophet, Human Rights, Iran, Iraq, Kurdistan, Kurds, Middle East | 1 CommentThe death of a Kurdish youth in Harasta on Thursday morning and the injury of three protesters in Qamişlo were a result of the sniper fire of the Syrian regime, which has killed over 5,000 civilians since the start of …
Posted in Activism, Awareness, Civil Rights, Demonstrations, Kurdistan, Kurds, Syria | Tagged Alliance for Kurdish Rights, kurdish rights, Kurds, Syria | Leave a commentBelow is a program of selected activities in the Bethlehem area starting tomorrow and over the Holidays (your participation if around would be appreciated). I also included a link to the best and most detailed account of the colonial destruction …
Posted in Awareness, Culture, Events, Palestine | Tagged Palestine | 2 Comments