By Pia Sigmund Translated to English by Shilan Saidi Do you know the history of the Kurdish people? Here you can get a crash course! In April 2011 I visited the Kurdish region of Turkey. Here I met two spectacular …
Posted in Civil Rights, Foreign Affairs, History, Iran, Iraq, Kurdistan, Kurds, Syria, Turkey | Tagged Kurdistan, Kurds, 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 CommentsThe U.S. squad leader accused of having had primary responsibility for the killings of 24 Iraqi civilians in 2005, avoid jail time…people in Iraq can not believe that no justice will be given to the city that still lives in the horrific memory of the killing. Staff Sergeant …
Posted in Civil Rights, Iraq | Tagged Iraq | Leave a commentDear 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 CommentFragments of letters from imprisoned Egyptian blogger Maikel Nabil: – Maspero recruits: Why does the army only try El-Adli and Mubarak in the case of assassinating protesters in 28 January, and not trying Tantawi and Badin in the case of …
Posted in Civil Rights, Egypt, Freedom of Speech | Tagged Maikel Nabil | Leave a 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 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 Comment(Fragments of letters from imprisoned Egyptian blogger Maikel Nabil.) – Half of the period of Kareem Whenever I think of the length of my sentence (2 years), I remember that Kareem Amer was imprisoned for 4 years and he was …
Posted in Activism, Censorship, Civil Rights, Egypt, Freedom of Speech | Tagged Egypt, jan25, Maikel Nabil | Leave a comment