Time for a change!
Palestinian political prisoners illegally held in Israeli jails are on hunger strike and some are near death. The population of strikers includes 200 child prisoners, 27 Palestinian legislative council...
View ArticlePodcast: Mosireen Collective and the current political situation in Egypt
Listen to our podcast with Sherief Gaber, a member of Mosireen Collective. “Mosireen”, Arabic equivalent of Persistent, was formed in 2011, as a social/citizen media collective that focuses mainly on...
View ArticleNakba anniversary message
On this 64th anniversary of the Nakba we mourn the ethnic cleansing that began in 1948 and that continues today with silent transfer, home demolitions, land confiscation and more. But we also celebrate...
View ArticleSomali women, just look good and you'll be heard
It appears as though the world seems to love listening good looking women, no matter how intelligent, incoherent or ignorant they sound. A couple of weeks ago, the BBC aired ‘Returning to Somalia –...
View ArticleCyber-Activism in Tunisia: What is the 'Obscene' Trying to Tell Us?
Anonymous played a decisive role in the last days of the dictator, and even before. Its logo has been: disturb the system in all anonymity In the last 2 decades, cyber activism modified history once...
View ArticleHumanizing
It is abundantly clear that oppressors spend an inordinate amount of time and resources to dehumanize their victims. But we humans spend an inordinate amount of time also trying to suppress our own...
View Article60 days of Hunger Strike; so what's next?
The recent Hunger Strike by Kurdish prisoners in Turkey has passed 61 days today. The Hunger Strike has first started on 12th of September with Faysal Yaldız, an imprisoned member of parliament of BDP,...
View ArticleThe Human Rights hierarchy: Who matters?
There’s a great deal of activism within the Muslim community in Britain, fortunately and unsurprisingly. Since the genocide in Chechniya and the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq, many British Muslims...
View ArticleNew updates on CrowdVoice.org!
We have updated our project CrowdVoice.org with a new homepage that helps highlight some of the latest developments on coverage of social movements across the world: We have also updated our 'about'...
View ArticleMideast Youth wins a Bobs Award!
Thanks to all your votes, Mideast Youth is one of the winners in this year's Bobs Awards, which recognizes the best efforts in online activism. We appreciate your encouragement and support. The network...
View ArticleMay Day and actions
Tuesday 1 May 2012 is celebrated as May Day or Workers Day around the world. On this date we all recall the struggle of workers against the greed of corporations. It is this greed by the elites that...
View ArticleSyria's Activists Resist Through Connections
The Syrian Revolution has gone on for one year, one month, and three weeks, approximately, and claimed about 11,729 lives, approximately. Then there are the injured bodies, destroyed homes, traumatized...
View ArticleNew design for our Migrant Rights website!
Since 2007, Migrant Rights has served as a prominent resource for news relating to migrant rights violations throughout the Middle East, the Gulf in particular. We went through various looks over the...
View ArticleThe Psychological Foundings Of Suicide Bombers: A Palestinian Approach !!
In early 1998, I was asked by a Palestinian “friend” if I can do an “academic” research for a Palestinian “Human Rights” organization about the suicide bombers. They were looking for an “academician”...
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