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Roots of the Arab Revolts and Premature Celebrations
Street-based movements lack the organization and leadership to project, let alone impose a new political or social order. Their power is found in their ability to pressure existing elites and institutions, not to replace the state and economy. Hence the surprising ease with which the US, Israeli and EU backed Egyptian military were able to seize power and protect the entire rentier state and economic structure while sustaining their ties with their imperial mentors.
The Spectre of a Black Europe
The fall of the African dictators will deprive Europe of valuable allies in the fight against irregular migration. The political vacuum and the social and economic instability that follows will create a new wave of desperate migrants daring the high seas to reach the coats of Europe.
We Are the Arab Youth, We Know Not the Impossible
Within one month of each other Ben Ali in Tunis and Mubarak in Egypt fell, not by a military coup or assassination, but by millions of people from all walks of life, men and women, rich and poor, educated and illiterate, Muslims and Christians, the elderly and children, professionals and civil servants, even soldiers and police who abandoned their posts to join the greatest revolutions in Arab history.
Tunisia and Egypt: Why Now?
If the recent events in Tunisia and Egypt tell us anything it is that predicting the beginning of mass unrest is very difficult. Indeed, it is probably easier to predict the stock market. What one can do, however, is describe conditions that are likely to create a context conducive to such unrest. What might those be?
A Tale of Two Dictatorships
To hear them talk, Western governments would love nothing more than an unrelenting indigenous Arab people’s-led uprising against their corrupt dictatorships. Yet, when hundreds of thousands of Tunisians, Algerians, Egyptians, and Yemenis suddenly started revolting in the streets, risking very real threats of further repression, arrest, and even death, Washington seemed hesitant to acknowledge the political significance of the riots.
As The Dominoes Flow Toward Israel
How strange to watch our CNN talking heads, especially the Israeli trained Wolf Blitzer, former editor of AIPAC’s in house “Near East Report,” stuttering before the cameras as he recalled the fall of the Shah of Iran, America’s staunch ally for 25 years, as a direct result of similar riots by Iranian civilians, and the resulting loss of America’s control in Iran. He failed to mention that our friend had subjugated the Iranian people beneath the boots of his SAVAK mercenaries that protected his elegant life style while the people suffered under his despotic regime. Then as now our Presidents spoke of America’s support of human rights neglecting to mention the CIA’s overthrow of the elected nationalist (1951) Mohammed Mossadegh as Prime Minister.
Arabs, Oh Arabs, Revolt Against America’s Tyrants
Do not relent, do not give up, and do not rest until freedom rings from every mosque, every church, and every home. Bring these tyrants to justice to answer for their crimes against humanity and their theft of national wealth.
Arab in Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2007
It’s time of the year for Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2007. With all my reservations regarding Reporters Without Borders neutrality (having doubt after knowing that France is their financial supporter, although they are an NGO!), yet, their report was always a good indicator, if not the closest to reality – at least from my experiences [...]
Miss Bahrain, Miss Arab World 2007 and Stereotypes
I admit I have missed the news when it was announced end of last July, but better late than never. Honored to be Bahraini by soul for living in Bahrain for the last four years, I am very happy to know that Wafaa Ganahi, a 23-year-old teacher from the Law Faculty of Bahrain University, won [...]
Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2006
In the fifth annual Reporters Without Borders Worldwide Press Freedom Index, in between 168 indexed countries, our beloved Arab countries makes sure to be among the worst. Here is the list in order from “best” to “worst“: Kuwait – 73 United Arab Emirates – 77 Mauritania – 77 Qatar – 80 Morocco – 97 Lebanon [...]
Technology and online activism
Tunisian Treasure Prison Map The first project is the brave, superb Tunisian Prison Map by Sami Ben Gharbia. Sami made a Tunisian Prison Map, which is madeup using a Google Maps API + GMapEZ + video YouTube + flash animations + the Yahoo Y !Q Beta. [Hat tip: Rachel] Link to the map: http://www.kitab.nl/tunisianprisonersmap Link [...]
Tunisia Censorship
My friend Neila has got some good news (for change) from Tunisia. She just sent me this email: Censored since the WSIS on November 2005, the website of the Mediterranean Liberal Party has become accessible in Tunisia on April 8th, 2006. My personal Blog is also accessible after two years of censorship. We consider this [...]
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Tunisian Official Criticizes Muslim Attire
وزير الشؤون الدينية التونسي: Øجاب المرأة دخيل ونشاز Ùˆ”لباس طائÙÙŠ”. اعتبر وزير الشؤون الدينية التونسي المرأة التي ترتدي الØجاب بأنها “نشاز”ØŒ بØسبانه مظهرا “غير مألؤ إلى جانب أنه “زي طائÙÙŠ”. وقال الوزير أبو بكر الأخزوري ÙÙŠ Øوار أجرته صØÙŠÙØ© “الصباؔ التونسية الثلاثاء 27-12-2005 ÙÙŠ رد على سؤال Øول العودة النسبية لظاهرة الØجاب ÙÙŠ تونس، إن [...]
U.S. Ranks Sixth Among Countries Jailing Journalists
The United States has tied with Myanmar (the former Burma) for sixth place among countries that are holding the most journalists behind bars, according to a new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists. Each country is jailing five journalists. The United States is holding four Iraqi journalists in detention centers in Iraq and one [...]
A phalanx of secret police at Expression Under Repression
Submitted By: amichel Rebecca MacKinnon and Ethan Zuckerman hosted "Expression Under Repression," a workshop at the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis (for more on that, please check out these blog posts). Rebecca and Ethan are co-founders of Global Voices, a blog that features citizen journalists from around the world. They also maintain [...]
False Freedom
Human Rights Watch released its long-awaited report on Online Censorship in the Middle East and North Africa. This report examines Internet trends and policies in the Middle East and North Africa region as they affect freedom of expression, focusing particularly on Egypt, Iran, Syria, and Tunisia. Human Rights Watch selected these four countries for closer [...]
The World Summit on the Information Society
Dispatch from Tunis: The Civil Society Summit That Wasn�t Today as a global summit on the Internet got underway, the Tunisian government did all it could to smother a local summit on the same topic. One might think that a world conference on improving global Internet access represents a prime chance for the government to [...]
Tunisia: Hunger Strike and Censorship
Neila Charchour Hachicha writes that the PLM’s web site, which was the unique political website accessible in Tunisia has been censored today. “However we want you to get the declaration of the 7 political personnalities who undertook today October 18th 2005 an unllimited hunger strike. We need the help of all friends to spread the [...]
Yezzi on Al Jazeera TV
Here is the link to the transcript (Arabic) of Arab TV Al Jazeera program about www.yezzi.org. The title of the program was “What’s behind this news: Tunisians are protesting on the Net” and the subject was: “Can a virtual action on the Net have an impact on the real political life?” (and there is also [...]
Yezzi – Fock: Tunisian online protest (now blocked)
Via: Global Voices Online Rebecca MacKinnon As Tunisia prepares to host the controversial World Summit on the Information Society in November, Tunisian opposition activist Neila Charchour Hachicha informs Global Voices that the online freedom of speech protest site launched by Tunisians on Monday, www.yezzi.org has already been blocked by the Tunisian authorities. The online protest, [...]
Tunisian Plane Crash Near Sicily
A Tunisian passenger plane carrying 39 people crash-landed in the Mediterranean Sea today while trying to make an emergency landing in Sicily because of engine trouble, and 19 people were killed, while 20 people survived and were being taken off rescue boats. Officials ruled out terrorism act and said that the plane had engine problems [...]
Arab Discriminates Against Women. Why Is That So?
Last week, Guardian-organised event at which more than 100 young British Muslims were brought together at University College London. The delegates came from all walks of life, and held a wide range of views. The one thing that came across very clearly was that the media are often wrong to refer to “the Muslim community”, [...]
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