Some 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 …
Posted in Censorship, Civil Rights, Democracy, Egypt, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights | Leave a commentOn October 23, Millions of Tunisians lined up at local schools turned into polling stations to cast their ballots. They did not mind waiting for hours and were happy to vote for the first time. Many brought their children to …
Posted in Democracy, Tunisia | Tagged Tunisia | 1 CommentMy sadness grew of what I knew from journals last week… I was saddened for Maspero victims who were assassinated by the bullets of the militarist occupation, I was saddened for the militarists’ chasing of the leaderships of the movement …
Posted in Civil Rights, Democracy, Egypt, Freedom of Speech | Tagged Maikel Nabil | 1 CommentYes to Peace for Egypt Before it is for Israel When Ismail Sidqi pasha refused that Egypt would get-in the war of 1948, he wasn’t a traitor to Egypt or loving Israel. All about it is that Ismail Sidqi was …
Posted in Censorship, Civil Rights, Democracy, Egypt, Freedom of Speech, History, Middle East, Nationalism, Philosophy, Politics, Regional Issues, Society, Taboos, Terrorism, War | Tagged antimilitarism, corruption, Egypt, Human Rights, Israel, Maikel Nabil, Middle East, pacifism, peace, Politics, prison, revolution, SCAF | 1 CommentA self-congratulatory PR campaign meant to bolster the Moroccan government’s image has backfired after critics of the government used Twitter to reveal the hypocrisies of the campaign. The hashtag “Makassib” revealed that anger and resentment at the government hasn’t simmered …
Posted in Activism, Civil Rights, Current Events, Democracy, Demonstrations, Morocco | Tagged Morocco, protests | Leave a commentIn this ambiguous world of ours it is often difficult to find moral clarity, even when it comes to seemingly black and white issues like 9/11 and the Arab Spring. And the question arises therefore: How do we bring moral …
Posted in Current Events, Democracy, Demonstrations, Economy, Foreign Affairs, Regional Issues, Terrorism, USA, War | Tagged 9/11, A New Model for the Middle East, Arab Spring | 1 CommentI am sitting on a school bench in a Kurdish town with a notebook in front of me and a pen between my fingers when a member of Koma Civakên Kurdistan (KCK, Union of Communities in Kurdistan) walks in through …
Posted in Awareness, Civil Rights, Democracy, Kurdistan, Kurds, Turkey | Tagged Kurdistan, Kurds, Turkey | 2 Comments