In oppressive countries, the noble persons dwell behind the bars. Don’t grieve my friends, I’m in the normal place! I’ve made a mistake when I was in Hisham Mubarak Law Center once, and declared my intention to write a sequel …
Posted in Activism, Arabs, Civil Rights, Egypt, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Literature, Mideast Youth, Minorities, Petitions | Tagged Maikel Nabil, Maikel Nabil trial | 11 CommentsA Kurdish activist, Sherko Moarafi, is in danger of being executed in Iran for “enmity against God” for his alleged membership in a proscribed Kurdish organization. Moarafi was detained in October 2008, transferred to a solitary confinement in the death …
Posted in Activism, Awareness, Culture, Current Events, Democracy, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Iran, Islam, Kurdistan, Kurds, Middle East, Petitions, Racism | 3 CommentsGaza DonationsThe BBC says the risk of compromising confidence in its fairness, coupled with ‘question marks’ about aid getting through, had led to its decision not to broadcast the Gaza appeal. Because of this decision Sky and ITV are not …
Posted in Activism, Assholes, Censorship, Freedom of Speech, General, Media, Palestine, Petitions, Politics | Leave a commentA few days ago I received a mail from IPCRI – the Israeli/Palestinian Center for Research and Information about this issue. I hadn’t heard about it in our main media – although I’ve seen that articles appeared in foreign newspapers …
Posted in Interfaith, Israel, Middle East, Petitions, Regional Issues, Religion | Tagged Jerusalem, Jews, Muslims, Simon Wiesenthal, tolerance | 20 CommentsDear friends and supporters of peace, For as long as anyone can remember, the Kurdish people have been abused and denied basic human rights by oppressive governments who seek to eradicate the Kurdish identity from the Middle East. Just yesterday …
Posted in Activism, Announcements, Awareness, Civil Rights, Kurdistan, Kurds, Petitions, Website Updates | 11 CommentsNice, Atleast it didnt go unnoticed here From Rasha’s Post “International women’s day passed unnoticed here in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Almost all the women I talked to didn’t even know that the 8th of March was a day to celebrate …
Posted in General, Middle East, Petitions, Politics, Saudi Arabia, Taboos | 6 Comments“Ours is what we bring upon ourselves” or az maast keh bar maast or از ماست که بر ماست A famous Persian saying (poetry, actually), even though somewhat pessimistic, I can’t help but think that it stands true for the …
Posted in Activism, Bad news, Demonstrations, Ethics, Iran, Petitions, Politics, Society, Youth | 36 CommentsA group of young people from all over the Middle East have decided to join forces with their Kurdish brethren in order to fight for their basic human rights. We have made a petition and urge anyone in support of …
Posted in Activism, Announcements, Awareness, Censorship, Civil Rights, Freedom of Speech, Kurdistan, Kurds, Media, Middle East, Petitions, Regional Issues, Website Updates | 5 Comments“The personal story of an Israeli’s quest to find her Palestinian caregiver”: Watch the film trailer below: [quicktime width="320" height="240"]http://www.anotherroadhomethemovie.com/ARHtrailerfinalSm_Prog.mov[/quicktime]
Posted in Film, Israel, Petitions, Videos | 6 CommentsWe’d like to take this opportunity to thank Andrew Sullivan for providing a link to our campaign and encouraging people to sign the petition. We really appreciate all the support we’re getting and hope all of our readers will help …
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