I’ll let you in on a little secret. When I was a dreamy teenager my parents, especially my dad, itched when they heard the word freedom. And I believe that most, if not all, Egyptian and Middle Eastern parents still shudder in fear when they here their young one speaking of their demands for Freedom. [...]
In his book about the modern legal tradition, “The Gift of Science”, American philosopher Roger Berkowitz, offers us a glimpse – somewhat academic but not without a spirit of its own – into the failure of science – or of rationality, to be more precise – to bring about a rebirth of law and justice [...]
Yangon, Myanmar (dpa) – Did the cartoon that was to appear in The Voice depicting a gavel with a worm in it allude to a rotten judiciary? In any case, state censors in Myanmar struck it from an advance copy of the weekly newspaper. On the whole, though, the censors have become quite lenient since [...]
In his book “Trial by Ink”, Egyptian writer Yahia Lababidi offers us an intimate look into the world of self-censorship and sexual morality in the Arab world from the perspective of a man himself and he begins his reflection by speaking with brutal sincerity about the new morality of Egypt: “Much of the new morality [...]
DUBAI: Bahrain’s Ambassador to the United States, Houda Nonoo, highlighted the Kingdom’s record in preserving religious freedom in a speech to members of the Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church on Thursday evening. The talk has angered activists in the country, who continue to battle tear gas and police brutality in the country in their uprising against [...]
CAIRO: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that Libya can have a democratic future it wants based on justice and freedom. His comments on Friday marked the one-year anniversary of the start of the Libyan revolution. The UN chief called on the North African country’s people to work together to transition to a democracy founded [...]
CAIRO: Egypt’s firebrand and controversial ultra-conservative presidential hopeful Hazem Saleh Abu Ismail said in a recent interview that Islam gives no guarantees of personal freedom. “If you claim that Allah considers it your personal freedom, show me your reference? Nobody has ever said that – except for people have no understanding of Sharia,” Ismail said [...]
DUBAI: Bahrain remains the Middle East region’s most economically free country, according to the annual Index of Economic Freedom published by The Heritage Foundation and Wall Street Journal. The kingdom is the only regional country to score in the top 20. Ranked 12th out of 184 economies worldwide, Bahrain’s economic freedom score of 75.2 is [...]
CAIRO: For a couple of weeks, imprisoned blogger Maikel Nabil Sanad captured Egypt’s activists attention. His hunger strike was a top news item as it entered its 40th day, then its 50th, but now, his plight has seemingly been forgotten by all save a few hardened believers in freedom of expression. Nabil was the first [...]
Tonight, imprisoned Egyptian blogger Maikel Nabil Sanad enters his 42nd day of hunger strike. It could be a matter of hours, minutes, and quite possibly just seconds, for his kidney or heart – Maikel has a heart condition – to fail. Maikel is in prison because of a blog post, in which he criticized the [...]
BOSTON, Massachusetts: Should women drive or not drive? That is the question many in Saudi Arabia are asking today. When Manal Al-Sharif posted a video of herself driving on YouTube and launched her Women2Drive campaign on Facebook, she drew the eyes of the world yet again to the status of Saudi women. Driving is only [...]
CAIRO: If we analyze the “revolution of 25th of January,” which caused the collapse of former President Hosni Mubarak’s regime, it is not difficult to find some similarities with the 1979 Iranian revolution. In the Egyptian case the “last Pharaoh” has been overthrown, whereas in the so-called “Islamic revolution” of 1979, the Shah was overthrown. [...]
I’m beginning this essay with a bold and possibly foolhardy assumption: that the wave of protests throughout much of the Arab world, and what is increasingly drifting in the direction of a violent revolution in Libya, will eventually lead to democratization and real reform in many Arab states. This hasn’t happened yet, of course. In [...]
The Egyptian revolution raised hopes for political change. Besides the impact on the level of political freedom, it has a far reaching influence on Egypt’s cultural life, illustrating that culture and politics are interconnected. Building on a long tradition of regime-critical culture, the Egyptians merge the classics such as the songs of Sheikh Imam and the poetry of Ahmed Foad Negm with new art works. The political revolution seems to stir a cultural renaissance in Egypt. However, the threats facing critical artists are far from being over.
I wandered the streets with them screaming in pain: leave. I screamed leave so the new people of Yemen could build the walls of the future, safely, because you were the reasons I posted my memories, on walls of alienation, walls that are not mine I screamed leave so the new people of Yemen could [...]
As much as the Egyptian revolution surprised many people all over the world, it also surprised the Egyptians themselves when it brought up all the hidden beauty they never knew existed. Whether they are supporting or rejecting, no doubt the revolution has greatly influenced the Egyptians’ value system and their way of thinking. In Tahrir [...]
TUNIS: In their first free political debate in nearly three decades, Tunisians have rejected the idea that a new set of strongmen might emerge from the uprisings, rocking the Arab world. At a special session of the Doha Debates an audience of mainly students and young professionals voted 74 to 26 percent against the motion: [...]
Libyan anti-government protesters have taken control of the country’s Eastern side that borders Egypt, eye witnesses on the ground reported on Tuesday evening. As the second week for what has now become a battle for a free Libya, the country’s leader Muammar Gaddafi vowed to remain in Libya at all costs, adding that he would [...]
The Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) congratulates the Egyptian people on the achievement of their first demand, which was Mubarak’s departure on the 11th of February 2011, after 30 long years of oppressive rule under emergency law. The Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) will be governing the country for the next 6 months whilst [...]
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