Hamza Kashgari, a young journalist has caused a wide anger among Saudis when tweeting on the Mawlid (the Holy Prophet’s birthday). His tweets included his opinions about the prophet, how he’s equal to him and how he hated some of …
Posted in Activism, Atheism, Censorship, Current Events, Freedom of Speech, Islam, Media, Religion, Saudi Arabia, Society, Taboos | Tagged blasphemy, hamza, prophet, Saudi, Twitter | 8 CommentsLet us from the very beginning of this article state and ascertain that we live in the age of free information, where the Internet has connected billions of people to each other, making it possible for the individual to exchange …
Posted in Censorship, Freedom of Speech, Kurdistan, Kurds | Tagged internet, Kurdistan, Kurds | Leave a commentWhat’s the first thing that comes to your mind when hearing the words “the little boy”? Innocence? A new life? White and blue? Or maybe even a toy? 67 years ago, in Japan, “THE LITTLE BOY” didn’t mean innocence; it …
Posted in Arabs, Culture, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Iraq, Literature, Middle East, War | Tagged Iraq | 2 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 CommentOnce upon a time there was a troll, Hans Christian Andersen wrote. This troll was the worst of the trolls, he was the Devil and the Devil had a mirror. It was a wicked invention; everything good and beautiful became …
Posted in Censorship, Freedom of Speech, Kurdistan, Kurds, Turkey | Tagged Censorship, Kurdistan, Kurds, rojtv, Turkey | 2 CommentsFragments 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 | 3 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 commentI very often remember the wonderful Egyptian joke in which an Egyptian person asks a cleric of a mosque, “If we conquered Tel Aviv, would it be permissible for us to penetrate Israeli females?”, then the cleric answers him, “If …
Posted in Freedom of Speech, Israel, Palestine/Israel | Tagged Israel, Maikel Nabil, non-violence, Palestine, peace | Leave a 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