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After Morocco’s Earthquake, Will Amazigh Life in the High Atlas Ever Be the Same?
At the king's order, the Moroccan army was deployed to devastated mountain areas. Although the army has better resources to deal with emergencies than any other state agency in the country, the very nature of the terrain played against any rescue mission. In...

Over 200 Organizations Demand Action on UAE Human Rights Abuses Before COP28 Climate Talks
COP28 should be used to shine the global spotlight on the human rights violations perpetrated against communities inside the UAE — especially prisoners of conscience, migrant workers, women, and LGBTQI+ communities — and beyond, over 200 organizations,...

Lawrence Wright on Why Domestic Terrorism Is America’s ‘Present Enemy’
Biden had said that he would make a pariah of Saudi Arabia before he came into office, but in the past three years, there appears to have been a shift in Washington's stance towards the kingdom. Critics argue that the Biden administration has, in fact, gone to...

Israel Continues to Violate Rights of Palestinian-American Human Rights Defender Ubai Al-Aboudi
On Wednesday, August 30, Ubai Aboudi, Director of the Palestinian civil society organization Bisan Center for Research and Development, was stopped by Israeli authorities from leaving the occupied West Bank to Jordan for work-related meetings. He has faced...

Young Women DJs Are Changing the Face of Morocco’s Music Industry
A vast majority of Moroccan electronic music DJs and music producers are men. In a lineup of DJs for an electronic music club or festival, it is common to see just one woman, if any, among a long list of DJs."I think I know all the women that are actually...