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Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (May 15)
![[Gulf Cooperation Council flags. Image from mobashernews.com]](/content_images/3/sm_dbb5fa0f2a.jpg "[Gulf Cooperation Council flags. Image from mobashernews.com]")
Saudi-Bahrain Proposed Unity "Gulf states 'need time to study' union plan," an article on the vague proposal of a union among the Gulf states to replace the Gulf Cooperation Council, by Elizabeth Dickinson in The National. "Gulf unity plan on hold amid Iranian warning," a news report on the proposal of unity among the Gulf states, by Ian Black in The Guardian. "Saudi-Bahrain unity deal draws fierce criticism," an article on the protests against the proposed unity deal between the two Gulf states, in Al-Akhbar English. "Saudi Arabia 'to announce union with Bahrain'," a news report on the unity deal between the two Gulf ...
Keep Reading »الشيوعي العتيق إسحاق الشيخ يعقوب
الطريق إلى الشيوعية عبر النفط... أصدر الكاتب إسحاق الشيخ يعقوب (مواليد 1927) من أدب السجون كتاب"المساءلة"(دار الفارابي، 2011) بعد أن أصدر سيرته الذاتية في عمل موسع بمجلدين "إني أشم رائحة مريم"(2002/2010).هذه المقالة تقدم بورتريه مناضل سعودي. إن مسيرة أي عربي شيوعي لا تبتعد عن أمور ثلاثة، أولها انخراطه في الحركة العمالية، وتعرضه للسجن والتعذيب، واضطراره للهروب واختيار المنفى. كذلك هي حياة المناضل والكاتب إسحاق الشيخ يعقوب. لكن أن تبقى تهمة الشيوعية تلاحقه حتى بعد انهيار المعسكر الاشتراكي لهو أمر مدهش. الماضي يلاحق صاحبه. في هذا الكتاب الجديد" المساءلة"(2011) يرفع الإهداء إلى الرفيق الشاب خالد النزهة (قضى عام 1982 في السجن)، ويقدمه ...
Keep Reading »Capitalism and Class in the Gulf Arab States
![[Cover of Arab Studies Journal Vol. XX No. 1 (Spring 2012)]](/content_images/3/sm_asj.jpg "[Cover of Arab Studies Journal Vol. XX No. 1 (Spring 2012)]")
Adam Hanieh, Capitalism and Class in the Gulf Arab States. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. [This review was originally published in the most recent issue of Arab Studies Journal. For more information on the issue, or to subscribe to ASJ, click here.] What if capitalists in a particular country could draw on a reserve army of semi-skilled labor that includes hundreds of millions of noncitizens whom they could import, hire, fire and expel at will, without worrying about laws, regulations, and collective action? What if they could perfect labor market segmentation to a degree whereby only one social class—capital—reproduces itself, but another—labor—never does? What ...
Keep Reading »Press Release: Front Line Defenders Demand "Proof of Life" as Abdulhadi al-Khawaja Enters 79th Day of Hunger Strike
![[Abdulhadi al-Khawaja in hospital, April 6. Image from Frontline Defenders]](/content_images/3/sm_abdulhadi_in_hospital_april_6_2.jpg "[Abdulhadi al-Khawaja in hospital, April 6. Image from Frontline Defenders]")
[The following press release was issued by Front Line Defenders on Thursday, 26 April 2012, as Abdulhadi al-Khawaja’s status and whereabouts remain unverified. Today marks the 79th day of his hunger strike.] PRESS RELEASE—for immediate release On the 78th Day of Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja’s hunger strike in Bahrain, Front Line Defenders calls upon the Bahraini Minister of Interior, Lieutenant-General Sheikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, to provide a ‘proof of life’ to confirm that Abdulhadi is still alive. Furthermore Front Line Defenders calls on the Minister to allow family visits, restore daily phone calls and update his family on his medical condition. Since ...
Keep Reading »Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (April 24)
[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.] "Leading Bahrain Activist Zainab al-Khawaja Detained," for the seventh day after allegedly insulting Bahraini police at an anti-Formula One protest. "Bahrain court delays ruling in activists case," a media report on the decision of Bahrain's highest appeals court to postpone a decision in the case of 21 ...
Keep Reading »How the Media Failed Abdulhadi
![[Image by BH-ONE, via Flickr.]](/content_images/3/sm_abdulhadi.jpg "[Image by BH-ONE, via Flickr.]")
Since the start of the Arab Spring, which has led to many new seasons of protest in turn, the media has often gravitated to individual activists who have become leading figures in mobilizing the public during these revolutions. Tawakul Karman in Yemen, Ahmed Maher in Egypt and Moncef Marzouki in Tunisia—these are just three names that have resonated in the media over the course of protests. Their specific stories of perseverance in the face of brute force have galvanized people around the world. While many of these advocates have been recognized by the media and rightfully protected for braving arrests, detention, and beatings, one man in Bahrain has been holding a ...
Keep Reading »Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (April 18)
[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.] "Bahrain: Reforms risk appearing hollow as violations continue," the latest report on Bahrain by Amnesty International, entitled "Flawed Reforms: Bahrain fails to achieve justice for protesters." "As Protests Continue to Flare, Should Formula One Be Returning to Bahrain?" An article on politics ad ...
Keep Reading »Abdulhadi al-Khawaja and Bahrain's Political Prisoners
![[Protesters re-take Pearl Square on 19 February 2011. Photo from Al Jazeera English]](/content_images/3/sm_ProtestersatPearlRoundabout.ByAlJazeeraEnglish.jpg "[Protesters re-take Pearl Square on 19 February 2011. Photo from Al Jazeera English]")
There are currently an estimated six hundred political prisoners in Bahrain, as a result of the regime's ruthless retaliation against a popular uprising that started in February 2011. 397 citizens are thought to be currently serving sentences delivered by military and civilian courts that fall far short of international standards for fair trials. On Saturday, 7 April 2012, one of these prisoners was transferred to a prison clinic after allegedly losing twenty-five percent of his body weight as the result of a hunger strike begun on 8 February 2012. Fifty-one-year-old human rights defender Abdulhadi al-Khawaja has reportedly said: "My hunger strike ...
Keep Reading »Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (April 2)
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.
Keep Reading »Bahrain's Revolutionaries Speak: An Exclusive Interview with Bahrain's Coalition of February 14th Youth
![[Logo of the Coalition of February 14th Youth. Image from unknown source.]](/content_images/3/sm_200744_178269905557382_178269738890732_498718_4186537_n.jpg "[Logo of the Coalition of February 14th Youth. Image from unknown source.]")
In spite of claims that Bahrain’s revolution has failed, the reality is that peaceful protests, a campaign of civil disobedience, and anti-Al Khalifa energy is at an all-time high. The regime’s reliance on heavy-handed violence has failed to quell the country’s revolutionary spirit or stamp out the opposition. If anything, the yearlong brutal siege against its own citizens has strengthened the resolve of anti-regime critics and their determination to carry on. Among the most determined to keep the revolution alive is the Coalition of February 14th Youth, an anonymous and decentralized political network that has coordinated months of activism and protest. While Bahrain’s ...
Keep Reading »Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (May 8)
[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.] "Bahrain protest leaders appear in court for retrial," a Reuters article on the trial of thirteen Bahraini protest leaders that was adjourned because ...
Keep Reading »Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (May 1)
[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.] “FISCALLY SPEAKING: Saudis Wouldn't Gain Much From A Union With Bahrain,” a Kipp report on the disadvantages to Saudi Arabia of union, with other Gulf Arab ...
Keep Reading »Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja: "Free Bird"
[The following is an animation narrated by Zainab Al-Khawaja after a phone call with her dad and before she was arrested on 21 April 2012 for protesting the Formula One Grand Prix in Bahrain. Abdulhadi al-Khawaja enters his 80th day on hunger strike today, as his status and whereabouts remain unknown. The Bahraini regime continues to deny his family and lawyer their visitation rights.]
Keep Reading »Press Release: Bahrain Watch Founding Member Dr. Alaa Al-Shehabi Arrested
[The following press release was issued by Bahrain Watch on 22 April 2012 regarding Alaa al-Shehabi's arrest earlier today. To read articles written by Al-Shehabi for Jadaliyya, click here.] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: bill@bahrainwatch.org Twitter: @bhwatch April 22, 2012 Bahrain Watch Founding Member Dr. Ala'a Al-Shehabi Arrested Ala’a was Accompanying Journalists in a Car on Budaiya Highway at Time of Arrest [Manama] Bahrain Watch expresses its deep concern about activist Ala’a ...
Keep Reading »Press Release: A Dangerous Escalation - At Least 11 Shotgun Injuries on 18 April 2012 in Bahrain
[The following press release was released by Bahrain Watch on 19 April 2012.] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: bill@bahrainwatch.org Twitter: @bhwatch April 19, 2012 A DANGEROUS ESCALATION: AT LEAST 11 SHOTGUN INJURIES ON 18 APRIL 2012 Bahrain Watch Identifies Cyprus, UK, and Italian Birdshot, and Other Live Ammunition [Manama] Activist group Bahrain Watch has observed a dramatic escalation in the use of birdshot and live ammunition by police against protesters over the past week, as well ...
Keep Reading »Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (April 13)
[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.] "Bahrain Grand Prix in doubt amid tension over hunger striker," a report on the likelihood of canceling race due to concerns over the Abdulhadi ...
Keep Reading »الحركات السياسية في البحرين: الماضي والحاضر والمستقبل
قبل عام واحد، دعا ناشطون على الإنترنت إلى "ثورة ١٤ فبراير" على جزيرة البحرين الصغيرة. وقد تثير الإحتجاجات المستمرة دهشة البعض، ولكن تاريخ الحركات السياسية في البحرين وفي الخليج العربي طويل ويمتد إلى مئات السنين. ولوضع هذه الحركات في السياق، من الضروري أن نتعمق في هذا التاريخ من أجل فهم أفضل للحاضر ولما تنذر به هذه الحركات في المستقبل. لقد شهدت المنطقة تطورات كبيرة سنة ١٩٣٨. إذ ظهرت ثلاث حركات في البحرين ودبي والكويت - وكانت هذه الدول كلها تحت "الحماية" البريطانية - ...
Keep Reading »Bahrain Center for Human Rights Report on Human Rights Violations Since the BICI Report
[The following press release was issued by Bahrain Centre for Human Rights on 26 March 2012.] BCHR publishes today its new report, Post BICI Report, presenting the key findings from the ongoing effort to document human rights violations occurring in the state of Bahrain since the publication of the Report of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI) in November 2012. Our investigative report supports the rights of victims, no matter their political or religious background. It ...
Keep Reading »A Family Under Siege: The Khawajas in Bahrain
An important aspect of many of the popular movements of the Arab Spring has been the emergence of different generations of activists from the same families. Abdulhadi al-Khawaja and his daughters Zainab al-Khawaja and Maryam al-Khawaja epitomize such cross-familial activism. Abdulhadi is among the most renowned human rights activists in Bahrain. A co-founder of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), a regional representative for Ireland-based Frontline Defenders, a consultant for Amnesty ...
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