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Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (May 21)
![[King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) Metro Station, Riyadh. Image from urdesign.it]](/content_images/3/sm_2-Zaha-Hadid-architects-King-Abdullah-Financial-District-Metro-Station-Riyadh-Saudi-Arabia.jpg "[King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) Metro Station, Riyadh. Image from urdesign.it]")
[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on the Arabian Peninsula and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Arabian Peninsula Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send your own recommendations for inclusion in each week's roundup to ap@jadaliyya.com by Monday night of every week.] Regional and International Relations Saudis overtaking Qatar in sponsoring Syrian rebels Hassan Hassan examines the implications of a visit by a delegation of Syrian opposition members to Qatar, in The National. Yemenis reel from Saudi labour crackdown A news report on how an impending law targeting illegal ...
Keep Reading »إعجام
“عدت إلى البيت لأجد جدّتي جالسة وصينية الشاي أمامها كالعادة، لكنَّها كانت تبكي بحرقة. سألتها مستفسراً: ـ شْبيكي؟ ـ تعال وشوف. طلع هسّه ناطق من وزارة الداخلية وقال "على المواطنين التبرُّع بأعينهم دعماً للمجهود الحربيّ"، وقال همّينه إِنّو المدارس رَحْيسَوَّوها مراكز يجمعون بِيها عيون الناس والكِلّ لازم يروحون يوقَفون سِرَه... هسّه ذهب إِفتهمنا وانطينا... فلوس، هم قِلْنَا مَيْخالِف، بَسْ عيون الناس؟ هاي شيسَمَوَّها يعني؟ بالعمر وبالزمان! اللَّه ياخِذِهم كلتّم! هذا شلون زمان أسود! ظننت أنّ الخرف والخوف كانا قد تسلَّلا إلى رأسها وأخذا يعبثان به. لكن المذيع ظهر على الشاشة ليكرِّر تصريح الناطق العسكريّ: ـ يا جماهير شعبنا العظيم. لقد رويتم تراب الوطن بدمائكم الزكية ...
Keep Reading »Bahrain's "Blogfather" Emerges from Hiding
![[Ali Abdel Imam. image from cpj.org]](/content_images/3/sm_Screenshot2013-05-17at12.16.47PM.png "[Ali Abdel Imam. image from cpj.org]")
[Jason Stern wrote the following blog post about Ali Abdel Imam for the Committee to Protect Journalists.] For two years, Bahrainis have been asking "Where is Ali Abdel Imam?" And now finally, they have an answer. The prominent opposition blogger suddenly emerged from hiding last week, announcing he had been granted asylum in the United Kingdom, news sources reported. He had not been heard from since 17 March 2011, when he cryptically tweeted, "I get tired from my phone so I switched it of no need for rumors plz." The Bahraini government had just declared a state of emergency, as massive reform protests rocked the island country. Abdel Imam, ...
Keep Reading »Syria's Inglorious Basterd
![[Khaled al-Hamad, left, in a photo from Omar Al-Farouk Brigade Facebook page]](/content_images/3/sm_abuSakkar.jpg "[Khaled al-Hamad, left, in a photo from Omar Al-Farouk Brigade Facebook page]")
On 13 May 2013, Human Rights Watch released a statement attesting to the authenticity of a disturbing video that circulated first on Syrian pro-regime websites and then on social media. In it, a Syrian man cuts open a dead regime soldier’s chest, pulls his heart and lung out, threatens “Alawite dogs” that they will all face a similar fate, and takes a bite of the viscera while addressing the video camera. This latest sectarian evocation by a member of the armed opposition, Khalid al-Hamad (“Abu Sakkar”), was simplistically depicted by many US and Gulf media outlets as an isolated abomination perpetrated by a savage man. However, the incident tells a more complex story ...
Keep Reading »Human Rights Activist Waleed Al-Shehhi Arrested in UAE
![[Gulf Center for Human Rights logo. Image from gc4hr.org.]](/content_images/3/sm_GCHR-600x369.jpg "[Gulf Center for Human Rights logo. Image from gc4hr.org.]")
[The following report was originally published by the Gulf Center for Human Rights on 13 May 2013.] On 11 May 2013, human rights defender and online activist Waleed Al-Shehhi was arrested by the State security apparatus in Ajman. Waleed Al-Shehhi has been active in defending the 94 detained human rights defenders and activists known as the UAE 94 who were arrested over the past 16 months in a crackdown on freedom of expression in UAE. Their trial continues this week. Waleed Al-Shehhi’s exact whereabouts have not been disclosed by the authorities, it is reported that he has been taken to the state security prison in Abu Dhabi. There are serious concerns for his safety ...
Keep Reading »The Facade of Political Crises in Morocco
![[King Mohammed VI receives the Istiqlal Party's leader, Hamid Chabat, following his election as the head of the party. Image from Lakome.]](/content_images/3/sm_photochabatm6640.jpg "[King Mohammed VI receives the Istiqlal Party's leader, Hamid Chabat, following his election as the head of the party. Image from Lakome.]")
This weekend, the conservative nationalist Istiqlal Party announced it will be withdrawing from the government coalition, led by the Party of Justice and Development (PJD), and will take its place in parliament's opposition. Its reason, according to the party's press release, was to "avoid being complicit in the scheme against the Moroccan people." Additionally, the party will maintain its cabinet positions until further notice, and the party has written a formal letter to King Mohammed VI detailing its reasons for withdrawing from the coalition and to "guarantee" the execution of its withdrawal. This move will undoubtedly place further ...
Keep Reading »Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (May 8)
![[Bahraini health workers protesting on February 17, 2011. Image from Wikimedia Commons.]](/content_images/3/sm_bahmed.jpg "[Bahraini health workers protesting on February 17, 2011. Image from Wikimedia Commons.]")
[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on the Arabian Peninsula and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Arabian Peninsula Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send your own recommendations for inclusion in each week's roundup to ap@jadaliyya.com by Monday night of every week.] Regional and International Relations Saudi minister: US to remain energy dependent A news report on the oil minister’s dismissal of talk of US energy independence and assertion that the United States’ imports of oil from the Middle East in the second half of 2012 were the highest since the 1990s, on Al Jazeera ...
Keep Reading »Arabian Peninsula Monthly Edition (April 2013)
![[USS Ponce, part of the US 5th Fleet, pulls into Kingdom of Bahrain. Image from Flickr/Official US Navy Imagery.]](/content_images/3/sm_7535475434_7d4e14e838_z.jpg "[USS Ponce, part of the US 5th Fleet, pulls into Kingdom of Bahrain. Image from Flickr/Official US Navy Imagery.]")
[This is a monthly archive of pieces written by Jadaliyya contributors and editors on the Arabian Peninsula. It also includes material published on other platforms that editors deemed pertinent to post as they provide diverse depictions of Arabian Peninsula-related topics. The pieces reflect the level of critical analysis and diversity that Jadaliyya strives for, but the views are solely those of the authors. If you are interested in contributing to Jadaliyya, send us your post with your bio and a release form to post@jadaliyya.com. Click "Submissions" on the main page for more information.] Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (April 30) A weekly collection of ...
Keep Reading »قراءة في الحراك السياسي في الجولان المحتل
البعد الثقافي-المثالي للثورة: قراءة في الحراك السياسي في الجولان المحتل مادة اثنوغرافية تمهيدية: "إذا كانت رجولتك مشروطة بغشاء بكارتي فهي حتما معدومة بزواله (الجولان المباع/المحتل 24-8-2012)"، هكذا رفعت الناشطات يافطة في تجمع أسبوعي تضامني في مجدل شمس، لنصرة الثورة السورية. انتشرت الصورة على الفيسبوك وفي مواقع إنترنت محلية وأثارت موجة كبيرة من "القلقلة" في البلدة. وعلى إحدى صفحات الفيسبوك علق مجهول: "...الصورة جعلتني أشعر بأنّ عصر الانحطاط قد جاء وأن هؤلاء الأشخاص عندما تتمعن وتفكر من هم تلاحظ أنهم من نفس الطينة. ها قد وصلنا إلى مرحلة تسمح الرجال للنساء برفع لافتات وقحة فإذا باعوا وطنهم هانت عليهم بناتهم. لقد طفح الكيل لأنهم يعكسون ...
Keep Reading »مَن يُحاسِب؟ ومَن يُحاسِب مَن؟
![[ 3arabawy تصوير حسام الحملاوي المصدر مدونة]](/content_images/3/sm_fawazmaqal.jpg "[ 3arabawy تصوير حسام الحملاوي المصدر مدونة]")
لأول مرة في تاريخ العالم العربي الحديث نجحت انتفاضات شعبية سلمية في إطلاق مسارات أفضت إلى تنحي أربعة رؤساء دولة عن الحكم. ولأول مرة في التاريخ ذاته، أحيل هؤلاء الرؤساء إلى المحاكمة، وجاهياً أو غيابياً، بتهم تتعلق بالأمر بالقتل والتعذيب والفساد ونهب الأموال العامة. والآن تلوح مؤشرات إلى أن هذه المكاسب الأولية لعملية التحويل الديموقراطي في تلك البلدان مهددة بالتبديد.اغتيل معمر القذافي، بالطريقة البشعة الهمجية التي اغتيل بها، دون محاكمة أو قطعاً للطريق على محاكمة. وفرّ زين العابدين بن علي إلى العربية السعودية. وبموجب «المبادرة الخليجية»، المرعية أميركياً، أعفي علي عبدالله صالح هو «وأعوانه» من أي مساءلة أو محاسبة على جرائم وسرقات وهدر خلال 33 سنة من الحكم ...
Keep Reading »أسئلة العدالة الانتقالية في مصر ورومانسيتها: الجزء الثاني
![[غرافيتي في القاهرة . مصدر الصورة أرشيف الكاتب]](/content_images/3/sm_MosriandMubarak-1.jpg "[غرافيتي في القاهرة . مصدر الصورة أرشيف الكاتب]")
أسئلة العدالة الانتقالية في مصر ورومانسيتها (2- 2) الوقت لمُقاربة مختلفة لدمج الفلول وتجاوز الماضي الحديث الذي قدمته في الجزء الأول من هذا المقال عن الموجات المتقلبة من التضارب والتقارب بين أجندات الإخوان الخاصة، ومصالح العسكر، كشركاء في الحكم، ومؤسسي المسار السياسي الذي تتخبط في غياهبه مصر الآن، كان في مجمله مكرراً، لكن ما أظن أن الناس تعزف عن مناقشته هي مسألة الفلول ومقاربة شجاعة لنزع فتيلها، إذ حان الوقت في رأيي لإعادة النظر جذرياً في مسألة الفلول وفي مصالحة وطنية أشمل وأوسع تبنى على أسس شفافة وعادلة، لتنتهي تلك المسألة تماماً وتتوقف معارك تصفية الحسابات التي تدور وراء الظهور باسم الثورة. من الطبيعي في حماسة البدايات الثورية أن يكون الجميع متأهبين ...
Keep Reading »Irish Lawyers for Human Rights Call for Expulsion of Bahrain Attorney General from International Association of Prosecutors
![[Protesters in Manama in 2011. Image by Mahmood Al-Yousif via Flickr]](/content_images/3/sm_Image-Protest_Bahrain_Feb2011-MahmoodAl-Yousif-Flickr.jpg "[Protesters in Manama in 2011. Image by Mahmood Al-Yousif via Flickr]")
[The following report was issued by CEARTAS (Irish Lawyers for Human Rights) on 15 April 2013.] Report on Bahrain's Attorney General Dr. Ali bin Fadhel Al-Buainain and his position in the International Association of Prosecutors Executive Summary This report, using evidence widely available, examines the role of Dr. Ali bin Fadhel AlBuainain, Attorney General of Bahrain, and his suitability as an Executive Committee member of the International Association of Prosecutors. In 2012 Ceartas became concerned that the Attorney General was acting in such a way that puts his position as head of the Bahraini office of Public Prosecution at odds ...
Keep Reading »إعادة الحساب الدائمة: إساءة فهم سوريا بعد سنتين
[ننشر هنا الترجمة العربية لمقالة بسام حداد التي نشرت على "جدلية"باللغة الإنجليزية في 18 آذار الماضي. وقد أنجز الترجمة مازن حكيم] يا ليتني حصلت على دولار في كل مرة كتب أحدهم فيها عن "نهاية اللعبة" في سوريا خلال الأشهر الثمانية عشر الماضية... بعد حوالي سنتين من انطلاقة الانتفاضة السورية، يجد المحللون أنفسهم يتخبطون بالبحث عن تصور محتمل لسير الأحداث في المستقبل. على أرض الواقع، يقلق معظم السوريين حول سلامتهم الشخصية أكثر من أي أمر آخر. تتغير المعايير بشكل مستمر على ...
Keep Reading »Injuries, Arrests and House Raids: The Case of a Bahraini Family
[The following report was originally published by the Bahrain Center for Human Rights on 17 May 2013.] Injuries, Arrests and House Raids: Case of a Bahraini Family The Bahrain Center for Human Rights expresses grave concern at the continuing police of the Bahraini authorities in violating the rights of children, and targeting entire families as retribution. The family of Ashour Hassan Ali from Samaheej have been the victims of repeated targeting by the Bahraini authorities for the past 2 years. ...
Keep Reading »Bahrain: The Return of the National Security Apparatus with a New Face
[The following statement was issued by the Bahrain Center for Human Rights and the Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights on 7 May 2013.] Bahrain: The Return of the National Security Apparatus with a New Face Introduction Royal Decree No. 14 of 2002 established the National Security Apparatus, which was an amendment of the Amiri Decree No. 29 of 1996 regarding the management of the Ministry of Interior. According to the new decree, the National Security Apparatus replaces the General Directorate ...
Keep Reading »Prominent Human Rights Defender Nabeel Rajab Reportedly Missing
[The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) issued the following urgent appeal after failing to confirm the status and whereabouts of Nabeel Rajab.] The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) and the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) express grave concern over the news of the removal of Nabeel Rajab from his cell to an unknown location. Nabeel Rajab called his wife on 14 May 2013, telling her that he had witnessed the torture of young political prisoners at the hands of prison guards at Jaw prison. ...
Keep Reading »Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (May 14)
[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on the Arabian Peninsula and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Arabian Peninsula Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send your own recommendations for inclusion in each week's roundup to ap@jadaliyya.com by Monday night of every week.] Reports and Opinions FBI surrounds house of Saudi student after sightings of him with pressure cooker pot – only to discover he was cooking RICE Martin Jay ...
Keep Reading »Bahrain: Silence Is a War Crime
[The following report was issued by the Bahrain Press Association on 2 May 2013.] Bahrain: Silence Is a War Crime Forward The 2012 Annual Report comes to mark the second year running of the coverage started with the incorporation of the Bahrain Press Association (“BPA”) in July 2011 in London, the United Kingdom. The report, named ‘Bahrain: Silence Is A War Crime,” represents a testament intended to be comprehensive and impartial in describing and documenting the diverse ...
Keep Reading »Algeria Between “la Boulitique” and la Politique: A Tale of Two Youths
La politique est une réflexion sur la manière de servir le peuple. La «boulitique» est une somme de hurlements et de gesticulations pour se servir du peuple. La politique is a reflection on the manner to serve the people. La boulitique is an accumulation of screams and gestures (invoked) in order to use the people. - Malek Benabi Rarely is the noise in Algiers as deafening, or the traffic as disorderly. If young Algerians are often depicted as hittistes, hanging out in public spaces with no ...
Keep Reading »Libya: Which Fate for Gaddafi’s Henchmen?
On 24 March 2013, about 200 former rebel fighters in Libya besieged the prime minister's office, demanding that he resign in accordance with a political isolation law banning members of the former regime from political life. Ali Zeidan, the current prime minister of Libya, served as a diplomat under Gaddafi. The draft political isolation law being debated applies to anybody who held an official position during the final two decades of Gaddafi’s rule, which includes many who have played a prominent ...
Keep Reading »Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (April 30)
[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on the Arabian Peninsula and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Arabian Peninsula Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send your own recommendations for inclusion in each week's roundup to ap@jadaliyya.com by Monday night of every week.] Regional and International Relations ‘East of Suez’: Are UK forces returning? Frank Gardner reports on British efforts to establish a permanent military ...
Keep Reading »Salman al-Awdah: In the Shadow of Revolutions
There is nothing that prompts us to encourage revolution as it is enshrined in danger...It just comes when profound reform has stumbled.— Salman al-Awdah Like all of us watching the Arab world in the last two years, Saudi Islamists (I refer throughout to the Salafi Islamists) were taken by surprise when the Arab masses marched en masse calling for the downfall of their regimes. Official Saudi religious scholars immediately warned against the chaos of revolutions, banned demonstrations, and called for ...
Keep Reading »Stained Glass Transparency: Bahrain's Latest Obfuscation of International Human Rights Accountability
[Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) issued a report written by Andrea Gittleman, JD and Alex Lee on 25 April 2013 in response to the Bahraini regime canceling the planned visit of UN Special Rapporteur on Torture.] Bahrain has again indefinitely postponed a visit by the UN’s special rapporteur on torture, the latest in a series of attempts to deter human rights observers from scrutinizing the kingdom’s dismal human records record. The government told the rapporteur, Juan Méndez, that his visit ...
Keep Reading »أسئلة العدالة الانتقالية في مصر ورومانسيتها: الجزء الأول
أسئلة العدالة الانتقالية في مصر ورومانسيتها (الجزء الأول): بين أجندة الإخوان ويمين السيسي الكاذب.. أقسمَ السيسي - وزير الدفاع وشريك الحُكم - كذباً أن الجيش لم يقتل ولم يأمر بقتل، ولم يغدر ولم يأمر بغدر... وربما أصدقه في الثانية، فكثير من الحكام الذين قتلوا وعذبوا وسرقوا – كمبارك نفسه وشليلته- لم يعتبروا أنفسهم آنذاك غادرين أو خائنين وإنما استباحوا السهل الحرام كأولاد باشاوات وأصهار سلالة الإقطاعيين "الكاكي"، على اعتبار أن تلك طريقة معيشة وأسلوب حياة شعوب المشرق. لكنّ السيسي في ...
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