Category: Nationalism

The Will to Lead

Posted on by Ali Arsalan Zaheer (Pakistan)

The power of ruling and leading is a god blessing to Bhutto family. The two main pillars of political regime, built such a strategy that leads our country from diffident to modern and bold nation. Democracy can only rise from the heredity. The journeys of Mr. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and Ms. Benazir Bhutto frequently developed into succession. She knows that nothing can be gain through fight and battles. or the youth she addressed. loss which will never ever fills in the history.

Posted in Civil Rights, Democracy, Ethics, History, Literature, Media, Nationalism, Pakistan, Politics, Youth | 5 Comments

The Prophecy of Urdu Language

Posted on by Ali Arsalan Zaheer (Pakistan)

Language is concisely defined in our vocabulary as a “human system of communication that uses arbitrary signals, such as voice sounds, gestures, or written symbols”. It is the term of human communication in which the knowledge, belief, and behavior preserved, …

Posted in Afghanistan, Culture, Education, Ethics, History, Iran, Literature, Nationalism, Pakistan, Turkey, Youth | 2 Comments

Is Ahmadinejad an Anti-Semite? A Look at his Statements

Posted on by Ibn Yousof (Afghanistan)

Anti-semitism is a horrible thing. That’s exactly why, in the interest of a scholarly defense of the truth, we cannot allow ourselves to throw that accusation around too liberally.

Posted in General, Iran, Israel, Nationalism, Politics, Racism, Regional Issues | 20 Comments

Re-Arming Afghan Civil Society

Posted on by Ibn Yousof (Afghanistan)

The Afghan people are trapped in a limbo between two styles of governance that do not fit in with their society: a Western-style democracy and a Wahhabist Taleban emirate. They believe in the ideals of freedom, equality, and national pride, but they need to be empowered to build a system that embodies these ideas in a uniquely Afghan way.

Posted in Afghanistan, Foreign Affairs, Nationalism, Regional Issues, Terrorism, War | 2 Comments

We are disgusted indeed

Posted on by Reem Shawkat (Sudan)

One night, three friends in Khartoum , Sudan acted on their dissapointment. They wanted to encourage people to register to vote and then, vote in the general elections, so they started “Girifna”

Posted in Activism, Awareness, Censorship, Creativity, Education, General, Human Rights, Media, Nationalism, News and Politics, Politics, Society, Sudan, Youth | 3 Comments

Is PanIranism good or Bad?

Posted on by Samimaneh (Iran)

Are you loyal to Iran independence and resistant to Pan-Iranism? I’ll tell you that I am! I know that pan-Iranism has got its own supporters, and it has been moderately growing among Persian youngsters mostly but the sad part is …

Posted in Iran, Nationalism, Politics | Tagged , | 5 Comments

Lets change the roles in Kurdistan

Posted on by Mir Jan (Kurdistan & USA)

I have recently posted another article from BBC about missing bodies that were found in acid wells. Those bodies belong to people who lost their life during the conflict that took place in the 90s between Kurdistan Workers Party (aka …

Posted in Democracy, Freedom of Speech, General, Human Rights, Kurdistan, Kurds, Nationalism, Yezidis | 1 Comment

The War is Over! The New Awakening!

Posted on by Ali Dahmash (Jordan)

It is 1 am now in the Middle East. The cease fire will be effective in 1 hour. Just as predicted, Israel decided to cease fire just when Barack Obama is boarding the train and is on his way to …

Posted in Activism, Arabs, Current Events, Demonstrations, Nationalism, News and Politics, Palestine/Israel, Politics, Regional Issues, Terrorism, War | 6 Comments

The Saudi 21 Questions

Posted on by Lou (Saudi Arabia)

21 questions: 1) Will Saudi Arabia ever acknowledge the term “Minimum Wage”? 2) Who came up with the color coding of genders? White thobes for men, and “black” Abaya (robe) for women? 3) Why is (Saudi) Arabia one of the …

Posted in Arabs, Culture, Demonstrations, Freedom of Speech, Humor, Middle East, Nationalism, Saudi Arabia, Women | 4 Comments

Abdel Wudud and his chickens: questioning nationalism through Muhammad al-Maghout's al-Hudud

Posted on by Yaman

Note: This is a post about Muhammad al-Maghout’s film al-Hudud which I originally placed on my personal blog. I thought it would be appropriate to post it here, given the recent release of statistics regarding the “nationality”–if a corpse can …

Posted in Arabs, Nationalism | Tagged , , | 1 Comment