While we hear about the achievements of Turkey’s AKP government especially in the Middle East after the Arab Spring, AKP’s government internally is facing a real challenge after the further detonation recently in ties with the minority Kurds that are …
Posted in Democracy, Kurdistan, Kurds, Middle East, Turkey | Tagged AKP, Kurdistan, Kurds, Turkey | 1 CommentThe recent tension in Baghdad between Nouri Al-Maliki’s Shiite Iraqi prime minister with both Iraqi president’s deputy Tariq Al-Hashimi, and his deputy for service affairs, Salih Mutlaq, which both are Sunnis is highly connected with the regional tension between Iran …
Posted in Democracy, Iran, Iraq, Kurdistan, Middle East, Politics, Regional Issues, Turkey | Tagged Iraq | 1 CommentFor the third day now, protesters in Egypt have been subjected to another round of horrifying violence by the counterrevolutionary forces of the Supreme Council of Armed Forces. Protester have staged a completely peaceful sit-in in front of Egyptian cabinet …
Posted in Civil Rights, Current Events, Democracy, Demonstrations, Egypt | Tagged Egypt | Leave a commentBy October 2011, the coalition of the majority parties (63% of seats in the National Constituent Assembly) which includes islamist party Ennahda, secularist party the Congress for the Republic (CPR) and secularist party Ettakatol did not sign the Amnesty International’s …
Posted in Democracy, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Tunisia | Tagged Tunisia | 1 CommentSit-inners have been camping out for a week to put pressure on representatives of the National Constituent Assembly concerning the draft law on the provisional organization of public authorities. There is a wide range of demands, the most important of which …
Posted in Activism, Civil Rights, Democracy, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Tunisia, Youth | Tagged Tunisia | Leave a commentTunisians are keeping an eye on the representatives they elected on October 23. Occupy Bardo is a open sit-in held in front of the National Constituent Assembly premises, seat of the former Camber of Deputies to demand transparency of the …
Posted in Activism, Civil Rights, Current Events, Democracy, Demonstrations, Education, Freedom of Speech, Politics, Tunisia, Youth | Tagged Tunisia | 1 CommentSome of the strongmen of the Middle East are no longer in the picture, but who, and what, will come to replace them? Yesterday’s parliamentary elections in Egypt is a case in point. Certainly, there was a sense of hope …
Posted in Activism, Current Events, Democracy, Demonstrations, Economy, Freedom of Speech, Middle East, Politics, Regional Issues | Tagged Egypt, Middle East | 2 CommentsMilitarists told me that my case differs from the case of Alaa Abd El Fattah, because Alaa isn’t tried as being a political activist… I look in their eyes and ask them, …“Is it a confession that I am being …
Posted in Bad news, Censorship, Civil Rights, Current Events, Democracy, Egypt, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, News and Politics | Tagged Maikel Nabil | 5 CommentsI’ve been thinking a lot about democracy in the Middle East. That is why I’ve been exploring the most sustainable way that democracy could happen for countries like Iran. I believe that one of the most important prerequisites is understanding …
Posted in Culture, Democracy, Education, Iran, Videos | Tagged Iran | Leave a commentEgyptian protests against The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) for the past week have been ongoing in multiple cities, more than 3,500 have been injured, and at least 30 people have been killed by Egyptian police. Mona Eltahawy …
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