HIV

INJECTION!

by Haitham Sabbah March 4, 2007

Injection is the real-life story of six health care workers falsely accused and jailed by the Libyan regime, the deplorable conditions that all led to their arrest, and the simple solution that might have prevented not only this injustice, but millions of needless infections. In Libya in 1999, five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor [...]

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Topless virgins vie for Swaziland’s king

by Haitham Sabbah August 30, 2005

In the Royal Village of Swaziland – More than 50,000 bare-breasted virgins vied to become the King of Swazilandï¿½s 13th wife on Monday in a ceremony which critics say ill befits a country with the worldï¿½s highest HIV/AIDS rate. King Mswati III, sub-Saharan Africaï¿½s last absolute monarch, arrived dressed in a leopard-skin loincloth to watch [...]

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HIV/AIDS in the Muslim world

by Haitham Sabbah July 23, 2005

http://www.aei.org/docLib/20050608_eberstadtNBRreport.pdf (PDF File – 828KB) This report from the US-based National Bureau of Asian Research takes an unusual look at the HIV/AIDS situation in the Muslim world, highlighting the poor surveillance and inadequate knowledge of the extent of HIV/AIDS. Excerpt: What is especially troubling to behold is the reluctance to admit that Muslims engage in [...]

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