My friend, Sagi Melamed, wrote this article. As you read it, ask yourself this: How do you promote the cause of peace, when both sides to a conflict believe they’re right? You’re Also Right Sagi Melamed There is a well-known …
Posted in Awareness, Current Events, Israel, Nationalism, Palestine, Palestine/Israel, Regional Issues | Tagged Israel, Palestine | Leave a 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 CommentIn the seventies and eighties of last century, militant Islamist opposition appeared, which was the strongest of the opposition movements, which was able to challenge the July militarist regime… This opposition reached its peak on October, 1981, when it assassinated …
Posted in Arabs, Censorship, Civil Rights, Current Events, Democracy, Egypt, Ethics, Freedom of Speech, History, Islam, Israel, Nationalism, Politics, Regional Issues, Religion, Society, Taboos, Terrorism, War | Tagged antimilitarism, Egypt, Israel, Maikel Nabil, pacifism | 1 CommentLieutenant General/Sami Anan Chief of Staff of the armed forces Greetings, In a press interview with me to a European newspaper, the following day of Mubarak’s …
Posted in Censorship, Civil Rights, Current Events, Democracy, Egypt, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Middle East, Nationalism, News and Politics, Politics, Society, Taboos, War, Youth | Tagged corruption, Egypt, Human Rights, Maikel Nabil, Middle East, Politics, revolution, Sami Anan, SCAF | Leave a commentGreetings, Mideast Youth! This is my first time posting here. I wanted to introduce myself. I am an Egyptian immigrant to North America and have spent all of my adult life here – yet, I remain strongly connected to the …
Posted in Activism, Democracy, Egypt, Middle East, Nationalism, Youth | Leave a commentIn the past few weeks, MidEastYouth was attacked by hate groups whose aim was to silence the MEY’s Alliance for Kurdish Rights project but subsequently brought down all of the MidEastYouth’s websites. Thus, the attackers demonstrated a belief that an attack on all groups that so desperately need a voice in the Middle East was worth it so long as their main target could be silenced.
Posted in Activism, Arabs, Civil Rights, Democracy, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Iran, Iraq, Kurdistan, Kurds, Media, Middle East, Nationalism, Palestine, Racism, Regional Issues, Society, Syria, Turkey | 3 CommentsNot so long ago, MEY along with other sites it powers was taken down for a while by Turkish hacker(s), who stated that their reason for taking down the site was because of how it stands up for Kurdish rights. …
Posted in Assholes, Kurdistan, Kurds, Nationalism, Ridiculous, Turkey | 4 CommentsRevolution, on the brink of revolution and revolution; the only panacea. Probably you have tired and badly fed up of listening to these revolutionary statements. On top of these statements one would heard “There will be a lot of bloodshed …
Posted in Activism, Current Events, Democracy, Nationalism, Pakistan | Tagged Asma Jahangir, Balochistan, French Revolution, Habib Jalib, History, Non-governmental organization, Pakistan, Poetry, Politician, Politics, Punjab, Quetta, revolution, Revolution and Evolution, Revolutionary movement, Revolutions and Social Movements, Say no to Revolution, Why no revolution | 1 CommentThis coming Eid (Eid-ul-Fitr) is being celebrated in Pakistan amidst mixed emotions as it has come at a time when the floods have displaced, and left millions of people homeless. In this time of sheer distress and catastrophe we must …
Posted in Culture and Society, Islam, Nationalism, Pakistan | Tagged Eid Greetings, Eid Mubarak, Eid ul-Fitr, Eid with Flood Affectees, Flood, Jammu and Kashmir, Muslim, Natural Disasters and Hazards, olitical, Pakistan, SocialTags: Asia | 2 CommentsIsrael is the the home of approximately 26,000 Africans who have entered Israel illegally through Egypt. Roughly 80% of these migrants are recognized as asylum seekers by the State, and currently cannot be deported to their countries of origin due …
Posted in Ethics, Israel, Migrant Workers, Nationalism, Racism, Refugees | 8 Comments