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Saudi Arabia: Three Years on, Flogged Blogger Raif Badawi must be Released

Jan 9, 2018

January 9, 2017 CONTACT: media@aiusa.org Amnesty International launches a campaign today to mark the three year anniversary of the public flogging(...)

Saudi Arabia Continues New Rights for Women: Next, Soccer Matches

Jan 9, 2018

SOURCE: THE MEDIA LINE BY: MICHAEL FRIEDSON Women in Saudi Arabia rejoiced recently when they received the right to drive.(...)

Study: Arab Youth Optimistic Despite Region's Turmoil

Jan 9, 2018

SOURCE: WKYC BY: CHRISTOPH HASSELBACH, USA TODAY A study by Germany's Friedrich Ebert Foundation shows that young people from Arabic-speaking(...)

Ahed Tamimi: Palestinian Heroine or Dedicated Trouble-Maker?

Jan 8, 2018

SOURCE: CNN BY: IAN LEE Jerusalem (CNN)Ahed Tamimi is instantly recognizable. The fiery haired Palestinian girl can be seen in(...)

USCPR Statement on Israeli Blacklist of Palestinian Rights Organizations

Jan 8, 2018

WASHINGTON, DC, January 7, 2018 – Today, the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR) learned through media reports that it, along with 19(...)

Food Waste in the UAE Requires 'Concerted Effort'

Jan 8, 2018

SOURCE: THE NATIONAL BY: DANIEL BARDSLEY As well as coming last of the 34 countries in the 2017 Food Sustainability(...)

Why I Accused Israel of Cultural Genocide

Jan 8, 2018

SOURCE: HUFFPOST BY: JAMES ZOGBY What started the heated exchange was my response to a tweet by celebrity chef Rachael(...)

In Between Is the Movie of the Feminist Arab Awakening

Jan 7, 2018

Photo: Film Movement SOURCE: VULTURE BY: SHIRINE SAAD In Between, in theaters Friday, is Palestinian director Maysaloun Hamoud’s very first film —(...)

Arab League to Lobby U.N. to Recognize Palestinian State

Jan 7, 2018

AMMAN (Reuters) - Arab states will soon embark on a diplomatic drive to persuade the United Nations to recognize a(...)

Coffee Shop Entrepreneur Shows Customers Yemen Is About More Than War

Jan 6, 2018

SOURCE: NPR BY: ZAHIR JANMOHAMED The 35-year-old owner of a new Yemeni coffee shop in Dearborn, Mich., never imagined he(...)

Arab Coalition: Ballistic Missile Launched from Yemen

Jan 6, 2018

Saudi Air Defense intercepted a ballistic missile launched from Yemen’s Houthi militia on Friday over Najran city. The official spokesperson of(...)

Bassem Youssef and the Self-Imposed Limitations of the Nice Muslim

Jan 6, 2018

SOURCE: FPM BY: DANUSHA V.GOSKA Tickling Giants is a 111-minute, 2017 documentary that tells the story of "Egypt's Jon Stewart." Tickling Giants is(...)