The Arab World's Version of the Ice Bucket Challenge: Burning ISIS Flags | Mother Jones - 0 views
If je ne suis pas Charlie, am I a bad person? Nuance gets lost in groupthink | Roxane G... - 0 views
Michelle Obama opts to forgo headscarf during Saudi Arabia visit - 0 views
-
Michelle Obama has drawn attention to the severe restrictions placed on women in Saudi Arabia by not wearing a headscarf during a visit to the country after the death of King Abdullah. The US first lady's decision to not cover her hair when she and President Obama met Abdullah's successor, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, on Tuesday caused a stir on social media, prompting the hashtag #michelle_obama_notveiled.
Mona Eltahawy- Columnist - 0 views
I found the website of the female writer Mona Eltahawy. On her website it says "during the 18-day revolution that toppled Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak, she appeared on most major media outlets, ...
Daniel Byman | Why Drones Work | Foreign Affairs - 0 views
-
Whereas President George W. Bush oversaw fewer than 50 drone strikes during his tenure, Obama has signed off on over 400 of them in the last four years
-
And they have done so at little financial cost, at no risk to U.S. forces, and with fewer civilian casualties than many alternative methods would have caused.
-
So drone warfare is here to stay, and it is likely to expand in the years to come as other countries’ capabilities catch up with those of the United States.
- ...10 more annotations...
History's Most Pointless App Will Tell You About Rocket Strikes in Israel - 0 views
CNN forced to film Israelis cheer Gaza strike | Jonathan Cook's Blog - 0 views
Star-struck ISIS? Fighters mourn Robin Williams - Al Arabiya News - 0 views
Arab Comics: Fit for Academic Exploration - Al-Fanar MediaAl-Fanar Media - 0 views
Timeline: What's Happened Since Egypt's Revolution? | Egypt in Crisis | FRONTLINE | PBS - 0 views
-
-
This article lays out what has happened in Egypt since the 2001 revolution. Starting from when Mubarak stepped down, the article gives a timeline of significant events up until September 12th of 2013. It highlights events such as Morsi being voted into presidency in 2012, The first draft of the constitution on Nov. 29th 2012, when protestors return to Tahrir Square on Jan. 25 2013, to when Sisi warns Mubarak of military intervention, to when Morsi is removed from office, to when Supreme Court Chief Justice Adly Mansour is chosen by Sisi to step in as Egypt's interim president, etc.
-
Egypt's stake in the Syrian revolution | openDemocracy - 0 views
-
-
This article is a great bridge between the Syrian and Egyptian revolutions. It talks about how Syrians traveled to Cairo to participate in demonstrations. It also talks about how the Egyptians Activists and Syrian National Council worked together to set up tents, launch weekly protests, collect donations, host conferences, and pressure the nearby Arab League. It also talks about how Syrians would travel to Cairo to give the Egyptian media information on the Syrian Revolution to put out for them.
-
Islamic State leader Baghdadi reportedly resurfaces | World news | The Guardian - 0 views
-
calling for attacks in Saudi Arabia and for “volcanoes of jihad” across the world.
-
“America and its allies are terrified, weak, and powerless,”
-
repeatedly attacking “the Jews” and “apostate” and “treacherous” Muslim (Arab) leaders who feared the return of the Muslim faithful to the ways of the caliphate.
- ...5 more annotations...
Egypt's New Police State - NYTimes.com - 0 views
BBC News - #BBCtrending: Libya's hashtag of hope - 1 views
-
Tawfik Bensaud was 15 when he started his pro- democracy activism online in Benghazi, in the early days of Libya's 2011 revolution.
An Interview with Omar Khouri | Qifa Nabki - 0 views
-
politics
-
equated with war.
-
my refusal to engage in any political act or discussion was in itself a political statement.
- ...14 more annotations...
Mana Neyestani reflects in 'An Iranian Metamorphosis' : Columbia Journalism Review - 0 views
-
best-known political cartoonists,
-
was jailed in 2006 for a comic
-
Neyestani and his editor ended up in Tehran’s infamous Evin prison.
- ...4 more annotations...
Egypt receives 300 recommendations in UN human rights review - Daily News Egypt - 0 views
-
Egypt has been provide
-
with 300 recommendations by the United Nations Human Rights Council
-
recommendations relating to the controversial Protest and NGO Laws, media freedoms, freedom of association, the use of the death penalty, and women’s rights.
- ...18 more annotations...
« First
‹ Previous
161 - 180 of 224
Next ›
Last »
Showing 20▼ items per page