Saudi Arabia News
Egypt Must Close “Foreign Funding” Case Targeting Civil Society Groups and Rights Defenders
Egyptian authorities must comprehensively close the civil society Foreign Funding Case and cease their targeting of independent civil society organizations and human rights defenders, DAWN and eighteen other human rights organizations said in a letter published...
Can the Taliban and Syria’s al-Qaida Offshoot Actually Protect Cultural Heritage?
After its rise in 2014, the Islamic State captured international attention with its looting and rampant destruction of antiquities and cultural heritage across Iraq and Syria. This was largely due to its social media savvy and release of propaganda videos...
Hundreds of Prisoners Are Staging the Largest Hunger Strike in Bahrain’s History
Even if the authorities meet their demands, the hunger strikers will remain behind bars as political prisoners in a kingdom of fear and repression. My own experience with the Bahraini authorities goes back to 1998, when I was arrested and then tortured during...
Queer Activist and Podcaster Soufiane Hennani on the ‘Fight to Be Free’ in Morocco
Hennani was not exposed to feminist or queer theory in his youth. He grew up in El Jadida, a small town about 60 miles down the coast from Casablanca known for its stunning beaches. During Hennani's childhood, there were no cinemas, cafes or other public places...
Is Yemen’s Future a Permanently Fractured State?
But "a peaceful outcome that leads to a federalized Yemen seems more like a fantasy under the current circumstances," Nadwa al-Dawsari, a nonresident fellow at the Middle East Institute, told Democracy in Exile. "The conflict in Yemen is still evolving. As the...
