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Injuries, Arrests and House Raids: The Case of a Bahraini Family
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[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. Ashour has three sons, namely Younis (twenty-one years old), Sadiq (nineteen years old), Jassim (sixteen years old) and three daughters. Ashour Hassan Ali’s home ...
Keep Reading »الربيع العربي والاسلام السياسي
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[كانت "جدلية" قد نشرت مقالة بعنوان "صادق جلال العظم يحسم أمره وينتقل إلى التنظير العلني للسُّنة ولفكر " الإسلام السياسي البزنسي" بقلم يوسف حجازي تعقيباً على محاضرة القاها صادق جلال العظم في برلين. ننشر هنا نص المحاضرة بعد توفره لدينا.] لربما من المفيد أن أبدأ مداخلتي بتوصيف للربيع العربي ولأهم مستجداته وتجديداته وإنجازاته في الحياة السياسية والاجتماعية لبلدان عربية مركزية ومهمة. الربيع العربي هو ببساطة عودة السياسة إلى الناس وعودة الناس إلى السياسة بعد اغتراب وابتعاد طويلين بسبب من المصادرة والاحتكار المديدين لكل ما هو سياسي في مجتمعات عربية معينة من جانب نخب عسكرية ومن لفّ لفّها من مصالح طبقية وتجارية وبيزنسية أغلقت الدائرة على ...
Keep Reading »Human Rights Activist Waleed Al-Shehhi Arrested in UAE
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[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 »Why There Is No Military Solution to the Syrian Conflict
Today, as violence intensifies in Syria, external powers, including the United States, are openly debating direct intervention. Such intervention is justified as serving multiple goals at once: it is a means of securing chemical weapons caches; a mechanism to protect the civilian population; and a necessary measure to ensure that the successors to the Asad regime are adequately beholden to the United States and its regional allies. However, whether the intentions are humanitarian or strategic, policies of arming opposition groups, along with discussions of establishing “safe zones,” using Patriot missile batteries to enforce a “no-fly zone,” and more direct calls for ...
Keep Reading »Widespread Middle East Fears that Syrian Violence Will Spread
![[Percent of population in neighboring countries who are concerned the violence in Syria will spread to neighboring countries. From pewglobal.org.]](/content_images/3/sm_PG_13.05.02_SyriaViolence1.png "[Percent of population in neighboring countries who are concerned the violence in Syria will spread to neighboring countries. From pewglobal.org.]")
[The following report was issued by the Pew Research Global Attitudes Project on 1 May 2013.] Widespread Middle East Fears that Syrian Violence Will Spread As concern mounts about the Syrian government’s possible use of chemical weapons against its own people, publics in the Middle East – especially the Lebanese – are extremely worried about violence spreading to neighboring countries. Nonetheless, a new survey by the Pew Research Center, conducted before news emerged of alleged use of chemical agents by the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, found little regional support for Western or Arab countries sending arms and military supplies to ...
Keep Reading »Beyond the Banality of Evil: The Challenge of Professional Photography in Syria
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“You gave me mud and I turned it into gold.” - Charles Baudelaire This year, photographs on Syria have swept the Pulitzer prize. Five Associated Press (AP) photographers, Rodrigo Abd, Manu Brabo, Narciso Contreras, Khalil Hamra and Muhammed Muheisen have been awarded the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in breaking news photography for their stunning work on the Syrian crisis, a news that was received by many Syrians with a mix of pride and gloom. Pulitzer prizes have traditionally been given to journalists for their groundbreaking work on documenting issues that are out of sight and mind in the general public. By casting a light on their work, the Pulitzer ...
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 »Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (April 30)
![[RQ-1 Predator Drone. Tallil Air Base, Iraq. 2007. Image from Flickr/jamesdale10.]](/content_images/3/sm_RQ-1PredatorDrone.jpg "[RQ-1 Predator Drone. Tallil Air Base, Iraq. 2007. Image from Flickr/jamesdale10.]")
[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 presence in the Gulf, on BBC. UAE and Britain: credibility gulf An editorial warning that Britain’s strategic and military relations with the Gulf state should not ignore ...
Keep Reading »مَن يُحاسِب؟ ومَن يُحاسِب مَن؟
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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 »Contested Citizenship in Egypt
Clashes over the Khusus killings in Egypt are the most recent of a long list of tragic sectarian episodes since 2011. Paul Sedra is right that “the impulse to lay the blame for this sectarianism at the feet of the Muslim Brotherhood is strong and…not without justification.” It is small wonder that the Brotherhood’s hyper-politicization of religion and religious difference at this juncture in Egyptian history would enable the radical escalation of conflict between individuals during what might under other circumstances be rudimentary or even banal interactions. In Sedra’s estimation, the tendency to look upon Coptic Christians in Egypt as members of a unitary and ...
Keep Reading »Bahrain Tells UN Torture Expert to Postpone Visit—Again
![[UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Washington DC, 15 December 2010. Image from Flickr/OEA-OAS.]](/content_images/3/sm_5264290135_5f56884592_z.jpg "[UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Washington DC, 15 December 2010. Image from Flickr/OEA-OAS.]")
[The following post was written by Fahad Desmukh for Bahrain Watch on 23 April 2013.] For the second consecutive time, the Bahraini government has told the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture to delay his planned visit to Bahrain. A statement on the state-run news agency yesterday said that Bahrain’s Minister for Human Rights delivered an official letter to Special Rapporteur Juan Mendez “outlining reasons for the request to postpone the visit." However, those reasons have not yet been revealed to the public. This is not the first time that the Special Rapporteur on Torture has had a planned trip to Bahrain cancelled by the government. Mendez had originally been ...
Keep Reading »Bahrain: Limited Medical Access and Breach of Medical Neutrality
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[The following report was issued by the Bahrain Center for Human Rights on 8 April 2013.] Bahrain: Limited Medical Access and Breach of Medical Neutrality Introduction On 16 March 2011, approximately half an hour after the attack on the Pearl Square, the military and security forces besieged the Salmaniya Medical Complex and allowed no one to enter or leave the premises. Shortly afterwards, they commenced arresting wounded protesters inside the hospital; those with severe injuries were detained inside the Medical Complex, while those with minor injuries were moved to a different location. The Emergency Unit was put on complete lockdown, and ...
Keep Reading »Nakba 2013: The Palestinian Youth Movement Commemorates 65 Years of Al Nakba (Introduction)
The fifteenth of May 2013 marks the sixty-fifth commemoration of the day the oppressive Zionist state came into being. It also marks sixty-five years from the beginning of our collective fragmentation and simultaneous resistance. This current period that we are living also marks a significant shift in our history not only as Palestinians, but as Arabs, colonized, and young people of today’s world. While there are strong sentiments of brokenness and rupture of Palestinian and Arab ...
Keep Reading »The Brothers, the Revolution, and the Right to Protest
A new political order always arrives with a package of legislation establishing its political and socioeconomic orientations as law. In its broad sense, a revolution effects a “fundamental change” in the political and economic order, with the support of the majority of the people.[1] Egypt experienced this shortly after the 1952 Free Officers’ coup d’état, as it developed into the July Revolution.[2] Egypt’s second experience in this regard came with President Anwar Al-Sadat’s accession to power, and ...
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 »الثــأر والثــورة .. لماذا يثور الشمال ولا يفعلها الجنوب؟
"بعد بني سويف مفيش رجالة" عبارة كتبت على القطار المتوجه من القاهرة إلى الصعيد في الأيام الأولى من ثورة 25 يناير للمزايدة على رجولة أبناء صعيد مصر (الوجه القبلي) الذين لا يزالون يُتهمون بأنهم لم يشاركوا في الثورة كما فعل أهل الوجه البحري. وهو أمر متكرر على لسان بعض الثوار والنشطاء، وبالأخص الذين يداومون على تفسير التوجهات التصويتية لصعيد مصر بقلة مستوى التعليم، وقوة الروابط التقليدية كالعائلات والقبائل، فضلاً عن التعميمات المطلقة بخصوص الاستغلال السياسي للعمل الخيري من قبل الإسلاميين، وذلك لحاجة ...
Keep Reading »Arabian Peninsula Monthly Edition (April 2013)
[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 ...
Keep Reading »New Texts Out Now: Charles Tripp, The Power and the People: Paths of Resistance in the Middle East
Charles Tripp, The Power and the People: Paths of Resistance in the Middle East. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013. Jadaliyya (J): What made you write this book? Charles Tripp (CT): The origins of the book lay initially in my feeling that a great deal of space had been devoted to the analysis of elites, the resilience of regimes, and the dominance of the state in the Middle East. This is perfectly understandable and has produced some outstanding studies. However, there did ...
Keep Reading »Not in the Revolution's Name: Egypt's New Judicial Authority Bill
Amid the recurrent standoffs between the Egyptian opposition on the one hand and President Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood group from which he hails on the other, the opposition is often characterized as incompetent, opportunistic and unwilling to accept the outcome of democracy, in reference to the results of the elections that brought Morsi to the presidency and handed the Muslim Brotherhoods' Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) a majority in parliament. But the policies and steps taken ...
Keep Reading »قراءة في أحوال الصورة بعد ثورة يناير
فيسبوك وأفلام ومقاطع فيديو: قراءة في أحوال الصورة بعد ثورة يناير لهيلاري كلينتون أن تصف ثورة مصر بأنها "انتفاضة" أو مجرد انتقال من نظام سياسي إلى آخر أكثر ديموقراطية، ولجون كيري أن يسعى للقضاء عليها من خلال دعم فاشية دينية فاسدة، يسهل لأمريكا التحكم فيها. وللاسلاميين أن يعتبروها هدية سقطت عليهم من السماء. ليعتقد من يشاء ما يشاء حول ما حدث في 25 يناير وما بعده، ولنا أن نتصورها كما نشاء. هي أكبر ثورة في تاريخ مصر. ليس لأنها أطاحت بنظام اعتقل المصريين في قفص من الجهل والفقر واليأس لثلاثة ...
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 »Another Al Islah Member Disappeared as the “UAE94” Trial Continues
[The following report on the disappearance of Emirati Al Islah movement member Abdulwahed Al Shuhi appeared on Al Karama website on 22 April 2013.] On 26 March 2013—the day of the fifth hearing of the “UAE94”—Abdulwahed Al Shuhi, a member of the Al Islah movement, was arrested at his office in Dubai by police officers. One month later, his whereabouts remain unknown. His story recalls the cases of other Al Islah activists who are not amongst the “UAE94” but who have been disappeared for several ...
Keep Reading »Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (April 23)
[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 Qataris officially biggest spending tourists outside the EU Simon Neville writes on Qataris’ spending patterns in the ...
Keep Reading »الأم شجاعة": خطاب أسماء الأسد في عيد الأم"
تسجيل "بروحك تحمي الياسمين"، بدقائقه الأربع عشرة، خلاصة أخرى لفترة حكم الأسد الثاني، وارث الكرسي والذعر. لم يسهُ المخرج الذي تعمد البطء في التصوير، إذ اختيرت الموسيقى الكلاسيكية، الهوليودية الاستخدام في سائر المشاهد، مثلما كانت سمفونيات ماهلر في تأبين الأسد الأول تخفي ضحالة الكلمات المتبادلة بين المعزّين. أسماء الأسد بين النساء كزوجها بين الرجال، في "قصر الشعب" الذي قصّت الجرافات أحد رؤوس قاسيون لينتصب الصرح ويشمخ عالياً فوق رؤوس الشعب. صدى كلامها يتطاول في قاعة مرمر، رحابتها ...
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