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Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (June 11)
![[Royal palace and current summer home of former Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in Abha, Saudi Arabia. Image from Rosie Bsheer's archive.]](/content_images/3/sm_Screenshot2013-06-11at12.38.11PM.png "[Royal palace and current summer home of former Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in Abha, Saudi Arabia. Image from Rosie Bsheer's archive.]")
[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 Kuwait ministry to fire long-serving expatriates Habib Toumi reports on the decision of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor to terminate the contracts of foreigners who worked for the ministry for thirty years by the end of June. Reports: 11-year term for Kuwait woman over tweets A news report on ...
Keep Reading »Questioning Sectarianism in Bahrain and Beyond: An Interview with Justin Gengler
![[Image from mosestone.deviantart.com]](/content_images/3/sm_what_is_sectarianism___by_mosestone-d36dk0c.jpg "[Image from mosestone.deviantart.com]")
In popular accounts of politics in the Arabian Peninsula in this post-Arab uprisings era, "sectarianism" has been an omnipresent signifier for conflict and unrest. The term commonly acts – implicitly, because it is never qualified or defined – as both a description of political contestation and, simultaneously, an explanation for it. The history of "sectarianism" in academia, as an object of study and as an analytic with explanatory power, is a contentious one, used at times uncritically and rejected absolutely at others. Given the burgeoning body of new research into "sectarianism" that addresses both the proliferation of this popular ...
Keep Reading »Yemeni Detainee Tortured in Saudi Prison after Extradition by Qatar
![[Image from Wikimedia Commons.]](/content_images/3/sm_640px-Blurry_Prison.jpg "[Image from Wikimedia Commons.]")
[The following is an appeal that Al Karama issued on 14 March 2013 detailing the detention and torture of Yemeni detainee Iwad Al Hayki and calling on the international community and Saudi authorities to look into his case.] Iwad Al Hayki, a thirty-three-year-old Yemeni national has been imprisoned in Al Qasim Prison since 18 October 2010, the day he was extradited by Qatar to the Saudi authorities. Detained incommunicado for almost a year in solitary confinement, he has been subjected to severe torture. To date, he has never been charged or tried. Both his rendition by Qatar and torture at the hands of Saudi Arabia are serious breaches of the UN Convention against ...
Keep Reading »مجلس التعاون الخليجي وحق العقوبة المقدس
تحت قشرة الحداثة، تجثم الممارسات الدنيوية لنظام الحكم القمعي في قطر وبقية دول مجلس التعاون الخليجي. ولكي لا ننسى، يتم تذكيرنا وبشكل مستمر بمدى تسامح حكام مجلس التعاون الخليجي، وخاصة عندما يتعلق الأمر بنقد من أحد رعيتهم. لا تعتبر قضية شاعر قصيدة الياسمين القطري محمد العجمي، الذي حصل في بادئ الأمر على حكم بالسجن المؤبد لدعمه الثورة التونسية وانتقاده للنخب الحاكمة المتسلطة، حالة منعزلة. بل إنها حدث يتكرر بشكل واسع على امتداد منطقة تفخر بأنها ليست بدرجة قمعية الأنظمة مثل النظام الموجود في سوريا. عندما نمعن النظر، نجد بأن أشكال وحالات العنف المنتشرة في دول بلدان مجلس التعاون الخليجي تشكل صرحاً متسلطاً فريداً يمكنه أن يفلت من المساءلة أو يتغلب عليها أو يستخدم الرشوة ...
Keep Reading »Arabian Peninsula Monthly Edition on Jadaliyya (February 2013)
![[Library at Princess Nora University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Image from pnu.edu.sa]](/content_images/3/sm_wiq30767.jpg "[Library at Princess Nora University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Image from pnu.edu.sa]")
[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.] GCC and the Sacred Right to Punish Rosie Bsheer and Bassam Haddad write about authoritarianism and repression in GCC ...
Keep Reading »GCC and the Sacred Right to Punish
Beneath the thin veneer of modernity, lie the mundane practices of repressive rule in Qatar and the rest of the Gulf Cooperation Council states. Lest we forget. we are continuously reminded of the limits of GCC rulers’ tolerance, particularly in the face of critique from their national subjects. The recent case of Qatari “Jasmine” poet Mohammed al-Ajami, who initially received a life sentence for supporting the Tunisian revolution and criticizing authoritarian ruling elites, is not an outlier. Rather, it is an all too frequent occurrence throughout a region that prides itself on not being as repressive as regimes such as the one in Syria. Upon closer examination, ...
Keep Reading »Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (February 05)
![[Bahraini women fleeing teargas attacks during a protest. Image from Flickr/Al Jazeera's Sara Hassan.]](/content_images/3/sm_5445906254_f8dcbde902_z.jpg "[Bahraini women fleeing teargas attacks during a protest. Image from Flickr/Al Jazeera's Sara Hassan.]")
[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 From football to military might, how Qatar wields global power Jane Kinninmont examines the expansion of Qatar’s international influence, in The Guardian. Kuwait activist jailed for five years for insulting emir on Twitter A news report on the prison sentence against Mohammad Eid Al Ajami for insulting the ...
Keep Reading »Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (January 15)
![[Dassault Aviation's Rafale fighter. 22 June 2011. Image from flickr/guerric]](/content_images/3/sm_Rafale.jpg "[Dassault Aviation's Rafale fighter. 22 June 2011. Image from flickr/guerric]")
[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 Qatar increases aid to Egypt to $5bn A news report on Qatar’s financial aid to Egypt to boost its shrinking foreign currency reserves, on Al Jazeera English. Getting closer to Qatar Dina Ezzat analyzes the Qatari prime minister’s recent visit to Egypt in light of the latter’s foreign ...
Keep Reading »قطر والفلسطينيون
![[أمير قطر الشيخ حامد بن خليفة ال ثاني ورئيس حكومة حماس إسماعيل هنية. غزة، اكتوبر 2012. تصوير علي علي المصدر ا.ب]](/content_images/3/sm_qatarrrrrrr.jpg "[أمير قطر الشيخ حامد بن خليفة ال ثاني ورئيس حكومة حماس إسماعيل هنية. غزة، اكتوبر 2012. تصوير علي علي المصدر ا.ب]")
سواء من حيث التوقيت أو من حيث الجوهر، فإنه من الصعب تفسير زيارة أمير قطر الشيخ حمد بن خليفة آل ثاني إلى غزة في تشرين أول/أكتوبر 2012 بشكل مبسط. وكما هو الحال عادة عندما يتعلق الأمر بالسياسة في فلسطين، فقد تبلورت بشكل سريع العديد من التفسيرات والتأويلات. وبالتالي، فإما أن قطر كانت تسعى لضمان دعم قادة حماس لإعادة انتخاب خالد مشعل لقيادة المكتب السياسي للحركة الإسلامية، وذلك عن طريق استخدام نفوذها الكبير على الإخوان المسلمين للمساعدة في تحويل رفح إلى معبر حدودي اعتيادي ومنتظم بين مصر وفلسطين؛ متذرعة بذلك للمطالبة بحصتها من غاز البحر الأبيض المتوسط، بالاعتماد على التفاهمات غير الرسمية بين حماس وإسرائيل؛ ومروجة لتطوير قطاع غزة المعدم بـ 400 مليون دولار لكي تزيد، وبشكل كبير، ...
Keep Reading »Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (December 11)
![[Protestors at the Doha Climate Change Summit. 5 December 2012. Photo by ideasforacoolerworld]](/content_images/3/sm_DohaClimate.jpg "[Protestors at the Doha Climate Change Summit. 5 December 2012. Photo by ideasforacoolerworld]")
[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 Gulf states must quash unrest – Saudi official A news report on the comments made by the Saudi deputy foreign minister urging the Gulf governments to put down any protests inspired by the Arab uprisings, on Gulf News. UAE authorities ‘detain 18-year-old blogger’ A news report on the arrest of Mohammed ...
Keep Reading »Doha as Host and Site for the UNFCCC Negotiations
![[Climate Change March in Doha, 1 December 2012. Image from Flickr/theverb.org]](/content_images/3/sm_8233995651_6169b3c79e_z.jpg "[Climate Change March in Doha, 1 December 2012. Image from Flickr/theverb.org]")
From 26 November to 7 December 2012, Qatar is hosting the eighteenth Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and, simultaneously, the eighth Meeting of the Parties (MoP) to the Kyoto Protocol. The main issue on the Doha agenda: adopting meaningful global emissions reduction commitments for a second implementation period (2012-2015) under the Kyoto Protocol (that is otherwise set to expire at the end of this year) and thus setting the stage for a new climate change regime starting in 2015. Developing countries are also pushing for the effective implementation of the 2007 Bali Action Plan–a set of agreements on ...
Keep Reading »Qatar and the Palestinians
Whether in terms of timing or substance, the October 2012 visit of Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani to the Gaza Strip defies simple explanation. As so often where Palestinian politics is concerned, a cottage industry of explanations and interpretations rapidly materialized. Thus Qatar was either seeking to ensure the support of Hamas’s Gaza leaders for the re-election of Khalid Mashaal to the leadership of the Islamist movement’s Politbureau; using its considerable influence with the Muslim Brotherhood to help transform Rafah into a normalized and regularized border crossing between Egypt and Palestine; staking a claim to Mediterranean gas reserves on the ...
Keep Reading »Theorizing the Arabian Peninsula Roundtable: Towards a Critical Cartography of the Political in the Arabian Peninsula
[This is one of seven contributions in Jadaliyya's electronic roundtable on the symbolic and material practices of knowledge production on the Arabian Peninsula. Moderated by Rosie Bsheer and John Warner, it features Toby Jones, Madawi Al-Rasheed, Adam Hanieh, Neha Vora, Nathalie Peutz, John Willis, and Ahmed Kanna.] (1) Historically, what have the dominant analytical approaches to the study of the Arabian Peninsula been? How have the difficulties of carrying out research in the Arabian Peninsula ...
Keep Reading »Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (April 16)
[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 Arabia builds giant Yemen border fence A news report on the Saudi regime’s decision to build a 1,800 km fence ...
Keep Reading »Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (March 12)
[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 It’s shameful the way Britain kowtows to the super-rich Ian Jack analyzes the significance of Prince Alwaleed’s outrage ...
Keep Reading »Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (March 5)
[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 UAE Islamists ‘pledge loyalty to Brotherhood’s leader in Egypt’ Ola Salem reports that members of the Emirati branch ...
Keep Reading »Qatar Moving Closer to Algeria?
Officially, Emir Hamad visited Algiers on 7 January 2013 to conduct an evaluation of the bilateral cooperation and to sign partnership agreements between the two countries. This visit was struck in a cordial tone between the heads of state, even though real tensions exist between the two countries following two years of frosty relations due to differences regarding the Arab Spring. In this respect, the recent ...
Keep Reading »Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (February 12)
[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.] CIA’s Saudi Airbase Justice Department memo reveals legal case for drone strikes on Americans Michael Isikoff elaborates on the Justice Department’s “white ...
Keep Reading »Qatar Leaks: The Business of Foreign Policy
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Keep Reading »Calls to Boycott Qatar and the UAE for Labor Violations
[The following is a Migrant Rights post on calls to boycott the World Cup in Qatar in 2022 and (possibly) the UAE, if chosen for the 2024 Olympics.] The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) will organize a boycott of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar unless the nation improves migrant worker conditions. The group also plans to boycott the UAE (if selected for the 2024 Olympics) if genuine labor reform is not realized. As both nations will implement intensive labor projects in preparation for these ...
Keep Reading »Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (December 25)
[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 Britain could deploy more troops to Gulf, says David Cameron Emma Graham-Harrison examines military relations between ...
Keep Reading »The People Want Reform… In Qatar, Too.
[Perspectives Editors’ note: Over the last two years of revolt in the Middle East and North Africa, the Arab Gulf has often been portrayed in the regional and international media as an exception, standing in relative stability outside an “arc of history” struggling towards freedom and democracy. Within this discourse, whatever its merits, Qatar has come to occupy a place even further along the axis of exceptionalism, all the more so as nearly all of its neighbors – Kuwait, Eastern Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, ...
Keep Reading »Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (December 4)
[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 Saudis detain families at rights protests A news report on the arrest of dozens of Saudi civilians who were demanding the release of their ...
Keep Reading »Qatar: Outrageous Life Sentence for 'Jasmine Poet' (Video)
[The following report, issued by Amnesty International on 29 November 2012, documents the sentencing of Mohammed Ibn al-Dheeb for the publication of his "Jasmine Poem." The video that follows is a recitation of that poem.] A life sentence handed today to a Qatari poet has all the hallmarks of an outrageous betrayal of free speech, Amnesty International has said. Mohammed al-Ajami, also known as Mohammed Ibn al-Dheeb, was tried on charges of incitement “to overthrow the ruling ...
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