While gazing towards a huge mosque and its surroundings from the Mount of Olives at the Dominus Flevit Church, a Christian guide told tourists that during his last days of his life, Jesus predicted that Jerusalem would be destroyed for …
Posted in General | 3 CommentsIt is very unfortunate that after 63 years of creation of Pakistan added to the 200 years of struggle against foreign intruders, we are still debating over Democracy and Dictatorship is Pakistan. We were able to get an independent state …
Posted in General, Pakistan | Tagged Democracy, Dictatorship, Politics | 3 CommentsThe second sit-in staged in Al Kasbah government square by hundreds of people who came from various cities on February 20 and were joined by thousands of protesters during the day was lifted or rather “suspended” on Friday, March 4. …
Posted in Activism, Civil Rights, Democracy, Demonstrations, Freedom of Speech, General, Middle East, Politics, Tunisia, Youth | 2 Comments“Unless the world acts, we may be facing an historic human tragedy,” said WFP Executive Director Josette Sheera who arrived at the Tunisia-Libya border yesterday. A mass exodus of refugees has resulted in a humanitarian crisis. Many people are still …
Posted in Civil Rights, Countries/Regions, Democracy, Demonstrations, Events, Freedom of Speech, General, Human Rights, Libya, Middle East, Migrant Workers, News and Politics, Politics, Refugees, Tunisia | Leave a commentIn a new clampdown against freedom of expression, our project Crowd Voice has been completely blocked in Bahrain, in a defensive mechanism used frequently in the past two months by North African and Middle Eastern regimes in order to curb …
Posted in General | 2 CommentsWe are against what the army are doing to steal our revolution Last Friday, the 4th of February, at night, I was arrested at one of the headquarters of the Egyptian intelligence. They were covering my eyes and there was …
Posted in Activism, Atheism, Bad news, Civil Rights, Current Events, Demonstrations, Egypt, Freedom of Speech, General, Human Rights, Politics, Regional Issues, Religion | 3 CommentsI was following Tunisian and Egyptian protests and revolutions (if I can call them revolution) closely these days. I’m happy for Egypt for getting rid of dictatorship. They showed how resistance would lead into victory – at least it was …
Posted in Awareness, Civil Rights, Events, General, Politics, Regional Issues | 4 CommentsAs I am watching the Egyptian revolution unfold, I almost cannot believe how similar the two fights for freedom are. Obviously, Egypt and Tunisia have many common points, especially when it comes to culture. Both have serious grievances, and have …
Posted in Arabs, Censorship, Democracy, Demonstrations, Egypt, Freedom of Speech, General, Middle East, Tunisia, Youth | Tagged Ben Ali, Egypt, Mubarak, revolution, Tunisia, uprising | 3 CommentsSince January the 25th, tens of thousands of Egyptians across the country are engaging in violent clashes with security forces in retaliation against Hosni Mubarak’s 30 year dictatorship. After more than several deaths and violent injuries, including the murder of …
Posted in General | 4 CommentsThis is a message from Sarah Tabbarah, the research assistant of Dr Brigitte Khoury at the American University of Beirut (AUB), Lebanon. Dr Khoury is conducting an online survey on the sexuality and reproductive health of Arab youth and would …
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