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Kuwait Parliament Approves New Labor Law

30 January 2009

Kuwait’s parliament Thursday approved in principle a new labour law that provides the emirate’s 2.35 million foreign workers better conditions but fails to scrap the sponsor system. Of the 44 (...)

Lebanese Prison Riot Over

28 January 2009

Lebanese security officials say a riot in northern Lebanon’s largest prison is over and that inmates released two guards held hostage. Scores of inmates at the Qubeh prison in the city of Tripoli (...)

Egypt: Press Photographers Criticize Security Forces’ Harassment

26 January 2009

Dozens of press photographers expressed their fury yesterday at security forces’ harassment against them. They criticized the police for preventing them from doing their job, for confiscating (...)

47 MPs Submit Notification to Public Prosecutor against Former Housing Minister

25 January 2009

47 Egyptian MPs from all political forces handed a notification to Public Prosecutor Abdel Maguid Mahmoud against former Housing Minister Mohamed Ibrahim Suleiman, demanding that all necessary (...)

Kefaya Invites Parties and Political Forces to Form National Coalition for Change

21 January 2009 , by Administrateur

Kefaya (enough) Movement has called all parties, political forces and leaders of the protest movements to participate in a "national coalition for change" to be a nucleus for a broad civilian (...)

Education Fails to Meet Needs of Saudi Labor Market

21 January 2009

About 90 percent of education output in Saudi Arabia is not linked to the needs of the labor market, Minister of Education Abdullah Al-Obaid said yesterday. “The function of general education in (...)

Democracy Promotion and Islam

17 January 2009 , by Michael Brenner

The moment is propitious to take a hard look at the efficacy of strategies designed to promote liberal political values in Islamic societies.  The metaphoric democratic wave that gained impetus (...)

Administrative Court Halts Bar Association Elections

16 January 2009 , by Administrateur

The Administrative Court stopped yesterday the Bar Association elections due to be held next Sunday at the Association headquarters. The court ruling stops the implementation of the decision of (...)

Bahrain Lawmakers Want More Powers

13 January 2009

Eighteen lawmakers from all blocs except one have signed a Parliamentary proposal to amend the 2002 constitution. The proposal is expected to be debated in the next parliamentary session on (...)

Arab Constitutional Manipulations

9 January 2009 , by Amr Hamzawy

Arab regimes have shown an extraordinary ability to renovate and develop their instruments of authoritarian rule. Despite moments of public activism and the relative rise in demand for democracy (...)