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Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (February 19)
![[Saudi women protesting in Buraidah for the release of their detained family members, October 2012. Image from Twitter Pic/BintBattuta87]](/content_images/3/sm_A4v06n2CAAA4UJD.jpg "[Saudi women protesting in Buraidah for the release of their detained family members, October 2012. Image from Twitter Pic/BintBattuta87]")
[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 Comment: UAE and Pakistan: harassing the ‘heretics’ Mohammad Taqi writes on the harassment of Shia Pakistanis in the Gulf state, which has been taking place for two years now, in Daily Times. Israel’s Prisoner X Is Linked to Dubai Assassination in a New Report Jodi Rudoren writes on a ...
Keep Reading »Obama's Drone Leaks: New Imminence, Old Tactics
![[A Predator drone akin to those in service over Yemen, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Image by Ryo Chijiiwa.]](/content_images/3/sm_3782013422_6cd6276496_z.jpg "[A Predator drone akin to those in service over Yemen, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Image by Ryo Chijiiwa.]")
The Senate Armed Services Committee did not mention drones a single time during Senator Chuck Hagel's confirmation hearings last week. That oversight, however, says a lot more about the politics surrounding the hearings than it does about the enduring salience of drone technology to US national security policy. The Department of Justice's "white paper" obtained by NBC on Monday affirms that. The paper, drafted for some members of Congress and a less detailed analysis than the official, still unreleased, legal memo, provides the most robust legal analysis of the Obama administration's targeted killing policy to date. Although it ...
Keep Reading »ثورية الوسيلة وسلطوية الغاية
فض الأمن اليمني اعتصاماً سلمياً بالقوة يوم 25 ديسمبر الماضي عندما اتجهت مجموعة من الشباب نحو دار الرئاسة مطالبين بقرارت صريحة لعزل أحمد علي عبدالله صالح وعلي محسن من الجيش، وغالب القمش مدير جهاز الأمن السياسي. هذا الخبركان سيبدو مفهوماً قبل أكثر من عام، لكن بعد تنحي الرئيس الذي ثارت ضده الجماهير فأن الخبر يدعو للاستنكار. فهؤلاء الشباب جاؤوا لإحياء الذكرى الأولى لمسيرة الحياة الراجلة من مدينة تعز لصنعاء بمسافة 280 كم على طريق جبلي وعر وكانت مسيرة شعبية ضخمة انضم لها الآلاف من قرى ومدن اليمن التي مرت بها المسيرة لمدة خمسة أيام. كان هدف المسيرة هو إسقاط التسوية السياسية والحسم الثوري من خلال الزحف الشعبي على قصر الرئاسة. حينها أصدر السفير الأمريكي تصريحات متشنجة ...
Keep Reading »Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (January 30)
![[The King, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Bahrain. 28 November 2007. Image from flickr/Chris Price]](/content_images/3/sm_alKhalifas.jpg "[The King, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Bahrain. 28 November 2007. Image from flickr/Chris Price]")
[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 Looks to Lebanon for Regional Boost A news report on the Saudi-Lebanese relations in light of the Lebanese prime minister’s meeting the Saudi crown prince in Riyadh, on Al-Akhbar English. Qatar Leaks: The Business of Foreign Affairs Radwan Mortada writes on Al-Akhbar Newspaper’s ...
Keep Reading »اليمن ودورة جديدة للصراع بالوكالة
لا يمكن وصف ما أثير ضد السفير الإيراني بسبب تصريحاته يوم السادس من يناير الجاري بأقل من زوبعة. في لقائه مع مجموعة من الصحفيين اليمنيين احتج السفير على الاتهامات الموجهة ضد بلاده من الرئيس اليمني عبد ربه بحجة اكتشاف شبكات تجسس إيرانية، قال فيها السفير “لا شيء في اليمن يستحق التجسس عليه والرئيس عبد ربه يستمد معلوماته من تقارير غربية.” تصريحات السفير الإيراني البعيدة عن الدبلوماسية واللياقة والقريبة جداً من واقع اليمن أثارت جزء من الرأي العام اليمني بجانبه المتحفز ضد إيران وتدخلاتها الحديثة العهد في اليمن. هذه التصريحات كانت جافة وليست مجافية لواقع الحال في اليمن بحكم أنه بلد مكشوف تقوم بهيكلة جيشه بعض الدول مثل الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية وتتعرض أراضيه لضربات شبه يومية ...
Keep Reading »Palestine Refugee Family in Yemen Face Abuse Following Deportation from Saudi Arabia
![[Alkarama Foundation logo. Image from alkarama.org]](/content_images/3/sm_alkaramalogoweb.jpg "[Alkarama Foundation logo. Image from alkarama.org]")
[The following statement was issued by Alkarama on 2 January 2013.] The suffering of a family of Palestinian refugees continues after being forcibly deported from Taif, Saudi Arabia to Yemen in 2007. All the members of Al-Hadad family were recently detained by Yemeni security forces and then taken to Sana'a central Prison without any legal proceedings. Although some of the family members were released a week later, the father, Omar Eid Nimer Al-Hadad, and his son Mahmoud (20 years old) are still in detention despite orders from the General Prosecutor to release them. The Al-Haddad family was last detained on the 6th of October 2012 when Interior Ministry security ...
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 »An Eye-Witness Account of Yemeni Students Protesting Campus Militarization
![[Students protest the militarization of college campuses at Sanaa University in Yemen. Image from womanfromyemen.blogspot.com]](/content_images/3/sm_wfy010413web.jpg "[Students protest the militarization of college campuses at Sanaa University in Yemen. Image from womanfromyemen.blogspot.com]")
[The following account was published by Woman From Yemen on 23 December 2012.] Yesterday, a large crowd of students and activists met at the gate of Sanaa University then marched to the prime minister's office near the cabinet to protest the continued militarization of the campus. The protest was organized by Sanaa university students to demand an end to the presence of the military in the education facility. Soldiers control the entrances of Sanaa university and frequently check the bags of students as they enter their space of learning. State security also keeps track of "political" students and has arrested and beaten students in ...
Keep Reading »Year Three
Two years after Muhammad Bouazzizi’s self-immolation sparked a wave of uprisings in the Arab world, the region remains in turmoil. In what has become a lengthy process of fundamental transformation, there is little indication of when, how or on what basis stability will again be achieved. Given the transitional nature of developments to date, the temptation to proclaim winners and losers needs to be resisted. If 2012 put paid to the initial notion that youth movements were displacing sclerotic elites and would soon reign supreme, 2013 may well see the subsequent orthodoxy that the Muslim Brotherhood will rule the roost from Morocco to Yemen challenged by ...
Keep Reading »Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (November 27)
[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 hosts climate summit amid criticism A news report on the eighteenth United Nations Climate Change Conference held in Doha, on Al-Jazeera English. Qatar hosts critical climate talks A news report on the opening of the climate summit, on Al-Jazeera English. Doha 2012: US claims ...
Keep Reading »Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (October 16)
![[Fishermen and Warships in the Gulf of Aden. 5 May 2008. Photo by Aslan Media/Wikimedia Commons.]](/content_images/3/sm_FishingintheGulfofAden.jpg "[Fishermen and Warships in the Gulf of Aden. 5 May 2008. Photo by Aslan Media/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 Arabia "Insulted" by UK Inquiry Frank Gardner reports on the Saudi government’s reaction to a parliamentary review of the UK’s relations with Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, on BBC. Reports and Opinions Saudi: Corruption, Dictators the Enemy, not Israel Ilene Prusher writes ...
Keep Reading »Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (October 5)
![[Refinery in Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia, 10 April 2007. Photo by Jon Rawlinson]](/content_images/3/sm_SaudiOil.jpg "[Refinery in Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia, 10 April 2007. Photo by Jon Rawlinson]")
[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 Why Qatar wants to invade Syria Pepe Escobar analyzes Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani's call for a coalition of Arab countries to solve the crisis in Syria in his speech at the United Nations General Assembly last week, in Asia Times. Reports and Opinions Osama bin Laden and the ...
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 »UN Counter-Terrorism Expert Launches Inquiry into the Civilian Impact of Drones and Other Forms of Targeted Killing
LONDON (24 January 2012) - UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism Ben Emmerson QC will be formally launching an Inquiry into the civilian impact of the use of drones and other forms of targeted killing, focusing on the applicable legal framework, a critical examination of the factual evidence concerning civilian casualties, with a view to making recommendations to the UN General Assembly concerning the duty of States to conduct effective independent and ...
Keep Reading »New Texts Out Now: John M. Willis, Unmaking North and South: Cartographies of the Yemeni Past, 1857-1934
John M. Willis, Unmaking North and South: Cartographies of the Yemeni Past, 1857-1934. New York: Columbia University Press, 2012. Jadaliyya (J): What made you write this book? John Willis (JW): The book began as a dissertation written in the departments of history and Middle Eastern and Islamic studies at New York University. While I had been interested in the production and mastery of space as a particular technic of power for some time, what drove me to frame the dissertation and then the book ...
Keep Reading »List of Children Killed by Drone Strikes in Yemen and Pakistan
[The following list was issued by Drones Watch on 20 January 2013. The names were compiled from The Bureau of Investigative Journalism reports.] PAKISTAN Name | Age | Gender Noor Aziz | 8 | male Abdul Wasit | 17 | male Noor Syed | 8 | male Wajid Noor | 9 | male Syed Wali Shah | 7 | male Ayeesha | 3 | female Qari Alamzeb | 14| male Shoaib | 8 | male Hayatullah KhaMohammad | 16 | male Tariq Aziz | 16 | male Sanaullah Jan | 17 | male Maezol Khan | 8 | female Nasir Khan | male Naeem Khan | ...
Keep Reading »Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (January 22)
[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 Egypt lawyer Gizawi to get jail and lashes in Saudi Arabia A news report on the sentencing of the Egyptian human ...
Keep Reading »Depoliticizing Bahrain's Uprising: The Rhetoric of Human Rights
Various local, regional, and international parties concerned with Bahraini affairs have failed to translate the November 2011 report of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI, also known as the Bassiouni report) into a political program similar to Yemen’s GCC Initiative. The United States and the Gulf Cooperation Council states had devised the Initiative in 2011 to quell the Yemeni uprising. Although the Gulf Initiative distorted and marginalized the results of the revolution in Yemen, some ...
Keep Reading »Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (January 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.] Reports and Opinions UAE busts cell ‘linked to Egypt Brotherhood’ A news report on the arrest of ten people belonging to Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, accused ...
Keep Reading »Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (December 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.] Regional and International Relations From Manama to Gaza: Solidarity Between Bahrain and Palestine Yazan al-Saadi writes on a solidarity trip to Gaza paid ...
Keep Reading »Documenting Yemen's Injured South
I shot the film presented here, "Third Day in the Heart of the Revolution,’’ over a single day. Divided in two parts, it tells stories from the south of Yemen two years after the revolution started. The first segment focuses on the Yemeni governorate of Abyan and those who fled its capital Zinjibar during the war with Ansar al-Sharia. The second presents the youth of al-Mansura in Aden who have been expelled from Sahat Al-Shuhada' (Martyrs' Square) through the use of deadly force by security forces. ...
Keep Reading »London Event -- Yemen: Challenges for the Future (11-12 January 2013)
Yemen: Challenges for the Future 11 - 12 January 2013 SOAS, University of London The British-Yemeni Society (BYS) in collaboration with the London Middle East Institute (LMEI) at SOAS proposes to hold an international conference entitled “Yemen: Challenges for the Future” at SOAS, University of London on 11 and 12 January 2013. This will be the first academic conference in the UK for more than a decade to discuss in depth the many economic and social challenges facing Yemen. It is hoped ...
Keep Reading »Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (October 9)
[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 Citing US Fears, Arab Allies Limit Syrian Rebel Aid Robert Worth argues that Saudi Arabia and Qatar have not provided ...
Keep Reading »Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (September 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.] Reports and Opinions University Degree a Must to Visit UAE: Report A report on the new requirement stipulating that tourists from South Asian countries should ...
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