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- La crisis de Refugiados sirios y la parálasis de la política de la Unión Europea
- Un castigo injusto y desproporcionado
- Some comments on the Syrian conflict
- ¿Es el final de la Primavera Árabe?
- Es hora de actuar
- Suman 110 personas por represión en Siria
- Activistas de todo el Mundo Árabe, Europa y África se reunen en Marruecos
- La resistencia contra el régimen sirio continua en Madrid
- Musa Amer Odeh Discusses Crucial Issues at the Core of the Negotiations with Israel.
- Alia Mustafa al-Tabbaa desafía al régimen sirio con una huelga de hambre
- Western Influence over the Arab Revolution, Reality or Just Conspiracy?
- La Segunda Flotilla Española a Gaza
- Interview with the Popular Movement to Save Iraq.
- Spain’s ‘Real Democracy Now’ movement
- This revolution will change everything
- We need to stop the bloodshed.
- La revolución árabe está en su punto más crucial.
- El efecto domino continua ( في كل الدول العربية يوميات يوم الغضب )
- Y Mubarak se fue…
- Los día de la Ira, ¿fase final?
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Afganistan/Pakistan افغانيستان بكيستان
- China: 'Pakistan is our Israel' When a US delegate once confronted a Chinese diplomat about Beijing’s uncompromising support for Pakistan, the Chinese reportedly responded with a heavily-loaded sarcastic remark: “Pakistan is our Israel”.
- Get Tough on Pakistan WHEN I visited Kabul a few weeks ago, President Hamid Karzai told me that the United States has yet to offer a credible strategy for how to resolve a critical issue: Pakistan’s role in the war in Afghanistan.
- The War Logs: The Iraq Documents The archive is the second cache obtained by the independent organization WikiLeaks and made available to several news organizations. The Iraq documents shed new light on the war. Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, faces a variety of challenges after his most brazen disclosure yet: posting 391,832 secret Pentagon documents on the Iraq war. Twelve weeks earlier, he had posted some 77,000 documents on the Afghan conflict.
Algeria الجزائر
- Algeria repeals emergency law Algeria’s cabinet has adopted an order to lift a 19-year-old state of emergency in a concession designed to avoid the tide of uprisings sweeping the Arab world, but protesters said the measure did not go far enough.
- Algeria set for weekly protests “We will continue to march until the regime steps down. Each Saturday we will maintain the pressure,” said Mohsen Belabes, a spokesman for the RCD opposition party which helped organised the demonstrations.
- La oposición de Argelia supedita la revolución al respaldo de los jóvenes “Si los jóvenes de los barrios populares se suman a nosotros, entonces habremos ganado”. Ali Yahia Abdenur, de 90 años, presidente honorífico de la Liga Argelina de Derechos Humanos, cree que el éxito de la “incipiente revolución” en Argelia depende
Arab Revolution
- 'Yes we camp' activists hit Spanish streets The repressive regimes that have ruled countries in the Middle East and North Africa with iron fists for decades are not comparable to those of European countries, but many of the challenges and threats that Egyptians, Tunisians or Libyans are facing are
- 1 قتيلا وانتخابات محلية في سوريا
- El Asad anuncia un referéndum constitucional para marzo en Siria El presidente Bachar el Asad ha criticado esta mañana a la Liga Árabe por reclamar la democratización de Siria, mientras acoge entre sus miembros más influyentes a monarquías absolutas como la saudí, y ha prometido a sus ciudadanos que la victoria c
- Gaddafi, moral interventionism and revolution Long ago, Gaddafi forfeited the legitimacy of his rule, creating the political conditions for an appropriate revolutionary challenge. Recently he has confirmed this assessment, referring to his own people as “rats and dogs” or “cockroaches”, and employin
- High unemployment and a belief that politicians focus more on profit than people sparked youth protests across Spain. Anger, irritation, annoyance and even rage are some of the most common adjectives used by protestors camping at Plaza del Sol in Madrid. The massive series of demonstrations that started on May 15 gathered people from all classes and ages. Mothers came w
- Islamists Win 70% of Seats In the Egyptian Parliament CAIRO — Egyptian authorities confirmed Saturday that a political coalition dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood, the 84-year-old group that virtually invented political Islam, had won about 47 percent of the seats in the first Parliament elected since th
- Sharing the 'Arab Spring' With the world’s attention focused on ongoing uprisings in Libya, Syria and Yemen, some may have forgotten the birthplace of the “Arab Spring” – Tunisia. On January 14, Tunisians kicked out their president and inspired uprisings across the region.
- Túnez aprueba una Constitución que da poderes al primer ministro islamista La Asamblea Constituyente de Túnez aprobó, en la madrugada del domingo, una Constitución provisional que otorga amplios poderes al futuro primer ministro, el islamista Hamadi Jebali, del partido Ennahda (Renacimiento) que ganó, a finales de octubre, c
- The globalisation of revolution To listen to the hype about social networking websites and the Egyptian revolution, one would think it was Silicon Valley and not the Egyptian people who overthrew Mubarak.
- The slap that sparked a revolution The truth about the Spap in the Face…very important
- The slap that sparked a revolution The truth about the Spap in the Face…very important
- There's no business like war business Lies, hypocrisy and hidden agendas. This is what United States President Barack Obama did not dwell on when explaining his Libya doctrine to America and the world. The mind boggles with so many black holes engulfing this splendid little war that is not a
- أين يقع الخطأ
- رئيس تونس الجديد يؤدي القسم أدى الرئيس التونسي المنتخب من قبل المجلس الوطني التأسيسي المنبثق عن انتخابات 23 أكتوبر/تشرين الأول الماضي، منصف المرزوقي، اليمين الدستورية
Arab-Persian Culture الثقافة العربية-الفرسية
- 'Alien invasion' April Fools' story angers Jordan mayor A Jordanian mayor is considering suing a newspaper over an April Fools’ Day report saying aliens had landed nearby.
- 1001 Inventions and The Library of Secrets Science and Invention
- Art challenges Tunisian revolutionaries LE KRAM, TUNISIA — A crowd has gathered to ponder the black-and-white photographs which have been pasted across the face of building that was, until recent, the local offices of the former president’s much-loathed party.
- “La conmemoración en 2011 de la invasión árabe traerá otro desgarro hispánico” Pedro Martínez Montávez (Jaén, 1933) es uno de los grandes arabistas españoles. Catedrático emérito de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, de la que fue rector, no pudo pronunciar ayer en Gijón la conferencia inaugural del encuentro sobre Irak, fin
- Beats and Breath Since the death of his mother in August of 2009 and since the demise of the news website MENASSAT(dot)com (English Editor, 07′-09′), Jackson has returned to his roots – embracing hip-hop and soul music in the Middle-East. Archivist, storyteller, rep
- CNN: A synagogue reborn in Beirut, Lebanon Lebanon respects all divine religions
- Creencias e Islam (Libro online) El autor del libro I’tiqad-nama, Mawlana Diya ad-dîn Jalid al-Baghdadî al Uzmanî, nacido en el 1192 después de la Hijra (1778) en Shahrazur, al norte de Baghdad, y fallecido en 1242 (1826) en Damasco, era llamado ‘Al Uzmani’ por ser descendiente
- Detenido el cineasta iraní Jafar Panahi Las fuerzas de seguridad iraníes detuvieron la tarde del lunes al director cinematográfico Jafar Panahi, según la web Kaleme, próxima al principal líder opositor, Mir Hossein Musavi. El ganador del León de Oro del Festival de Venecia por El Círculo
- El Hay Festival habla árabe Un Hay Festival distinto, hablado y moderado en árabe y con el ánimo de echar abajo prejuicios y proyectar a jóvenes escritores de una lengua milenaria. Esas son las consignas de la nueva versión del encuentro literario, a celebrarse entre el 15 y el
- Feminista y… con velo La incorporación de una joven musulmana con pañuelo en la lista electoral del Partido Anticapitalista siembra el desconcierto entre la sociedad francesa
- Hopeless helpless Lebanon Talking to Lady Yvonne Cochrane of Sursock. Lady Yvonne Sursock Cochrane has been fighting to preserve Lebanon’s heritage since 1960 when she founded the country’s first organization on the matter, the Association for the Protection of the Natural Sites and Ancient Buildings (APSAD). She presid
- Identidad Andaluza Portal sobre el Islam en Andalucia
- Iman Maleki Iman was born on 1976 in Tehran. He has been fascinated by the art of Painting since he was a child. At the age of 15, he started to learn painting under the mastery of his first and only teacher – Morteza Katouzian – who is the greatest realist painter o
- In Arabian Desert, a Sustainable City Rises ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Back in 2007, when the government here announced its plan for “the world’s first zero-carbon city” on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi, many Westerners dismissed it as a gimmick — a faddish follow-up to neighboring Du
- In fear of 'Eurabia'? The images were clearly intended to get out the vote, and judging by the 57 per cent “yes” vote to ban the construction of minarets in Switzerland on Sunday, they worked all too wel
- Iraq, Rewriting Its History, Treats Recent Events Cautiously BAGHDAD — During the sectarian violence here, she saw with her own eyes bodies scattered around the yard of the school where she is now principal. But May Abul Wahab is not allowed to teach her students anything about the American invasion of Iraq or th
- Iraqi Art Web dedicated to Iraqi art and artist: news, articles, interviews and photography.
- jordanian poet prepares for jail Amman // Islam Samhan, a Jordanian poet named an apostate last year by the country’s grand mufti, is packing a suitcase full of books hoping to catch up on some reading. But he is not going on holiday. Instead, he is preparing to go to prison.
- Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center Ramallah Art exchange Association
- Las insumisas de Al Yazira El 1 de noviembre de 2009, día del aniversario de la cadena, Al Yazira innova su imagen para celebrar sus 13 años de vida. Los presentadores y las presentadoras ya no son bustos parlantes, sino hombres y mujeres que se desplazan hacia la cámara. Y aque
- LEBANON: Filmmaker takes on violence and masculinity in new short movie about militias When fighting erupted in Beirut in May 2008, filmmaker Katia Jarjoura found herself literally caught in the middle as scenes from Lebanon’s 15-year civil war appeared to play out right before her eyes.
- Makeover your abaya: Saudi designer urges women to get out of their black shell “As a child I fell in love with colors as I used to play with different kinds of fabric and just wrap it around my body adding to that some accessories,” said Al-Hashimi. “As a Saudi designer, I’m representing my country and my religion so I alway
- Malikah, the queen of Arab hip hop Talking to female rapper Malikah wenty-four-year-old rapper Lynn Fattouh, better known as Malikah, has been performing for almost a decade now. At the tender age of 16, she managed to break onto the music scene in Lebanon, which became a stepping stone to stardom. The half-Lebanese, half
- Neighborhood DJs The architects behind Hamra’s hipster soundtrack t takes a lot more than mainstream music to please Beirut’s 20-something alternative set. The Hamra scene is where it’s at, and the soundtrack keeps us coming back. Get to know the DJs who are defining the sound of this hipster neighborhood.
- Salma Al-Farouki: Rediscovering Islam Salma Al-Farouki simply oozes class when she walks into the Arab News offices for our interview. Wearing a simple turban and purple dress combination, finished off with pearl earrings and eye kohl, she emanates warmth, intelligence and wisdom.
- Saudi Woman Defies Death Threats to Finish Third in Poetry Contest
- Sharing the 'Arab Spring' With the world’s attention focused on ongoing uprisings in Libya, Syria and Yemen, some may have forgotten the birthplace of the “Arab Spring” – Tunisia. On January 14, Tunisians kicked out their president and inspired uprisings across the region.
- Syrian Actress Tests Boundaries Again NIHAD ALAEDDIN was once one of the great sirens of Syrian cinema. Working under the stage name Igraa, or Seduction, she embodied the openness and liberalism that reigned in the Arab world during the 1960s and ’70s, performing the region’s first cinema
- Why Women Matter The third Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of promoting gender equality and empowering women will not be achieved at the current rates of progress. Considering the finding that businesses that invest in gender equality tend to be driven by social respon
Arabic Language Resources مصدر اللغة العربية
- Arabic Language Teaching Methods A data base of Arabic methods in free pdf format
- Damascus – Language School for Standard Arabic Learning Arabic quick & easy
- EURAMES Eurames is the organizer of the European network of Middle Eastern Studies, an academic exchange or information concerning research on the Middle East. Eurames runs the Eurames Info Service via email, and will host thematic working groups and links to Eur
- موسوعة النحو الاعراب الدكتور مسعد محمد زياد في سطور
- الخيمة النحو العربي موقع يركز على التعليم اللغة العربية و الاعراب
Bahrein بحرين
- As Army Pulls Back, Bahrain Protesters Retake Square MANAMA, Bahrain — Thousands of jubilant protesters surged back into the symbolic heart of Bahrain on Saturday after government security forces withdrew and the monarchy called for peace after days of violent crackdowns.
- Bahréin, una monarquía suní en la encrucijada Aunque sobre el papel Bahréin es una monarquía parlamentaria, la realidad es bien distinta: la democracia es solo aparente y tanto el primer ministro como el resto del Gobierno gobiernan al dictado de la familia real, cuyos miembros copan la mayoría de
- Clashes mark Bahrain 'Day of Rage' Small-scale clashes have been reported from parts of Bahrain amid heightened security over planned protests by the kingdom’s disgruntled Shia majority. Protesters have called for a “Day of Rage” to be observed on Monday, inspired by anti-government upris
- مظاهرة بالبحرين تؤكد الوحدة الوطنية نظم آلاف البحرينيين في المنامة الثلاثاء مظاهرة جديدة مناوئة للسلطة، شددوا فيها على الوحدة بين السنة والشيعة، في وقت نفت فيه السعودية أن تكو
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- "La otra mirada" (photography) La otra mirada” es un intento de devolver la dignidad prestada; simplemente, un pequeño recordatorio de que están y no debemos olvidarlos. No sólo cuando en los Medios de Comunicación los problemas de las personas se ven, estos existen. Desgraciadam
- Abu Muqawama Abu Muqawama is a blog dedicated to following issues related to contemporary insurgencies…
- All Things Counter Terrorism A blog focusing on all things counter terrorist with an occasional foray into the world of insurgency
- an-Nabad I recently met up with two Lebanese friends from Dahiya – the Hizbollah stronghold in South Beirut. Chatting with “Ahmed” and “Hamed” in a dingy, smoke-filled bar, our conversation eventually turned to politics.
- Arab Media and Society About Arab politics, media and culture
- Baghdad Bureau At War is a reported blog from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and other conflicts in the post-9/11 era. The NYT’s award-winning team provides insight — and answers questions — about combatants on the faultlines, and civilians caught in the middle.
- Beats and Breath Since the death of his mother in August of 2009 and since the demise of the news website MENASSAT(dot)com (English Editor, 07′-09′), Jackson has returned to his roots – embracing hip-hop and soul music in the Middle-East. Archivist, storyteller, rep
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- Carlos Latuff: Cartoonist and opinion-maker BEIRUT, December 23, 2008 (MENASSAT) — Carlos Latuff, 40, is nothing short of a one-man cartoon wrecking-ball when he hits the ink. Based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Latuff has spent the last 15 plus years crafting a style that can best be described as
- Ces people qui chantent pour le polisario Ces ‘’ People’’ reflètent un phénomène espagnol réel, celui d’un sentiment très mitigé envers le Maroc. Nos voisins du Nord vivent nos relations sur un fond d’histoire mal assumée. Pour eux, nous sommes les Maures, ceux-là mêmes qui o
- Checkpoint Jerusalem Checkpoint Jerusalem was written by Dion Nissenbaum, who covered the Middle East as Jerusalem bureau chief for McClatchy Newspapers from 2005 to 2009. Nissenbaum is now McClatchy’s bureau chief in Kabul, covering south Asia with an emphasis on Afghanista
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- Electronic Intifada The Electronic Intifada (EI) is a not-for-profit, independent publication committed to comprehensive public education on the question of Palestine, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the economic, political, legal, and human dimensions of Israel’s 40-y
- FBI searches homes as part of terrorism probe (CNN) — Political and anti-war activists in the Midwest said they were the target Friday of searches the FBI called part of an investigation into the “material support of terrorism.”
- Foreign Policy Watch Diplomatic strategy, international news, and thoughtful political analysis
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- I Jornadas Internacionales "Retos y Desafíos del Mundo Árabe Contemporáneo" Miércoles 24 de noviembre 16:00h-16:15h. Presentación introductoria por Daniel F. Rivera (investigador y doctorando UAM). 16:15h-18:00h. Curso de introductorio a la Lengua y Cultura árabe. Fadi Salfiti y Daniel F. Rivera. 18:00h-19:00h. Conferencia:
- Identidad Andaluza Portal sobre el Islam en Andalucia
- Iraqi Mistakes that Egyptians and Tunisians Must Avoid One can only describe the recent Egyptian revolution as great. No other word is more appropriate. This is the first time in recent Arab history that a popular revolution, led by ordinary people, has succeeded in toppling a long-established political regim
- Israelis Block Palestinians From Holy Site Updated | 10:24 a.m. On Friday, Israeli police prevented young Palestinian men from praying at a holy site in Jerusalem, and Israel’s military imposed a temporary ban on travel by Palestinians from the West Bank into Israel. The security crackdown comes
- Jihadica Jihadica is a clearinghouse for materials related to militant, transnational Sunni Islamism, commonly known as Jihadism. At the moment, much of this material is diffuse, known only to a few specialists, and inaccessible to the public and policymakers unle
- José Carlos blog Memoria Histórica España
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- Los Desastres de la Guerra Gervasio Sánchez
- Maghreb Politics Review The Saharan Al Qaeda – Cocaine has finally hit the North American domestic news with the much trumpeted arrest by United States agents of three Malians who they allege “the direct link between dangerous terrorist organizations, including Al Qaeda, and
- March Lynch Marc Lynch is associate professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University.
- Menassat -منصات- Menassat.com is a website focusing on news, trends and events concerning the media in the twenty-two countries of the MENA region (Middle East & North Africa, defined as the twenty-two member states of the Arab League). Menassat literally means “pla
- Middle East Strategy at Harvard Middle East Strategy at Harvard (MESH) is a project of the National Security Studies Program at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.
- Musings On Iraq My name is Joel Wing. I’m a high school teacher in Oakland, California. I’ve been teaching English, History, Government and Economics for over ten years. I have a BA and MA in International Relations. I wrote my Master’s Thesis on the rise of Islamist gro
- My revolution betrayed From snowy Kiev, I have watched the revolutions in Cairo and Tunis with joy and admiration. Egyptians and Tunisians are right to be proud of their desire to peacefully overthrow despotic governments. But, as someone who led a peaceful revolution, I hope t
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- Nukes and Spooks “Nukes & Spooks” is written by McClatchy correspondents Jonathan S. Landay (national security and intelligence), Warren P. Strobel (foreign affairs and the State Department), and Nancy Youssef (Pentagon). Read more: http://washingtonbureau.typepad.co
- P U L S E Welcome to PULSE, a collaborative political weblog featuring work by a variety of writers, activists and academics based in five continents. PULSE aims to be an innovative online progressive press presence that draws upon Web 2.0 technologies to engage wi
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- Picasso tries new art form_Drawing in thin air with light_ Page 10 has a great reportage about Picasso. Life Magazine January 30th, 1950.
- Próximo Oriente Ignacio Álvarez-Ossorio Profesor de Estudios Árabes e Islámicos Universidad de Alicante ialvarez@ua.es
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- Puente a la Otra Orilla (Resistencia Libanesa-Iraqi)
- Qifa Nabki Qifa Nabki [ˈki-fə ˈneb-kē] is a blog about Lebanese politics, history, and culture, written by Elias Muhanna, a PhD student in Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations at Harvard University. Elias has written for several publications, including The
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- Registan.net Registan.net covers Eurasian politics and news, seeking to draw more attention to issues and news rarely covered in much depth, if at all, by Western media. Our focus is primarily on the former Soviet Republics of Central Asia and the Caucasus and Afghani
- Robert Fisk: Action undercover Almost 30 years ago, a British diplomat asked me to lunch in Beirut. Despite rumours to the contrary, she told me on the phone, she was not a spy but a mere attaché, wanting only to chat about the future of Lebanon. These were kidnapping days in the Leba
- Solidaridad en Gaza
- Syria News Wire The Syria News Wire is written from Damascus and London. It was the fourth Syrian blog to appear on the internet – back in 2004. It is a Lonely Planet favourite, award nominated, Toot-ified blog, which gets about 15,000 hits a month.
- TALES OF IRAQ WAR by LATUFF The Tales of Iraq War blog has completed 3 years in May 2009. I hope you readers have found the cartoons published here useful on exposing the US war of agression against Iraq. I’m closing this blog but its archives won’t be deleted. All of my artworks ca
- The Arabist Welcome to The Arabist, the site on Arab politics and culture.
- The Black Irish The Black Iris is the national flower of Jordan and can be found all across the country, particularly in the southern city of Kerak where my own ancestors hail from. It blooms in the spring with dark black petals and is a national symbol of growth, renewa
- The Boursa Exchange
- The Majlis Evan graduated from Northwestern University in 2007 with a degree in journalism and a minor in Middle Eastern Studies. He has studied Arabic since 2003, and is still trying to master the language. He studied Middle Eastern culture and history at the Ameri
- The meaning of the Tehran spring It is 1979 in Tehran all over again. From Saturday to Sunday, the deafening sound deep in the night across Tehran’s rooftops was a roaring, ubiquitous “Allah-u Akbar” (God is great).
- The Middle East Blog A blog about life in the hottest and holiest region in the world
- The New Iraqi Press 2003 The overthrow of Saddam Hussein led to an explosion of newspaper publishing in Iraq. Below is a list of all Iraqi newspapers and magazines that were known to be publishing in July 2003. It was compiled using information from the BBC Monitoring Service and
- The Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO) The Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO) is the only German research institute devoted to an interdisciplinary and comparative study of the Middle East, Africa, South and Southeast Asia from a historical perspective. Current research focuses on the interaction b
- thehranbureau Tehran Bureau is a “virtual” bureau connecting journalists, Iran experts, and readers all over the world. While serious independent journalism remains nearly impossible in Iran — and no Western news organization has operated a bureau there in more than a
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Cambio Climático/Climate Change تغير المناخ
- Climate Change in the Arab World COPENHAGEN — The amount and quality of available scientific data on the global impact of climate change is staggering — as I rediscovered at a seminar organized by the Danish foreign ministry in Copenhagen this week. The debate that swirled around the i
- Climate Change in the Arab World – Effects for Water, Land, Food Ya Libnan Television Videos, Climate Change in the Arab World – Effects for Water, Land, Food Thursday, 17 April, 2008 @ 6:58 PM American University of Beirut [5], Climate Change [2], Environment [5], Global Warming [2], Middle East [7], Professor [2]
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- In Arabian Desert, a Sustainable City Rises ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Back in 2007, when the government here announced its plan for “the world’s first zero-carbon city” on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi, many Westerners dismissed it as a gimmick — a faddish follow-up to neighboring Du
- Levant basin holds 122 trillion cubic feet of natural gas An estimated 122 trillion cubic feet of undiscovered, recoverable natural gas are in the Levant Basin Province in the eastern Mediterranean region, according to a new report
- Research and Policy Memo: Climate Change and Environment in the Arab World Climate change will impact on at least seven distinct sectors throughout the Middle East, and a coalition of actors in society must work together quickly to minimize the negative consequences that might occur. This was the main theme of a recent lecture b
- The Arab World gets Serious about Climate Change All Arab environmentalists know for certain that when it came to leadership and willingness to combat climate change and participate in reducing greenhouse emissions, the Arab World was not the best example.
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- All (Muslim) Politics Is Local The notion of political Islam may be a more complicated bargain than many realize, and Muslims who seek to shape the world according to their religious values often confront an obdurate reality.
- Extended family man The Man Who Pushed America to War: the Extraordinary Life, Adventures and Obsessions of Ahmad Chalabi
- Ignorance and ideology game”, held significantly enough at the US Army War College, foreshadowed some of the developments that were to follow the US-led invasion. The start line was different, given that, in this scenario, the invasion had triggered a military coup in Baghdad.
- Iraq: the politics of the local The United States military’s cultivation of local forms of power in Iraq creates the potential for the emergence of an Iraqi politics in the next period very different from the kind Washington seeks, says Charles Tripp.
- The middle east: reporters under fire From Iraq to Egypt, Tunisia to Iran, those who speak truth to power incur danger from its representatives – insurgents, governments and religious authorities, says Charles Tripp.
- The whole world in his hands An account of US dealings with the Middle East exposes the corruption of presidential office. Barack Obama would do well to heed the warning
Constitución دستور
- Biblioteca Virtual de Historia Constitucional Francisco Martínez Marina La Biblioteca Virtual de Historia Constitucional “Francisco Martínez Marina” responde a una nueva filosofía que se está imponiendo merced a los avances tecnológicos. Las Bibliotecas de las Universidades, antaño centros culturales de exclusivo acces
- Building a stable Iraq We stand at the threshold of a monumental juncture in the Iraqi-American relationship. A great many sacrifices by the Iraqi and the American people have enabled Iraq to discard the squalid regime of Saddam Hussein and establish a free and democratic socie
- De-Baathification barred officials' restoration unconstitutional, says lawmaker Erbil, Nov. 20 (AKnews)- A member of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI), led by the Shia clergy Ammar Al-Hakim, said some officials were barred from office under article seven of the Iraqi constitution and their restoration will violate it.
- De-racialising revolutions Soon after the brutal crackdown on Iran’s post-electoral uprising in June 2009, rumours began circulating in cyberspace and among ardent supporters of the Green Movement that some of the Islamic Republic’s security forces, recruited to viciously attack de
- Deep divisions over Egypt's referendum The changes would make it easier for independent candidates to run for office. They would bar the president from transferring “terrorism suspects” to emergency courts, a common practice in Mubarak-era Egypt, and re-establish judicial oversight over Egypt’
- Democratic attitudes and practices in Iraq, 1921-1958. The prevalent perception is that democracy is untenable in Iraq because, it is argued, the country has an authoritarian political culture and no history of democratic institutions. This article presents a counter-narrative that shows that Iraq and its peo
- Egypt approves constitutional changes Egyptians have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a package of constitutional amendments, according to official results released on Sunday evening. Slightly more than 77 per cent of voters endorsed the amendments, the country’s supreme judicial committee
- El Gobierno es un mercenario de EEUU ntrevista a Taha Azeez en el diario Público, integrante de la resistencia iraquí y clérigo suní que participó en el área de Tribuna en del Festival Interpueblos. Estuvo dos años presos en varias cárceles bajo control norteamericano, Abu Graib entr
- El primer ministro iraquí pide a los kurdos que capturen al vicepresidente El ‘número dos’ en la presidencia está acusado de dirigir escuadrones de la muerte El alto cargo, de confesión suní, niega las acusaciones y sale de Bagdad La minoría suní ve una persecución sectaria en marcha por parte del Gobierno
- High turnout marks 'orderly' Egypt vote Long lines, orderly queues and a mostly calm and jubilant atmosphere marked Egypt’s first nationwide vote since a popular uprising forced Hosni Mubarak, Egypt’s long-time president, to step down in February, leaving the country without a constitution and
- Historia Constitucional “Historia Constitucional” es una Revista coeditada por el Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales de Madrid, adscrito al Ministerio español de la Presidencia, y el Seminario de Historia Constitucional “Martínez Marina”, que a su vez cuenta con
- Historia Constitucional “Historia Constitucional” es una Revista coeditada por el Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales de Madrid, adscrito al Ministerio español de la Presidencia, y el Seminario de Historia Constitucional “Martínez Marina”, que a su vez cuenta con
- Irak el fracaso de la reconstrucción
- Iraq Censorship Laws Move Ahead BAGHDAD — The doors of the communications revolution were thrown open in Iraq after the American-led invasion in 2003: In rushed a wave of music videos featuring scantily clad Turkish singers, Web sites recruiting suicide bombers, racy Egyptian soap ope
- Iraq constitution ‘prohibits’ Allawi premiership t is not possible for Iyad Allawi to become the Iraqi prime minister according to Iraq’s constitution, an Iraqi political expert has told National Iraqi News Agency (NINA). “According to Article 77 of the Iraqi Constitution, Iyad Allawi can not becom
- Iraqi MPs approve new electoral law BAGHDAD — Iraqi lawmakers finally approved a new version of a stalled electoral law late on Sunday, paving the way for parliamentary polls to be held early next year.
- Is Egypt ready for democracy? An estimated 30 million people have voted in Egypt’s constitutional referendum, the first democratic process since the fall of Hosni Mubarak – a number in stark contrast to the six million who voted in November’s parliamentary elections.
- La Constitución no conoce otra nación que la española" “La Constitución no conoce otra que la nación española”. El Tribunal Constitucional se posiciona así en la sentencia sobre el Estatuto catalán que ha hecho pública hoy y zanja uno de los aspectos más polémicos y que ha causado más reacciones adve
- La madre de todas las Constituciones La partida de los plebeyos de la ciudad de Roma en 287 a.C., se convirtió en un hito en la historia constitucional europea, que dio paso a la introducción del “Plebis scitum”, conocida como referendo.
- Los egipcios deciden en referédum si aceptan o rechazan enmiendas constitucionales Los egipcios quieren una transición rápida con cambios en la Constitución Se modificará la duración presidencial y la libertad de los candidatos
- NDU Thesis by Daniel F. Rivera
- Q&A: Drafting Iraq's Constitution Q&A: Drafting Iraq’s Constitution E-Mail This Printer-Friendly Published: May 12, 2005 What is the process for drafting Iraq’s constitution? Writing a permanent constitution is the main task facing Iraq’s 275-member transitional National Assembly.
- Sentencia del Constitucional sobre el Estatuto catalán El Tribunal Constitucional acaba de hacer pública la sentencia sobre el Estatuto catalán y los votos particulares de los magistrados discrepantes. El alto tribunal logró el acuerdo justo un mes después de cumplirse los cuatros años desde que el 41 de
- Supreme Court's opinion of Article 76 of Iraqi Constitution. Article 76 reads in part that “The president of the republic shall charge the nominee of the largest Council of Representatives bloc with the formation of the Council of Ministers within 15 days from the date of the election of the president of the republ
- رئيس تونس الجديد يؤدي القسم أدى الرئيس التونسي المنتخب من قبل المجلس الوطني التأسيسي المنبثق عن انتخابات 23 أكتوبر/تشرين الأول الماضي، منصف المرزوقي، اليمين الدستورية
Dahiye ضاحية
- an-Nabad I recently met up with two Lebanese friends from Dahiya – the Hizbollah stronghold in South Beirut. Chatting with “Ahmed” and “Hamed” in a dingy, smoke-filled bar, our conversation eventually turned to politics.
- Resistance films in Beirut’s southern suburb A crowd of over 300 people separated into male and female seating sections inside a plush red auditorium stood up for the Lebanese national anthem. After a muffled applause, the Iranian national anthem projected over the audience. To read more: http://no
- Withdrawal from the Golan Heights in Stages According to recent report, [1] in a meeting held a few weeks ago with a group of British policy analysts, Syrian foreign minister Walid Muallem said: “For peacemaking, Israel needs to be ready to recognize that Syria is entitled to every inch of the Gola
Egipto مصر
- "No conozco a un solo egipcio que haya votado jamás" Egipto censura el cine y la música. Pero no los libros. La actitud oficial hacia la literatura viene a ser “déjales que ladren, nadie les escucha”, explica Khaled Al Khamissi. Pero resulta que su libro Taxi (editorial Almuzara) ha vendido 200.000 ejempl
- "The Arab World Is on Fire" “The Arab world is on fire,” al-Jazeera reported on Jan. 27, while throughout the region, Western allies “are quickly losing their influence.”
- Ahdaf Soueif: Protesters reclaim the spirit of Egypt Egyptian novelist Ahdaf Soueif reflects on the determination of Egyptians, after the ousting of President Hosni Mubarak, to rebuild their country and reclaim their national identity.
- Allies Press U.S. to Go Slow on Egypt WASHINGTON — As the Obama administration gropes for the right response to the uprising in Egypt, it has not lacked for advice from democracy advocates, academics, pundits, even members of the previous administration. But few voices have been as urgent,
- “Leave before the Saidis come” A rather large man (pictured above) stopped me in Tahrir yesterday and started shouting, “Lave before the Sa’idis come!” His threats were directed at Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak who he said should leave office before the Sa’idi people from Up
- Barack Obama: "Los egipcios han cambiado el mundo" Con poderosas palabras de elogio a la revolución egipcia como “un triunfo de la dignidad humana”, Barack Obama saludó ayer ese movimiento y lo puso como ejemplo, para Oriente Próximo y para todo el mundo, de lo que un pueblo es capaz de conseguir no po
- Change comes to Tunisia, slowly Did the fall of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali amount to a genuine revolution? Three weeks after Tunisia’s president of 23 years, facing public protests, fled to Saudi Arabia, this is a question that ordinary people are still grappling with. Though the Ben Ali
- Charges filed against alleged Hizbollah cell CAIRO // Egypt’s prosecutor general has charged 26 suspects with spying for Hizbollah and plotting terrorist attacks against tourists in Egypt.
- Clinton urge a Mubarak a hacer los cambios que el pueblo exige La secretaria de Estado de Estados Unidos hace un llamamiento urgente al Gobierno de Egipto para que “autorice las manifestaciones pacíficas” y “aborde junto con su pueblo reformas políticas, económicas y sociales”
- De-racialising revolutions Soon after the brutal crackdown on Iran’s post-electoral uprising in June 2009, rumours began circulating in cyberspace and among ardent supporters of the Green Movement that some of the Islamic Republic’s security forces, recruited to viciously attack de
- Deep divisions over Egypt's referendum The changes would make it easier for independent candidates to run for office. They would bar the president from transferring “terrorism suspects” to emergency courts, a common practice in Mubarak-era Egypt, and re-establish judicial oversight over Egypt’
- Defiant Mubarak refuses to resign Hosni Mubarak, the embattled Egyptian president, has refused to step down from his post, saying that he will not bow to “foreign pressure” in a televised address to the nation on Thursday evening. Putting to rest widespread speculations that he will quit
- Disturbios, heridos y detenidos en las protestas en Argel Estado de sitio en la capital ante la que se prevé como la mayor manifestación en muchos años.- La división de la oposición hace dudar del éxito de la manifestación de hoy.- 30.000 agentes de la ley tratan de contener a los manifestantes
- Echo of Egyptian anger in anti-Mubarak rally in London Tens of thousands of Egyptians calling for the removal of President Hosni Mubarak have clashed with police on the streets of Cairo, Alexandria and Suez. Around 30 Egyptians took part in a peaceful demonstration outside the country’s embassy in London.
- Egipto celebra el adiós de Mubarak y vive expectante el primer día de la transición Mañana tranquila en El Cairo tras una noche de celebraciones por la caída de Mubarak, destituido por el Ejército tras 18 días de protestas populares.- La plaza de la Liberación va recuperando la normalidad al tiempo que crecen los rumores sobre el fu
- Egypt after Mubarak: Mohamad Hussain Tantawi profile The head of Egypt’s Higher Military Council, Mohamad Hussain Tantawi, is in control of Egypt after Hosni Mubarak resigned his post as president.
- Egypt Burn, Israel Wants the Sinai, Mubarak Fights Death The Egyptian revolution was an earthquake to the israeli zionisit organization, which shows confusion in how to deal with the sudden situation where the majority of the Egyptian nation demands the departure of 82-year-old President Hosni Mubarak, his ruli
- Egypt Labor Strikes Break Out Across The Country; Protesters Defiant CAIRO – Thousands of state workers and impoverished Egyptians launched strikes and protests around the country on Wednesday over their economic woes as anti-government activists sought to expand their campaign to oust President Hosni Mubarak despite warni
- Egypt protesters gain ground The Egyptian cabinet building in Cairo has been evacuated and officials relocated after pro-democracy protesters gathered outside, sources tell Al Jazeera. Pro-democracy demonstrations are gaining momentum in the Egyptian capital, with some protesters mo
- Egypt's lessons for Palestine Global attention is rightly focused on Egypt at the moment. Weeks after Tunisia’s Zine El Abidine Ben Ali withdrew his proboscis and fled to Saudi Arabia, the Egyptian tyrant and American strongman Hosni Mubarak has similarly fallen. Protests have erupted
- Egypt's trove of potential leaders A regime is dying, the second in as many months in the Arab world. How the outside world looks at succession and how local people approach it will differ. The positive fact about change in Egypt and Tunisia this time round is that citizens of both countri
- Egyptian activist Mona Seif: It's a revolution, and it's not over 11 February 2011 will forever be an historic day for Egypt. It was then that weeks of protests around the country finally forced Hosni Mubarak, the US-backed president of the country for the past 30 years, to leave office. The protests first began on 25 J
- El activismo obrero fue el origen de la revuelta La Embajada de EEUU en Egipto redactó un informe en abril de 2008 sobre la huelga del día 6 en la ciudad industrial de Mahalla y las protestas que se extendieron a El Cairo.
- El ejército egipcio entra en escena Pocas veces un ejército ha contado con tan abrumador respaldo para poder liderar un proceso de cambio como el que se abre en Egipto a partir de la festejada despedida de Hosni Mubarak. Tras 17 días de movilización popular las fuerzas armadas decidieron
- High turnout marks 'orderly' Egypt vote Long lines, orderly queues and a mostly calm and jubilant atmosphere marked Egypt’s first nationwide vote since a popular uprising forced Hosni Mubarak, Egypt’s long-time president, to step down in February, leaving the country without a constitution and
- Ice queens of the Arab world It started with Leila Trabelsi, the wife of President Ben Ali – the Arab world’s answer to Imelda Marcos, the Lady Macbeth of Tunisia, who allegedly made off with copious amounts of gold after the uprising that ousted her husband.
- Is Egypt ready for democracy? An estimated 30 million people have voted in Egypt’s constitutional referendum, the first democratic process since the fall of Hosni Mubarak – a number in stark contrast to the six million who voted in November’s parliamentary elections.
- Islamists Win 70% of Seats In the Egyptian Parliament CAIRO — Egyptian authorities confirmed Saturday that a political coalition dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood, the 84-year-old group that virtually invented political Islam, had won about 47 percent of the seats in the first Parliament elected since th
- Israel's options after Mubarak After almost thirty years, President Hosni Mubarak is gone. For the people of Egypt and especially those with the courage to have taken to the streets it is no doubt a day that is impossible to put into words. For the rest of us, a day of awe, celebratio
- Live blog Feb 8 – Egypt protests From our headquarters in Doha, we keep you updated on all things Egypt, with reporting from Al Jazeera staff in Cairo and Alexandria. Live Blog: Jan28 – Jan29 – Jan30 – Jan31 – Feb1 – Feb2 – Feb3 – Feb4 – Feb5 – Feb6 – Feb7
- Los 18 días que han revolucionado Egipto La tenaz resistencia del pueblo egipcio ha conseguido echar a Hosni Mubarak del poder que ocupaba desde 1981. Durante más de dos semanas el país se ha puesto de pie para reclamar el cambio democrático
- Los egipcios deciden en referédum si aceptan o rechazan enmiendas constitucionales Los egipcios quieren una transición rápida con cambios en la Constitución Se modificará la duración presidencial y la libertad de los candidatos
- Middle East Newswire The benchmark EGX 30 index fell 5 percent, the greatest drop since May 25, to 6,455.07 at 10:33 a.m. in Cairo, extending its decline this year to 9.6 percent. In addition, the Egyptian pound reached a 6 year low of 5.830 against the US dollar after closin
- Mubarak pasó las últimas 48 horas en una base militar antes de huir El expresidente y su familia fueron trasladados en helicóptero a Sharm el Sheij
- My revolution betrayed From snowy Kiev, I have watched the revolutions in Cairo and Tunis with joy and admiration. Egyptians and Tunisians are right to be proud of their desire to peacefully overthrow despotic governments. But, as someone who led a peaceful revolution, I hope t
- Religious festival falls victim to swine flu CAIRO // Nearly three months after the Egyptian government announced that it would slaughter the country’s entire population of pigs, swine flu fears appear to have claimed yet another casualty: the popular Sufi religious celebrations known as moulids.
- Robert Fisk: A people defies its dictator, and a nation's future is in the balance It might be the end. It is certainly the beginning of the end. Across Egypt, tens of thousands of Arabs braved tear gas, water cannons, stun grenades and live fire yesterday to demand the removal of Hosni Mubarak after more than 30 years of dictatorship.
- Suleiman: The CIA's man in Cairo On January 29, Omar Suleiman, Egypt’s top spy chief, was anointed vice president by tottering dictator, Hosni Mubarak. By appointing Suleiman, part of a shake-up of the cabinet in an attempt to appease the masses of protesters and retain his own grip o
- The different shades of Tahrir In the two weeks that have passed since Egyptians began street protests aimed at overturning president Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year rule, central Cairo’s Tahrir Square has become the movement’s beating heart and most effective symbol. As long as protesters
- The resurrection of pan-Arabism The Egyptian revolution, itself influenced by the Tunisian uprising, has resurrected a new sense of pan-Arabism based on the struggle for social justice and freedom. The overwhelming support for the Egyptian revolutionaries across the Arab world reflects
- The shaping of a New World Order I remember the images well, even though I was too young to understand their political significance. But they were visceral, those photos in the New York Times from Tehran in the midst of its revolutionary moment in late 1978 and early 1979. Not merely exu
- The Trouble With Egypt Since the night the Tunisian people forced their dictator to flee the North African country, I’ve been hearing people anticipating that the same fate would fall on the Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak. In fact, the similarities abound between the situat
- Un vídeo para movilizar a los marroquíes No todo son manifiestos colgados en Facebook para incitar a los marroquíes a reivindicar en las calles el domingo 20 de febrero. Ahora hace furor un vídeo de dos minutos en el que 15 marroquíes de ambos sexos, todos jóvenes menos una señora con hiyab
- US reporter's Cairo detention diary On Friday, January 28, a nationwide uprising began across Egypt demanding the ouster of Hosni Mubarak, the US-backed president who has autocratically ruled the country since 1981. Egyptian activists invited me along to the working-class Imbaba area of th
- هل تؤثر ثورة مصر على المفاوضات؟
- أيام حسني مبارك الأخيرة في الحكم فجاة اختفت من شوارع القاهرة لأكثر من ثلاثة أسابيع سيارات كالمرسيدس الشبح , وال بي أم في 750 , والهامر الرباعية الدفع.و اختفاء هذه السيارات
- إخوان مصر يؤيدون تعديلات الدستور
- تحريض إسرائيلي على ثورة المصريين
- تحريض إسرائيلي على ثورة المصريين
- خنفر: الجزيرة تساعد في كسر الصمت
- دور الجزيرة في إصلاح الأنظمة المستبدة كتب لورنس بينتاك -العميد المؤسس لكلية إدوارد مورو للإعلام في جامعة ولاية واشنطن- عن دور قناة الجزيرة في التشجيع على المطالبة بالإصلاح والدي
Iran ايران
- "En Irán somos maestros del Photoshop" “Felicidades por los triunfos de Nadal y del Barcelona”, me saluda Kamran Adle. Antes de que pueda preguntarle si es aficionado al deporte, descubro que el comentario es una introducción para enseñarme en su móvil un par de fotos de Aravane Rezaei, la
- "La prioridad es que no nos maten" La muerte del gran ayatolá Hosein Ali Montazerí en diciembre dejó a los reformistas iraníes sin su principal referente espiritual. El que fuera delfín de Jomeiní tachó de fraudulenta la reelección de Mahmud Ahmadineyad. Su funeral, al que acudiero
- Advertise on NYTimes.com Iran Fights Malware Attacking Computers WASHINGTON — The Iranian government agency that runs the country’s nuclear facilities, including those the West suspects are part of a weapons program, has reported that its engineers are trying to protect their facilities from a sophisticated compute
- Another Puzzle in Iran After Nuclear Fuel Is Moved WASHINGTON — When Iran was caught last September building a secret, underground nuclear enrichment plant at a military base near the city of Qum, the country’s leaders insisted they had no other choice. With its nuclear facilities under constant threa
- De-racialising revolutions Soon after the brutal crackdown on Iran’s post-electoral uprising in June 2009, rumours began circulating in cyberspace and among ardent supporters of the Green Movement that some of the Islamic Republic’s security forces, recruited to viciously attack de
- Detenido el cineasta iraní Jafar Panahi Las fuerzas de seguridad iraníes detuvieron la tarde del lunes al director cinematográfico Jafar Panahi, según la web Kaleme, próxima al principal líder opositor, Mir Hossein Musavi. El ganador del León de Oro del Festival de Venecia por El Círculo
- Dissidents Mass in Tehran to Subvert an Anti-U.S. Rally BEIRUT, Lebanon — Iran’s beleaguered opposition movement struggled to reassert itself on Wednesday, as tens of thousands of protesters braved police beatings and clouds of tear gas on the sidelines of a major, government-sponsored anti-American rally.
- El Gobierno es un mercenario de EEUU ntrevista a Taha Azeez en el diario Público, integrante de la resistencia iraquí y clérigo suní que participó en el área de Tribuna en del Festival Interpueblos. Estuvo dos años presos en varias cárceles bajo control norteamericano, Abu Graib entr
- El macro juicio contra la oposición iraní agrava la fractura del régimen islámico El juicio es contrario a la Constitución, a la ley y a los derechos de los ciudadanos”, asegura el ex presidente iraní Jatamí
- Europa: reacción fulminante a discurso de Jamenei La Unión Europea en su conjunto, y Alemania en particular, reaccionaron de manera inmediata y clara ante la alocución del líder relgioso iraní, el ayatolá Ali Jamenei. Pidieron revisión electoral.
- Ex-President Denounces Iran’s Government BEIRUT, Lebanon — Mohammad Khatami, Iran’s former president, made a fiery speech Sunday against the government, accusing its leaders of trying to smear their enemies and purge them from public life with “fascist and totalitarian methods.”
- Expect More Adventurism From Iran Shortly after the rigged election and popular uprising in Iran, a seductive conventional wisdom emerged in Western policy-making circles: The Iranian regime, if it survived, would be significantly weakened by internal problems and would abandon its region
- For Iranians, mourning and martyrdom are historically symbolic The Iranian regime is sensitive to the historical resonance of mourning ceremonies
- Forbidden Iran: How to Report When You're Banned Like other journalists who work for foreign media organizations, I was banned early on from reporting on the protests against the official victory of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. First, the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance sent a fax prohibiting me from r
- GS-Guerra Sionista Resistencia Electrónica poco seria pero al loro…
- Hezbolá y Hamás guardan silencio ante la crisis iraní Sábado 13 de junio. Los resultados de las elecciones de Irán garantizan a Mahmud Ahmadineyad un segundo mandato presidencial. Todavía se ignora si se mantendrán las protestas callejeras de la oposición, o si son fuegos artificiales. Las primeras feli
- In Iran, One Woman's Death May Have Many Consequences ran’s revolution has now run through a full cycle. A gruesomely captivating video of a young woman — laid out on a Tehran street after apparently being shot, blood pouring from her mouth and then across her face — swept Twitter, Facebook and other web
- Iran: The end of the Republic? Thirty years after the Islamic Revolution, the Islamic Republic of Iran – if one can still call it a republic – is at a crossroads.
- Iranian Students Clash With Police BEIRUT, Lebanon — Thousands of people rallied against the government on Monday at universities across Iran, defying a wide-ranging effort to suppress the protests and bringing a new ferocity to the opposition movement’s confrontation with the state.
- Irán lanza el misil más avanzado de su arsenal, capaz de alcanzar Israel El cohete Sajjil-2 es el más rápido y preciso desarrollado por Teherán.- La prueba desencadena reacciones de condena de las potencias occidentales
- James Denselow James Denselow is a writer on Middle East geopolitical and security issues. He is currently writing on the regional impact of the war in Iraq.
- Khatami urges referendum on poll The former President of Iran, Mohammad Khatami, has called for a referendum on the legitimacy of the government, following June’s disputed elections.
- La oposición renueva su desafío al régimen iraní23 La oposición iraní ha vuelto a desafiar hoy la prohibición de manifestarse y se ha encontrado, una vez más, con las porras y los gases lacrimógenos de antidisturbios y paramilitares. A pesar del enorme despliegue policial que rodeaba la Universidad d
- La policía y los 'basiyís' dispersan la protesta de la oposición en Teherán El régimen iraní ha endurecido hoy la represión de las protestas con la intervención de efectivos policiales y los basiyís para impedir una nueva marcha opositora. Unos mil iraníes se han reunido esta tarde en la plaza Haft-e Tir de Teherán para pr
- Shots fired to clear streets as Iranians defy ban on protests Fresh unrest broke out on the streets of Iran yesterday when opposition protesters defied a ban on public gatherings and police fired shots in the air to disperse them.
- The green wave goodbye Preparing for my trip home to Iran a few weeks ago, I asked my husband, a political consultant who took part in the democratic movement against Slobodan Milosevic in Serbia: “How I can convince my family to vote in the upcoming elections?”
- The Iranian Revolution Through A Photojournalist´s Eye Photo and Music Presentation
- The Real Struggle in Iran and Implications for U.S. Dialogue Speaking of the situation in Iran, U.S. President Barack Obama said June 26, “We don’t yet know how any potential dialogue will have been affected until we see what has happened inside of Iran.” On the surface that is a strange statement, since we k
- UN: Dozens dead in Iranian exile camp raid Thirty-four Iranian exiles were killed when Iraqi soldiers stormed Camp Ashraf last week, a UN spokesman has revealed. The fatality count is the first independent death toll of the raid that has drawn sharp rebukes from Baghdad’s Western allies.
- Why Ahmadinejad Voted Against Occupying the U.S. Embassy in 1979 This week, as opposition supporters in Iran marked the 30th anniversary of the takeover of the United States Embassy in Tehran by protesting outside the active Russian Embassy instead of the abandoned American one, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad failed to mention th
Iraq العراق
- "El próximo Gobierno será débil porque tendrá que pactar el poder" Vetado como candidato por la Comisión Responsabilidad y Justicia (más conocida como de Desbaazificación), el suní Saleh al Mutlak, líder del Frente de Diálogo Nacional, votó el domingo en un colegio electoral de la capital jordana. Trasnochó para
- "En Irak debemos separar la política de la religión" “Parece claro que las listas de Al Maliki y Allawi van en cabeza, pero aún puede cambiar”, responde prudente Wijdan Mijail Salim, ministra iraquí de Derechos Humanos y candidata en las elecciones del pasado domingo en la lista del primero. Sin embargo,
- A brave election does not remedy Iraq’s dysfunction By a few indicators at least, Sunday’s national elections in Iraq went fairly well. Although several dozen civilians were killed and many Iraqis stayed home out of fear of attacks on voting booths and disgust with their new, largely distrusted political
- Accord Paves Way for Re-election of Iraq Premier BAGHDAD — Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki of Iraq appeared almost assured of a second term in office on Friday after securing the support of an anti-American Shiite Islamic movement whose return to political power could profoundly complicate relati
- After Iraq Vote, Iran Weighs In on the New Government BAGHDAD — Iran may seem an unlikely place to turn for guidance when it comes to putting together a democratic government, but that is exactly what most of Iraq’s political class did immediately after last month’s parliamentary elections.
- Allawi Victory in Iraq Sets Up Period of Uncertainty BAGHDAD — The secular party of Ayad Allawi, a former interim prime minister once derided as an American puppet, won a wafer-thin victory in Iraq’s election, setting the stage for a protracted period of political uncertainty and possible violence that
- Back to Baghdad BAGHDAD — Today I flew into the airport that I helped to build nearly 30 years ago. In 1981 I was a new graduate of Baghdad University’s civil engineering department, and I was appointed a site engineer at the partly-constructed airport.
- Barbershop Politics in Baghdad BAGHDAD – “We are brothers in this barbershop,” Sadiq al-Jaff, a barber, said when I showed up for a haircut and, this being election season, a sampling of the voters’ mood.
- Biden, in Iraq, Urges Leaders to Form Government BAGHDAD — Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. drew an analogy to the signers of the Declaration of Independence on Sunday in exhorting Iraqi leaders to end the paralysis that has stalled the formation of a government since the parliamentary elections fou
- Building a stable Iraq We stand at the threshold of a monumental juncture in the Iraqi-American relationship. A great many sacrifices by the Iraqi and the American people have enabled Iraq to discard the squalid regime of Saddam Hussein and establish a free and democratic socie
- Carlos Latuff: Cartoonist and opinion-maker BEIRUT, December 23, 2008 (MENASSAT) — Carlos Latuff, 40, is nothing short of a one-man cartoon wrecking-ball when he hits the ink. Based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Latuff has spent the last 15 plus years crafting a style that can best be described as
- De-Baathification barred officials' restoration unconstitutional, says lawmaker Erbil, Nov. 20 (AKnews)- A member of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI), led by the Shia clergy Ammar Al-Hakim, said some officials were barred from office under article seven of the Iraqi constitution and their restoration will violate it.
- Deadly car bombings hit Iraq city At least seven people have been killed in three near-simultaneous car bombings in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk. Dozens of bystanders were also injured as the blasts, which detonated around 10:25am local time, tore through the offices of Kurdish inte
- Democratic attitudes and practices in Iraq, 1921-1958. The prevalent perception is that democracy is untenable in Iraq because, it is argued, the country has an authoritarian political culture and no history of democratic institutions. This article presents a counter-narrative that shows that Iraq and its peo
- Early Backer of War, Finally Within Grasp of Power “I did more than anyone else in persuading the U.S. to get rid of Saddam,” said Ahmad Chalabi, sitting in the dark next to his empty swimming pool.
- El primer ministro iraquí pide a los kurdos que capturen al vicepresidente El ‘número dos’ en la presidencia está acusado de dirigir escuadrones de la muerte El alto cargo, de confesión suní, niega las acusaciones y sale de Bagdad La minoría suní ve una persecución sectaria en marcha por parte del Gobierno
- Faisal King of Iraq Photos from the 1920’s Iraq
- Followers of Sadr Emerge Stronger After Iraq Elections BAGHDAD — The followers of Moktada al-Sadr, a radical cleric who led the Shiite insurgency against the American occupation, have emerged as Iraq’s equivalent of Lazarus in elections last week, defying ritual predictions of their demise and now threate
- From beyond the grave, Saddam reveals all (nearly) Under questioning by the FBI during 20 formal interviews and at least five “casual conversations” over a four-month period from February to May 2004 after his capture by US troops in December 2003, Saddam said he had made a mistake in destroying Baghdad’s
- From beyond the grave, Saddam reveals all (nearly) Some of the last, frank thoughts and confessions of President Saddam Hussein of Iraq have been revealed in transcripts of a remarkable series of interviews with the former dictator’s interrogators.
- Global Justice Project Iraq Amazing web-site with numeros resources to Iraq constitutional documents
- How an Inflammatory Term, Baathist, Bars Candidates in Iraq BAGHDAD — Seven years after the United States-led invasion, and three years after the leader it overthrew was executed, a question in Iraq remains unanswered: Who is a Baathist?
- In Early Tally, Tight Iraq Race Deepens Splits BAGHDAD — Iraq’s major coalitions were locked in a surprisingly close race on Thursday, in initial results from elections that deepened divisions across a fractured landscape. Candidates were quick to charge fraud, heightening concerns whether Iraq’
- In Iraq, New Leadership but Same Reality BAGHDAD—Operation New Dawn is rising over Baghdad, but all too often the first light of sun is beaten by the first sound of rockets. The sound of explosions from the Green Zone across the river is a familiar sound to anyone in Baghdad.
- Irak el fracaso de la reconstrucción
- Iraq breaks record for longest time with no government BAGHDAD – Iraq on Friday will surpass the previous record for the country that has gone the longest between holding a parliamentary election and forming a government, experts say.
- Iraq Censorship Laws Move Ahead BAGHDAD — The doors of the communications revolution were thrown open in Iraq after the American-led invasion in 2003: In rushed a wave of music videos featuring scantily clad Turkish singers, Web sites recruiting suicide bombers, racy Egyptian soap ope
- Iraq constitution ‘prohibits’ Allawi premiership t is not possible for Iyad Allawi to become the Iraqi prime minister according to Iraq’s constitution, an Iraqi political expert has told National Iraqi News Agency (NINA). “According to Article 77 of the Iraqi Constitution, Iyad Allawi can not becom
- Iraq General Elections-الانتخابات العامة في العراق
- Iraq PM seeks manual vote recount Nouri al-Maliki, Iraq’s prime minister, has asked the country’s electoral commission to respond to demands for a vote recount. In a statement issued on Sunday, he said it was necessary to respond to the allegations of irregularities in order to preserve
- Iraq Urged to Lift Media Restrictions Rights groups say Iraq should amend its regulations on content, calling them “Vague, Susceptible to Abuse” Media restrictions imposed by the Iraqi government have come under fire, with human rights groups calling for them to be lifted. Human Rights
- Iraq's election results The results of the Iraqi elections are surprisingly close – with Nouri al-Maliki, Iraq’s current prime minister, neck-and-neck with Iyad Allawi, the country’s former prime minister. Allawi and his secular bloc are likely to gain four times as many seats
- Iraq, Rewriting Its History, Treats Recent Events Cautiously BAGHDAD — During the sectarian violence here, she saw with her own eyes bodies scattered around the yard of the school where she is now principal. But May Abul Wahab is not allowed to teach her students anything about the American invasion of Iraq or th
- IRAQ: Election Sets Off New Political Tussle BAGHDAD, Apr 10, 2010 (IPS) – The March elections have only deepened political divisions, and brought more violence.
- Iraq: the party in power The Ba’ath party polices Iraq for Saddam Hussein, as much informally as formally. It is cited by foreign governments as a major power, but few know how it is organised and how much support it genuinely has, as opposed to lipservice from ordinary Iraqis
- Iraqi MPs approve new electoral law BAGHDAD — Iraqi lawmakers finally approved a new version of a stalled electoral law late on Sunday, paving the way for parliamentary polls to be held early next year.
- Iraqi parliamentary election, 2010 The election decided the 325 members of the Council of Representatives of Iraq who will elect the Prime Minister of Iraq and the President of Iraq. The election resulted in a partial victory for the Iraqi National Movement, led by former Interim Prime Min
- Iraqi Political Theater, Even as Democracy Struggles BAGHDAD — Two dozen members of Iraq’s newly elected Parliament, including leaders of most of the main coalitions, actually met in Parliament here on Sunday.
- Iraqis Awash in Gifts From Candidates BAGHDAD — There are many ways to describe the campaign strategies now being employed in Iraq. Subtle is not one of them.
- Iraqis divided on joint security MOSUL, Iraq — Combined Security Units in northern Iraq were set up earlier this year to try to bring Iraqis together.
- La participación en las elecciones iraquíes alcanza el 62% Una hilera de iraquíes esperan sentados cada nueva apertura de una urna para ponerse a contar los votos en la sede de la Comisión Electoral Independiente. Es una tarea compleja ya que hay que clasificar las papeletas destinadas a cada uno de los 6.172 c
- LA POLÉMICA CONSTITUCIÓN IRAQUÍ Desde que la Constitución iraquí fue aprobada a finales del 2005 la discusión y la polémica no han cesado y el enfrentamiento entre las diferentes fuerzas políticas de Irak se ha agudizado, especialmente por causa de algunos artículos de la nueva co
- Lampooning Candidates in Iraq In the rough and tumble world of Iraqi politics, where assassinations are an ever-present threat, it is the old-fashioned art of the satirical political cartoon that still has the ability to cut de
- Lo que queda de Iraq Apesar de que los mandamases del mundo aseguraran en 2003 que la guerra de Iraq –lo llamaban guerra, cuando en realidad fue una invasión ilegal– había sido limpia, eficaz y exitosa, los que estábamos en Bagdad sabíamos que aquello de exitoso habí
- Maliki Contests the Result of Iraq Vote BAGHDAD — Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki’s party lost the Iraqi election, but a day after the results were announced it became clear that he would fight to hold on to his post — and had taken steps to do so even before the outcome became public
- Member of Iraqi royal family sets sights on parliamentary seat Sharif Ali bin Hussein, a descendant of Iraq’s second king, is convinced of the need for a constitutional monarchy with him at the helm, but for now is only fighting for a seat in parliament.
- More Iraqis trying to move beyond sectarian divide After years of relative calm, many voters are keen to put divisions behind them. Political leaders oblige with several Sunni-Shiite blocs. But in north Iraq, Kurd-Arab tensions will test such efforts.
- More Iraqis trying to move beyond sectarian divide After years of relative calm, many voters are keen to put divisions behind them. Political leaders oblige with several Sunni-Shiite blocs. But in north Iraq, Kurd-Arab tensions will test such efforts.
- Noah Feldman an American Jew helped write the Iraqi constitution between 2003-2005 Noah Feldman is an American Jewish Lawyer handpicked by the Neo-Cons (Zionists in Washington) who knew nothing about Iraq but somehow he was sent to Iraq to help the Iraqis write a NEW Iraqi constitution in 2003 … Is this a joke or what … This tells y
- nths, Iraqi Lawmakers Approve a Government BAGHDAD — Iraq’s Parliament approved a new government on Tuesday, ending nine months of infighting that threatened to throw the nation into a constitutional crisis but leaving many festering problems unresolved.
- Obama pide a Maliki que tome medidas para la reconciliación nacional en Irak El primer ministro iraquí asegura que no permitirá que resurja el sectarismo
- Olives Irrigated With Blood Earlier this year the NYT’s Iraqi reporter in Diyala visited one of Al Qaeda’s former strongholds in the province, after years in which it was too dangerous to go there. He recalls the scene.
- Prospects for the Iraqi Shia The bickering within the ruling Iraqi Shia parliamentary bloc, the United Iraqi Alliance (UIA), continued this week with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki’s Daawa Party insisting on having a larger say in the UIA’s strategy, a stance that has been stron
- Remember Iraq? You will soon enough Iraq is receding from our national consciousness (Stephen Colbert’s efforts to remind us about the war notwithstanding). The combined effects of the success of the surge, President Bush signing a restrictive Status of Forces Agreement with the Maliki gove
- Resistencia Iraqui Documentos relacionados con la resistencia del pueblo de Iraq y de sus organizaciones frente a las fuerzas de ocupación. Diarios de la resistencia iraquí
- Results: Iraq's 2010 parliamentary election These are the latest province-by-province results from Iraq’s 2010 parliamentary election, as reported by the Independent High Electoral Commission. Two important notes: First, these are preliminary results. The number in the % column represents the perc
- Revolution in Egypt, Evolution in Iraq On the front page of Tuesday’s New York Times: Democracy protests in Iran, Yemen and Bahrain. But I want to talk about Iraq. As I mentioned on this page last week, the U.S. miscalculated badly there, spending hundreds of billions of dollars trying to brin
- Rise of the Baath Party in Iraq, 1959-1963 Qasim’s Press Conference Feb. 1963 Coup Details Reactions to the Coup U.S. Policy Towards Iraq Baath Shatters Communist Party of Iraq Communist Attempt Overthrow Govt Baath Politics Kurdish Separatism Harakiyin Plot, May, 1963 “Reactionary Plot and Spy
- Siete años después, un país a la deriva La ausencia de reconstrucción y la corrupción lastran Irak Las Fuerzas de Seguridad admiten no estar preparadas para la retirada de EEUU El paro alimenta las filas de Al Qaeda en Mosul y Diyala
- Speaking Freely Where Fear Rules BAGHDAD — At the end of a week that included two spectacular bomb attacks, Ali al-Nijar left his home to talk about poetry. Mr. Nijar, a retired professor of agriculture, was squeezed in among 60 others at a weekly literary salon on Baghdad’s Mutanabi
- Supreme Court's opinion of Article 76 of Iraqi Constitution Article 76 reads in part that “The president of the republic shall charge the nominee of the largest Council of Representatives bloc with the formation of the Council of Ministers within 15 days from the date of the election of the president of the repu
- Supreme Court's opinion of Article 76 of Iraqi Constitution. Article 76 reads in part that “The president of the republic shall charge the nominee of the largest Council of Representatives bloc with the formation of the Council of Ministers within 15 days from the date of the election of the president of the republ
- TALES OF IRAQ WAR by LATUFF The Tales of Iraq War blog has completed 3 years in May 2009. I hope you readers have found the cartoons published here useful on exposing the US war of agression against Iraq. I’m closing this blog but its archives won’t be deleted. All of my artworks ca
- Teen killed as Iraq guards fire into demo KUT, Iraq — A teenager was killed Wednesday when private guards shot at protesters who set fire to several Iraqi government offices, in the country’s most violent demonstrations since uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia.
- The Enemy Within
- The Saddam Files: His final interviews “Saddam stated he has served the Iraqi people for a very long time. He considers his greatest accomplishments to be the social programs for the citizens of Iraq and improvements in other sectors of the economy including enhancements to education, the heal
- The War Logs: The Iraq Documents The archive is the second cache obtained by the independent organization WikiLeaks and made available to several news organizations. The Iraq documents shed new light on the war. Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, faces a variety of challenges after his most brazen disclosure yet: posting 391,832 secret Pentagon documents on the Iraq war. Twelve weeks earlier, he had posted some 77,000 documents on the Afghan conflict.
- U.S. Gift for Iraqi Students Offers a Primer on Corruption BAGHDAD — The shipment of laptop computers that arrived in Iraq’s main seaport in February was a small but important part of the American military’s mission here to win hearts and minds. What happened afterward is a tale of good intentions mugged by
- UN: Dozens dead in Iranian exile camp raid Thirty-four Iranian exiles were killed when Iraqi soldiers stormed Camp Ashraf last week, a UN spokesman has revealed. The fatality count is the first independent death toll of the raid that has drawn sharp rebukes from Baghdad’s Western allies.
- الثقافة المقاومة في مواجهة الفتنة الطائفية والمذهبية والأثنية: العراق مثالاً – التاريخ الحديث والحركة المعاصرة في العراق شعب واحتلال، فما يجري ضد الاحتلال فهو من صنع الشعب، وما يجري ضد الشعب فهو من صنع الاحتلال
- دعوى ضد اجتثاث البعث قدم تجمع الوحدة الوطنية دعوى قضائية ضد أحد كبار المسؤولين في “هيئة اجتثاث البعث” التي تحولت إلى هيئة المساءلة والعدالة، على خلفية تصريحات أد
Iraq-Research بحث العراق
- Abd al-Karim Qasim Abd al-Karim Qasim (Arabic: عبد الكريم قاسم `Abd al-Karīm Qāsim) (1914 – February 9, 1963), was a nationalist Iraqi Army officer who seized power in a 1958 coup d’état, wherein the Iraqi monarchy was eliminated. He ruled the country a
- Accord Paves Way for Re-election of Iraq Premier BAGHDAD — Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki of Iraq appeared almost assured of a second term in office on Friday after securing the support of an anti-American Shiite Islamic movement whose return to political power could profoundly complicate relati
- “La conmemoración en 2011 de la invasión árabe traerá otro desgarro hispánico” Pedro Martínez Montávez (Jaén, 1933) es uno de los grandes arabistas españoles. Catedrático emérito de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, de la que fue rector, no pudo pronunciar ayer en Gijón la conferencia inaugural del encuentro sobre Irak, fin
- Biblioteca Virtual de Historia Constitucional Francisco Martínez Marina La Biblioteca Virtual de Historia Constitucional “Francisco Martínez Marina” responde a una nueva filosofía que se está imponiendo merced a los avances tecnológicos. Las Bibliotecas de las Universidades, antaño centros culturales de exclusivo acces
- Biden, in Iraq, Urges Leaders to Form Government BAGHDAD — Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. drew an analogy to the signers of the Declaration of Independence on Sunday in exhorting Iraqi leaders to end the paralysis that has stalled the formation of a government since the parliamentary elections fou
- British Colonialism and Repression in Iraq Britain set up a colonial regime in Iraq after a long military campaign during World War I. In response to Iraqi resistance, including a country-wide uprising in 1920, British forces battled for over a decade to pacify the country, using airplanes, armore
- Building a stable Iraq We stand at the threshold of a monumental juncture in the Iraqi-American relationship. A great many sacrifices by the Iraqi and the American people have enabled Iraq to discard the squalid regime of Saddam Hussein and establish a free and democratic socie
- CONSTITUCIONALISMO MODERNO Hace más de 60 años, Charles Howard McIlwain abrió su clásico tratado Constitucionalismo Antiguo y Moderno con esta frase: “Parece ser el momento para examinar el principio general del constitucionalismo […] un examen que debería incluir alguna c
- El primer ministro iraquí pide a los kurdos que capturen al vicepresidente El ‘número dos’ en la presidencia está acusado de dirigir escuadrones de la muerte El alto cargo, de confesión suní, niega las acusaciones y sale de Bagdad La minoría suní ve una persecución sectaria en marcha por parte del Gobierno
- EURAMES Eurames is the organizer of the European network of Middle Eastern Studies, an academic exchange or information concerning research on the Middle East. Eurames runs the Eurames Info Service via email, and will host thematic working groups and links to Eur
- Faisal King of Iraq Photos from the 1920’s Iraq
- Global Justice Project Iraq Amazing web-site with numeros resources to Iraq constitutional documents
- Historia Constitucional “Historia Constitucional” es una Revista coeditada por el Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales de Madrid, adscrito al Ministerio español de la Presidencia, y el Seminario de Historia Constitucional “Martínez Marina”, que a su vez cuenta con
- Iraq breaks record for longest time with no government BAGHDAD – Iraq on Friday will surpass the previous record for the country that has gone the longest between holding a parliamentary election and forming a government, experts say.
- Iraq presents a lesson from history Our armies do not come into your cities and lands as conquerors or enemies, but as liberators Lt Gen Sir Stanley Maude in Baghdad, 1917
- Iraq, Rewriting Its History, Treats Recent Events Cautiously BAGHDAD — During the sectarian violence here, she saw with her own eyes bodies scattered around the yard of the school where she is now principal. But May Abul Wahab is not allowed to teach her students anything about the American invasion of Iraq or th
- Iraqi Political Theater, Even as Democracy Struggles BAGHDAD — Two dozen members of Iraq’s newly elected Parliament, including leaders of most of the main coalitions, actually met in Parliament here on Sunday.
- Middle East Images in the Prints and Photographs Division: Subject Overview The Middle East visual materials came to P&P through copyright deposit, gift, and purchase, and today total about 75,000 items. As of 2009, most of these have images or descriptive information available in the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog (
- Middle East Images site Lessons from the past for the future
- Photographs Online Catalog – Abdul Hamid II Collection The photos in this collection were originally presented to the Library of Congress by Sultan Abdul-Hamid II in 1894. He gave a near-duplicate set of the albums to the British Museum. Most of the photos promote the Empire’s modernization, with institutio
- The Enemy Within
- The War Logs: The Iraq Documents The archive is the second cache obtained by the independent organization WikiLeaks and made available to several news organizations. The Iraq documents shed new light on the war. Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, faces a variety of challenges after his most brazen disclosure yet: posting 391,832 secret Pentagon documents on the Iraq war. Twelve weeks earlier, he had posted some 77,000 documents on the Afghan conflict.
- U.S. Withdrawal Will Let Iraq Revive Its Own Constitution To extricate the United States from the tragic mess it has created with its invasion and occupation of Iraq, and to restore sovereignty to that beleaguered country, Democratic Presidential candidate Lyndon LaRouche proposed in a Nov. 28 statement to “Rest
- What the British learned in 1920 by not leaving Iraq In 1920, a Shiite revolt erupted against British occupiers, who had arrived in Mesopotamia at the start of World War I. Britain pushed out Ottoman forces, but didn’t move fast enough to create a promised new nation state. The uprising surprised the Britis
- إخوان مصر يؤيدون تعديلات الدستور
- حصرياً على موقع «الأخبار»: وثائق جديدة من ويكيليكس بدأت «الأخبار» بالنشر على موقعها كلّ ما حصلت عليه حصراً من وثائق ويكيليكس، والمتعلّقة بمجموعة من الدول العربية (مصر، العراق، المغرب، تونس،
Líbano en español لبنان باللغة الاسبانية
- “La conmemoración en 2011 de la invasión árabe traerá otro desgarro hispánico” Pedro Martínez Montávez (Jaén, 1933) es uno de los grandes arabistas españoles. Catedrático emérito de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, de la que fue rector, no pudo pronunciar ayer en Gijón la conferencia inaugural del encuentro sobre Irak, fin
- Cientos de miles de libaneses lloran en el entierro del padre espiritual de Hezbolá Cientos de miles de personas, según informa Reuters, han participado hoy en el entierro en Beirut del gran ayatolá Sayed Mohamed Husein Fadlalá. Así lo describe la agencia británica: “Un mar de hombres y mujeres llegados de todo Líbano, vestidos de
- El hombre que lucha por la paz en Líbano Es un general. Pero es sobre todo un mediador. Alberto Asarta es el primer español que dirige una operación de Naciones Unidas. Está al mando de 12.000 soldados de 35 países que quieren acabar con décadas de hostilidades en Líbano. Setenta y dos hor
- Elecciones parlamentarias en Líbano
- España es un país peligroso Lo digo sin la menor duda. Lo afirmo. Lo aseguro. España se ha convertido en un país más peligroso que Líbano. Por eso he decidido regresar. No es por amor al riesgo. Es por odio al retroceso. Hay que luchar para impedir que caiga en la miseria moral
- History Repeats Itself Conflict and uncertainty threaten to divide Lebanon again The intense diplomatic activity surrounding Lebanon is a clear sign that something is afoot in this divided and vulnerable country. At stake is Lebanon’s political and military security, threatened at once by the controversy surrounding the Hariri tribu
- Hizbollah members talk to tribunal investigating Hariri murder BEIRUT // The militant group Hizbollah has been co-operating with investigators from the special tribunal for Lebanon pursuing the murderers of the former prime minister Rafiq Hariri.
- La coalición antisiria y prooccidental gana las elecciones en Líbano
- La oposición libanesa acepta formar parte del Gobierno de unidad de Hariri El consentimiento ha sido firmado, entre otros, por el máximo dirigente del movimiento chií libanés Hizbulá, Hasan Nasralá, por el líder cristiano Michel Aoun y por el presidente del Parlamento y también dirigente chií, Nabih Berri
- La policía libanesa busca espías de Israel en la zona supervisada por tropas españolas
- Libros de texto sectarios para un país desmemoriado La Historia de los últimos 60 años no se estudia en el Líbano por sus implicaciones políticas “Estamos educando a una generación de niños que se identifican con su comunidad y no con su nación. Sin Historia no hay unidad” Unos 20 libros de te
- Mueren tres soldados libaneses y un oficial israelí en un tiroteo Al menos tres soldados libaneses y un periodista de la misma nacionalidad, y un teniente coronel israelí han muerto en choques armados con el Ejército israelí en la zona fronteriza entre ambos países, según la agencia Reuters. Se trata del enfrentami
- Nasralá: "No toleraremos ninguna violación de nuestro territorio" Hasan Nasralá ha salido a la palestra convertido en hombre de Estado. Llamó a la prudencia, puso su milicia a disposición del país y al final ha amenazado: “Líbano entero, no toleraremos ninguna violación sobre un milímetro de nuestro sagrado terri
Líbia لبيا
- Antiaircraft Missiles on the Loose in Libya In February, in the early stages of the uprising, large numbers of the missiles slipped from the hands of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s government as the rebels established control over eastern Libya and the ammunition depots there. The leakage resumed rece
- Gadafi lanza una ofensiva para recuperar varias ciudades del este de Libia Fuerzas leales al dictador combaten contra los insurgentes de Marsa el Brega.- Rebeldes de Ajdabiyah se unen a la defensa de la ciudad sitiada.-Líderes insurgentes reclaman a la comunidad internacional el establecimiento de una zona de exclusión aérea
- Libya is united in popular revolution – please don't intervene We welcome a no-fly zone, but the blood of Libya’s dead will be wasted if the west curses our uprising with failed intervention
- Libya protests: Col Gaddafi under mounting pressure Col Muammar Gaddafi’s regime is under pressure amid unprecedented protests in the Libyan capital and defections by senior diplomats.
- Libya under Muammar Gaddafi Ian Black charts the recent history of Libya, from the rise of Gaddafi to Lockerbie to a thaw with the west
- Libya's falling tyrant Gaddafi reaps what he has sown during his four-decade rule: terror, nepotism, tribal politics and abuse of power.
- Más de 100 muertos en Libia, según la organización de derechos humanos HRW La cfira de fallecidos en las protestas en Libia se eleva por encima de las cien personas. Es el último cálculo facilitado por la organización de derechos humanos Human Rights Watch, con la que coincide Amnistía Internacional. El número real podría
- منطق الثورات ومآلاتها تضفي الثورات الشعبية على الاجتماع السياسي مغزاه الإنساني، وتحول الشعب من ركام من البشر لا يجمع بينه إلا جامع الجغرافيا، إلى مجموعة من العقل
- مصادر: إسرائيل وراء مرتزقة القذافي كشف مصدر إعلامي إسرائيلي عن وقوف مؤسسة أمنية إسرائيلية -وبتفويض من الحكومة الإسرائيلية- وراء إرسال مجموعات من المرتزقة الأفارقة إلى ليبيا ل
- النظام الليبي من الراديكالية إلى السقوط
- انضمام كتائب من جيش ليبيا للثورة انضمت كتائب الجيش الليبي في منطقة الجبل الأخضر إلى ما سمتها ثورة الشعب الليبي، في حين نشر الجيش الليبي أعدادا كبيرة من الجنود بمدينة صبراتة
- ثورات العرب.. قمع وعنف ودماء
Lebanon English لبنان ياللغة الانكلزية
- 23 Lebanese Prisoners Freed from Syrian Jails Twenty-three Lebanese prisoners have been released from Syrian jails in a goodwill gesture by the Syrian government.
- A Bad Season for Elections and Hashish http://www.khitat.org/KhitatsArticles.asp?PageId=3&id=163
- Al-Tufaily to al-Hayat: Hezbollah could have been Lebanon’s salvation instead of its plague In an interview published by Al-Hayat newspaper, Sheikh Sohbi Al-Tufaily a former Hezbollah Secretary General who is now one of the most outspoken figures against Hezbollahs role in the East and North Bekaa discusses elections, politics in the Bekaa, and
- Aoun: Dahyieh Doesn't Have Its 'Own Security' Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun on Wednesday stressed that Dahyieh does not have a security of its own and added that the Lebanese State should be responsible for security, “especially upon the occurrence of crimes.”
- BBC pulls series as Hizbollah protests The three-part series, Murder in Beirut, was due to begin showing on BBC World on Saturday, but was postponed indefinitely as its compliance with “editorial guidelines” was investigated, the corporation said.
- Beats and Breath Since the death of his mother in August of 2009 and since the demise of the news website MENASSAT(dot)com (English Editor, 07′-09′), Jackson has returned to his roots – embracing hip-hop and soul music in the Middle-East. Archivist, storyteller, rep
- Beirut, the Provincetown of the Middle East THE pre-party began at 9 p.m. in Bertho Makso’s room at the Bella Riva Suite Hotel, and by 9:05 p.m. the air was awash in cologne, hair spray, cigarette smoke and gossip about the night ahead. Would a certain 20-something from West Beirut be at the beac
- Bkirki Unhappy About Berri's Circular on Abolishment of Confessionalism The seat of the Maronite church is reportedly unhappy about a circular sent by Speaker Nabih Berri to foreign missions in Beirut on abolishment of confessionalism in politics.
- Chronology of Israeli attacks on Lebanon As Arab Media Watch intern Elizabeth Saleh shows, the 2006 invasion of Lebanon is just the latest in a series of Israeli aggressions against the country going back almost 60 years. 13 November 2006
- CNN: A synagogue reborn in Beirut, Lebanon Lebanon respects all divine religions
- Controlled Fun in Dahiyeh The Beirut Mall is located at the old Saida road in the south Dahiyed district, between a Christian neighborhood, mostly inhabited by supporters of Dr. Samir Yahyah, and a Muslim neighborhood, known for being a Shiite area supporting “Harakat Amal”. T
- Could Iran be plotting a Hizbollah offensive to take the heat off its leaders? The house stands pulverised in the little valley behind Khirbet Silm, an unfinished two-storey villa that is now a grey mass of concrete rubble and dust, watched over by three sweating Lebanese soldiers.
- Courier case highlights co-operation BEIRUT // The tip came from a European intelligence service and was quickly confirmed by Syrian officials. A Syrian of Palestinian descent travelling with Greek documents planned to enter Lebanon with a cache of fake travel papers and money to help rebuil
- Fears of violence high in Tripoli Young men from rival neighborhoods in the northern port city of Tripoli recently admitted on the popular LBC political talk show Kalam an-Nas that, should push come to shove, they would take up arms to fight and kill each other. Since the interview, yet a
- GHOSTS THAT WON’T GO AWAY WHILE thousands of families wait anxiously for the chance to give a dignified burial to their loved ones, the drive to investigate Spain’s thousands of mass graves has bogged down in a legal quagmire.
- Hamas will fight alongside Hezbollah in next war Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:13:34 GMT The Hamas political representative in Lebanon says the Palestinian resistance group will fight alongside Hezbollah should Israel launch a new offensive against Lebanon.
- Hezbollah facing exceptional challenges in its 8th General Conference. The party of God, Hezbollah, is holding its Eighth General Conference under heightened security. This event was organized under extreme secrecy, spreading great frustration among those who want more information about it.
- Hezbollah's mobilization of the multitudes On Wednesday, two male STL investigators — an Australian and a Frenchman — visited the office of gynecologist Iman Sharara in Southern Beirut, a Hezbollah stronghold, after making an appointment with the purpose of examining the records of at least 14 p
- Hezbollah's New Political Platform Traboulsi’s article is an assessment and left critique of the main themes in Hezbollah’s new political platform. The platform was released on November 30 at the conclusion of a general congress that had met intermittently over several months. It was publi
- History lessons stymied in Lebanon Lebanon has a long and varied history, but schools steer clear of teaching about the country’s recent past, as the BBC’s Natalia Antelava found out when she visited a school in the capital, Beirut.
- Hizballah in Lebanon: Down but Hardly Out
- Hopeless helpless Lebanon Talking to Lady Yvonne Cochrane of Sursock. Lady Yvonne Sursock Cochrane has been fighting to preserve Lebanon’s heritage since 1960 when she founded the country’s first organization on the matter, the Association for the Protection of the Natural Sites and Ancient Buildings (APSAD). She presid
- Interview with Hezbollah's strategy man Ali Fayyad, 46, is an Oxford-trained political strategist for Hezbollah. He was elected to the Lebanese Parliament in June 2009.
- Israel Fears Confrontation with Hezbollah This “confession” was delivered by Israeli analysts and broadcasted by the Israeli Television, channel 10. According to the Israeli channel, the reason is too simple: Hezbollah destruction power has caused a mutual balance of deterrence between the Resist
- Israel Navy to take Lebanon gas resource The Israeli naval forces plan to enforce Tel Aviv’s claim over sea-based gas resources off Israel, including one belonging to Lebanon and another, which extends into the country’s waters.
- Israel threatens Lebanon and Obama Suddenly they were all over the place, arriving not as singles but in battalions. Many, like Maryland’s 5th District Rep Steny Hoyer had been to Israel nearly a dozen times; career stalwarts once more showing fealty to Israel’s brutal occupation of Palest
- Israel warns Lebanon amidst tensions on northern borde Israeli officials said Monday that they believe Hezbollah will try to escalate the tension on the Lebanon border by organizing civilian demonstrations and protests in the Har Dov area, as it did about a week ago, as part of an effort to launch a popular
- Kan Lebanon (Lebanon was like this) Rayya Haddad
- Khalil: Berri Won't Form Commission of Abolishing Political Sectarianism 'on His Own' MP Ali Hassan Khalil on Saturday stressed that Speaker Nabih Berri “will not form the National Commission for the Abolition of Political Sectarianism on his own, but in a frame of understanding and cooperation among all political forces.”
- Las nuevas colonias judías causan la peor crisis entre Netanyahu y Obama Benjamín Netanyahu quebró el cristal con el codo y tuvo que entregar al vicepresidente de Estados Unidos, Joseph Biden, el certificado, sin enmarcar, que acredita que se han plantado árboles en el monte Herzl de Jerusalén en honor de su madre, gran ad
- Le Hangar, le cheikh et le Hezbollah. Incursion dans la Dahiye… Dahiye: le mot seul semble drainer son lot de stigmatisation. En arabe, il signifie simplement «banlieue». Au Liban, il désigne l’ensemble de la périphérie sud de la capitale, et sa connotation est tout sauf amicale. Depuis Beyrouth, la Dahiye est en
- Le Liban contemporain L’histoire du Liban contemporain, ce petit pays clé du Moyen-Orient objet des convoitises des puissances régionales et internationales depuis trois siècles, est mal connue. Elle a trop souvent été écrite en fonction de la géopolitique international
- Lebanese academic boycott of israel launched y Rania Masri and Marcy Newman [DissidentVoice] March 30th, 2009 – In remembering and commemorating Land Day, March 30, 1976, when six Palestinians were killed and almost 100 wounded by Israeli forces in Sakhnin during unarmed protests against the confisc
- Lebanese Forces War Archivo de Video de las Fuerzas Libanesas
- Lebanese hoping for ‘central bloc’ following election results
- Lebanese vote for the status quo
- Lebanon's battle against drugs
- Lebanon's First Male Stripper Says It's All About the Skin “It wasn’t my idea,” he tells The Media Line. “I was at a bachelorette party and some foreign girls dared us to do something for the bride. None of the other guys did anything, but they pressured me to do something cute because I have the look and the bod
- Lebanon's Parliamentary Elections: Anticipating Opportunities and Challenges his report is the first of two papers addressing Lebanon’s parliamentary elections. It is based on research conducted in Lebanon as part of a pre-election observation trip sponsored by the National Democratic Institute as well as the author’s ongoing work
- Lebanon's political rivals meet in football 'friendly' Rival political leaders in Lebanon have marked the 35th anniversary of the outbreak of the civil war with a football match to show their unity.
- LEBANON: Filmmaker takes on violence and masculinity in new short movie about militias When fighting erupted in Beirut in May 2008, filmmaker Katia Jarjoura found herself literally caught in the middle as scenes from Lebanon’s 15-year civil war appeared to play out right before her eyes.
- LEBANON: Professor condemned for scholarly work with Israeli counterparts A politically charged uproar has erupted on the campus of a leafy university over the academic collaboration between a local Arab professor and two Israeli counterparts.
- LEBANON: Security forces destroy 'one third' of hashish plantations Most summers, if Lebanon isn’t paralyzed by war, civil strife or political crisis, security forces make a show of razing hashish fields in the fertile Bekaa Valley, an exercise in futility that leaves enough crops for the drug to remain the country’s
- LEBANON: Snoop Dogg brings West Coast style to East Beirut Snoop Dogg’s visit followed a 2006 concert by rap megastar 50 Cent. A month later a war between Hezbollah and Israel devastated Lebanon’s economy and drove away tourists as well as hot international acts. Both started trickling back last year.
- LEBANON: Walid Jumblatt's exit could weaken U.S.-backed coalition The United States and its allies in Lebanon may have celebrated their electoral victory too soon. Key Druze ally and former neo-conservative darling Walid Jumblatt has announced his departure from the U.S. and Saudi-backed March 14 coalition, which won a
- Lebanon: What lies beneath Twenty years on from the end of the Lebanese civil war, Rageh Omaar asks why there are still question marks over the fate of those who disappeared during the 15-year conflict. Civil movements representing families of an estimated 17,000 Lebanese missing
- Lebanon: What lies beneath Twenty years on from the end of the Lebanese civil war, Rageh Omaar asks why there are still question marks over the fate of those who disappeared during the 15-year conflict. Civil movements representing families of an estimated 17,000 Lebanese missing
- Lebanon’s Top Shiite Cleric Dies BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, died Sunday after a long illness, a close aide and a hospital official said. He was 75.
- Legal limbo raqi refugees at the General Security detention center are starving themselves. That was the Facebook message sent out last week by The Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH), which said some refugees were on hunger strike to protest against their detent
- Levant basin holds 122 trillion cubic feet of natural gas An estimated 122 trillion cubic feet of undiscovered, recoverable natural gas are in the Levant Basin Province in the eastern Mediterranean region, according to a new report
- Malikah, the queen of Arab hip hop Talking to female rapper Malikah wenty-four-year-old rapper Lynn Fattouh, better known as Malikah, has been performing for almost a decade now. At the tender age of 16, she managed to break onto the music scene in Lebanon, which became a stepping stone to stardom. The half-Lebanese, half
- Massaker film about the Lebanese Civil War
- MIDDLE EAST: Israel, Hezbollah in warning war Israel keeps an eye on its northern neighbor. An ear, too. After a long silence during which multiple espionage rings were uncovered in Lebanon, Israel informed the United Nations that it would continue to gather intelligence in Lebanon so long as the gov
- Moussawi says all foreigners in Lebanon could be spies Loyalty to the Resistance bloc MP Nawwaf Moussawi told AFP on Tuesday that security must be stepped up for all foreigners entering Lebanon as they could be secret agents like those who murdered a top Hamas militant in Dubai.
- Najjar: Considerable Progress in Solving Issue of Missing Lebanese Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar has reassured the Lebanese that considerable progress has been made in the issue of Lebanese missing or jailed in Syria. Najjar told Future News on Thursday that the progress was made after Premier Saad Hariri’s visit to Da
- Netanyahu Warns Lebanon Over Hezbollah Power – Share JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel will hold Lebanon responsible for any future Hezbollah attack should the Iranian- and Syrian-backed militia be brought into Beirut’s incoming government, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday.
- Oil imports Lebanon's leading source of VAT collected at customs BEIRUT: Figures issued by Lebanon’s Finance Ministry show that revenues from value-added tax (VAT) collected at customs accounted for 75.3 percent of overall VAT receipts in 2008, while the balance of 24.7 percent came from VAT collected from internal e
- Old Wine in Older Skins: Lebanon Elects Another Parliament On June 8, when all votes are cast and counted between the glitzy urban quarters of Beirut and the dusty hamlets of the Bekaa valley, the Lebanese elections will have produced one certain winner: the local advertising industry. Despite a newly imposed cap
- Opportunity in a Fight With Israel WASHINGTON — For President Obama, getting into a serious fight with Israel carries obvious domestic and foreign political risks. But it may offer the administration a payoff it sees as worthwhile: shoring up Mr. Obama’s credibility as a Middle East pe
- Petraeus questions Hezbollah's existence BEIRUT, Lebanon, June 2 (UPI) — The reason for Hezbollah to exist will end once a resolution is established to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, U.S. Gen. David Petraeus said.
- Pro-Settler Rabbi Tells IDF Troops Vatican and Hezbollah Conspire to Exterminate Jews Just when I think that the IDF and Israel’s far-right religious leadership cannot get any weirder, they surprise me yet again. The IDF distributed to its soldiers a pamphlet endorsed by a far-right pro-settler rabbi and written by the American Orthodox
- Protests in Lebanon over Gaza wall At least three people have been injured in Lebanon when police clashed with demonstrators protesting against Egypt’s decision to build a wall along its border with Gaza.
- Psychological Operations during the Israel-Lebanon War 2006 On 12 July 2006 Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon crossed the border into Israel, killed eight soldiers and abducted two others. Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah said that a prisoner exchange was the only way to secure the release of the soldiers, w
- Rarity in Region, Lebanese Paper Dares to Provoke BEIRUT, Lebanon — Ibrahim al-Amine, the hawk-eyed editorial chairman of Al Akhbar, describes his newspaper’s founding ambitions this way: “We wanted the U.S. ambassador to wake up in the morning, read it and get upset.”
- Rebuilding of Lebanon's oldest synagogue begins BEIRUT — Laborers have torn down the disintegrating roof, cleared the debris and erected scaffolding, showing Wednesday that the long delayed renovation of Lebanon’s oldest and most important synagogue has finally begun.
- Resistance films in Beirut’s southern suburb A crowd of over 300 people separated into male and female seating sections inside a plush red auditorium stood up for the Lebanese national anthem. After a muffled applause, the Iranian national anthem projected over the audience. To read more: http://no
- Robert Fisk: Action undercover Almost 30 years ago, a British diplomat asked me to lunch in Beirut. Despite rumours to the contrary, she told me on the phone, she was not a spy but a mere attaché, wanting only to chat about the future of Lebanon. These were kidnapping days in the Leba
- Robert Fisk: How the anti-Semites of Hizbollah have sent Anne Frank back into hiding “This young woman who upsets people…” was the headline in Lebanon’s L’Orient Littáraire yesterday. The teenager was Anne Frank, who died of typhoid at Bergen-Belsen in 1945 after being betrayed to the Nazi authorities, along with her family, in her Ams
- Robert Fisk: The tree-lined bunkers that could change the face of the Middle East It looks like a hop, skip and a jump. There’s the first electrified fence, then the dirt strip to identify footprints, then the tarmac road, then one more electrified fence, and then acres and acres of trees. Orchards rather than tanks. Galilee spreads be
- Summer Heats Up in Lebanon Six weeks after the pro-West March 14 coalition defeated the Hizballah-led alliance in Lebanon’s parliamentary elections, no new government has been formed in Beirut. Although March 14 leader Saad Hariri was given a mandate back in early June to become pr
- The Hizbollah project: last war, next war The Hizbollah movement in Lebanon emerged intact and confident from war with Israel in July-August 2006. Since then it has reinvented its strategy, arsenal and thinking to pose an even greater threat to its enemy to the south. A forensic portrait of the w
- The Institute for Palestinain Studies The Institute for Palestine Studies (IPS) is the only institute in the world exclusively devoted to research, analysis, and publication on Palestinian affairs and the Arab-Israeli conflict. IPS was established in Beirut in 1963 and also has offices in Was
- The Militarization of Sex Mohammad, a 40-year old Lebanese Shiite who lives in Hezbollah’s stronghold in Beirut’s southern suburbs, was holding forth on the virtues of resistance, loyalty, and sex. “You could create the most loyal army by providing political power, social services
- The Sovereignty Conspiracy One Saturday morning in the middle of last June, I was abruptly awoken by the noise of a compressor under my balcony, which faces al-Ghobeiri street. What really surprised me was that the workers in this site did not offer any identification informing the
- UN troops attacked by civilians BEIRUT // A mysterious explosion last week in a South Lebanon village controlled by the Shiite Islamist group Hizbollah has led Israel to call for an expanded mandate for United Nations peacekeepers to search for weapons stockpiles hidden by the group alo
- Unexploded mines: Lebanon’s hidden horrors NABATIYEH, LEBANON // Along the imaginary Blue Line that demarcates the border of south Lebanon, military bases squat on the Israeli side, all but touching the rusty wire fence
- لبنان وتداعيات القرار الظني المحتمل لم يكن اغتيال رئيس الوزراء اللبناني الأسبق رفيق الحريري في فبراير/ شباط 2005 مجرد اغتيال عابر، ليس فقط لأن إدارة الرئيس الأميركي السابق جورج ب
- Vatican teaching Hezbollah how to kill Jews, says pamphlet for IDF troops The Pope and the cardinals of the Vatican help organize tours of Auschwitz for Hezbollah members to teach them how to wipe out Jews, according to a booklet being distributed to Israel Defense Forces soldiers.
- What the Romans Wrought in Lebanon These days, if you visit the Roman ruins of Baalbeck in Lebanon you will likely be followed by Hezbollah before, during and after the visit. On the Bekaa Valley main road that runs into the town of Baalbeck, your car is likely to be tailed by nippy little
- Whom Do You Work For, Jamileh? I will not tell here the long story of marginalization and contempt faced at the hands of some “agitators” and the “Hezbollahis” as a student at Lebanese University – sometimes under the pretext of a “taqlif sharai” [religious ordinance], and other times
- WikiLeaks and the myth of a “Lebanonized” Hezbollah The classified military documents obtained by WikiLeaks, which disclose Hezbollah’s role in Iraq under the direct command of the Iranian regime, may not be particularly surprising or even groundbreaking. However, they serve as a reminder of the reality
- Wine: Raising a vineyard in war-torn Lebanon THE vineyards that surrounded the simple brick house were shrouded in weeds, creating an impenetrable jungle between the arthritic, twisted branches of their vines. It was 35 years since Sami Ghosn had fled his family home at the start of Lebanon’s civil
- حصرياً على موقع «الأخبار»: وثائق جديدة من ويكيليكس بدأت «الأخبار» بالنشر على موقعها كلّ ما حصلت عليه حصراً من وثائق ويكيليكس، والمتعلّقة بمجموعة من الدول العربية (مصر، العراق، المغرب، تونس،
- سنة 2010: كيف واجه "حزب الله" المحكمة الدولية ؟ ماذا حقق وماذا خسر ؟ ما يزيد عن سبعة اشهر هي عمر الحرب الضروس، التي شنها “حزب الله” على المحكمة الدولية الخاصة بلبنان تحت عنوان انها “محكمة مسيّسة” ترمي الى استكما
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- Jiménez pide un informe 'independiente' y la oposición le dice que será su 'Waterloo' La ministra de Asuntos Exteriores, Trinidad Jiménez, ha solicitado hoy que haya un informe “claro e independiente” para conocer lo sucedido en los últimos días en El Aaiún a raíz del desalojo por la fuerza del campamento saharaui de Gdeim Izik a carg
- Miles de personas marchan en Marruecos reclamando más democracia Los vientos de cambio que soplan sobre el mundo árabe desde hace dos meses han llegado hoy a Marruecos. Su fuerza puede ser medida no tanto por el número de participantes, escaso en algunas ciudades, como por el atrevimiento de las pancartas y de los es
- Mohamed VI anuncia un recorte de sus poderes en respuesta a las protestas El rey Mohamed VI de Marruecos anunció anoche un drástico recorte de sus poderes tal y como reivindicaban las decenas de miles de manifestantes que, el pasado 20 de febrero, se echaron a la calle en medio centenar de ciudades marroquíes. Una nueva prot
- Rubalcaba dice que la principal amenaza para España viene del Sahel El terrorismo islamista ha desplazado a ETA como la primera amenaza para la seguridad, según ha explicado esta mañana el vicepresidente y ministro del Interior, Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, a los portavoces de los grupos parlamentarios reunidos a puerta ce
- ملك المغرب يعلن مشروع دستور جديد أعلن ملك المغرب محمد السادس الجمعة أنه تم وضع ميثاق دستوري ديمقراطي جديد، من أبرز سماته أن المسؤولين سيكونون أكثر عرضة للمحاسبة، وأن الحكوم
- العودة المظفرة تجسيد لانتصار إرادة العرش والشعب
- حصرياً على موقع «الأخبار»: وثائق جديدة من ويكيليكس بدأت «الأخبار» بالنشر على موقعها كلّ ما حصلت عليه حصراً من وثائق ويكيليكس، والمتعلّقة بمجموعة من الدول العربية (مصر، العراق، المغرب، تونس،
- سكان البيضاء يحتجون على الاستغلال السياسي للمطالب الاجتماعية لأبناء العيون نظمت عدة جمعيات، مساء أول أمس الأحد، وقفة احتجاجية في ساحة “نيفادا” بالدارالبيضاء، للتنديد بالاستغلال السياسي للمطالب الاجتماعية لسكان الأ
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- 'Salam alekum' Latinoamérica Líderes políticos, intelectuales, militares, banqueros, artistas y empresarios. Basta mencionar algunos nombres como el del ex presidente argentino Carlos Menem, de origen sirio, o el del empresario millonario mexicano Carlos Slim, de origen libanés, p
- 28 fusilados de la Guerra Civil encuentran descanso con la ayuda del hijo de su presunto verdugo Se le queda pequeño el cementerio al pueblo toledano de Alcaudete de la Jara. Cuatro hoyos recién excavados aguardan, tal vez ya tengan nombre, cerca de la tapia encalada del fondo. Es la penúltima fila de una cuadrícula de granito que se remonta al s
- A reporter remembers when Nelson Mandela united South Africa behind a rugby team When President Nelson Mandela strode onto the field at the final of the 1995 Rugby World Cup wearing the shirt of the largely white national team, the entire stadium appeared to catch its breath.
- Disappearances The call came around noon on Sunday. “What do you mean, Tita’s missing? Who was the last person to see her? Who was she with? Did she go to work on Saturday? What exactly did she tell her mother?” Establish-ing facts is always a good way to hold back one’
- Excelencia, esto ocurre en Auschwitz Una mañana, de los vagones bajan 45.000 judíos llegados de Salónica, demacrados y hambrientos. Unos 10.000 son seleccionados para los campos de trabajo y al resto los envían directamente al crematorio. Los que se salvan, hacinados en barracones, no so
- Former El Salvador leader in war crimes case MADRID, Spain (CNN) — Human rights groups from the United States and Spain filed a lawsuit in a Spanish court Thursday, charging El Salvador’s former president, Alfredo Cristiani, with covering up crimes against humanity.
- HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES NINETY-FOURTH SESSION The Human Rights Committee concluded today its ninety-fourth session, during which it considered and adopted concluding observations and recommendations on the reports submitted by Denmark, Monaco, Japan, Nicaragua and Spain on how they implement the prov
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- Kan Lebanon (Lebanon was like this) Rayya Haddad
- La memoria histórica del castrismo
- Libros de texto sectarios para un país desmemoriado La Historia de los últimos 60 años no se estudia en el Líbano por sus implicaciones políticas “Estamos educando a una generación de niños que se identifican con su comunidad y no con su nación. Sin Historia no hay unidad” Unos 20 libros de te
- Luchando contra la amnesia del Líbano 3 de marzo de 2009.- Cada exposición o acto organizado por UMAM se convierte, voluntaria o involuntariamente, en un acontecimiento en el Líbano. Algunos, como la última muestra –unas 600 fotografías pertenecientes a desaparecidos en la guerra civil,
- Massaker film about the Lebanese Civil War
- Montevideo sale a la calle para pedir el fin de la amnistía a la represión militar Uruguay celebra el próximo domingo un referendo para decidir sobre la continuidad de la norma que evitó los juicios contra el aparato represor de la dictadura
- Mutilado después de muerto Los arqueólogos encuentran restos humanos en la fosa de Pontevedra donde buscan a un joven de 19 años al que le cortaron un dedo para robarle un anillo en 1936
- Otra visión de Normandía
- Perú consagra su memoria histórica “Esto sí que es una excelente noticia”, dijo el escritor Mario Vargas Llosa el pasado viernes en su casa cuando su esposa le entregó un mensaje en el que le informaban desde Lima que el futuro Museo de la Memoria de Perú ya tenía un sitio en la capita
- Political storm over Spain's most famous judge Attempts to fire Spain’s most famous judge, who once came close to jailing Chilean ex-dictator Augusto Pinochet, have sparked a political storm with his supporters claiming conservative enemies are out for revenge.
- Remembering Woodstock Legendary concert, turning 40, helped locals stay hippie at heart
- Remembering: The value of shame Thirty years after it ended, many Spaniards feel the country must confront the legacy of the fascist Franco regime in order to move on. But as it is not always easy to tell victims from victimizers
- Seminario Memoria Histórica «No habrá Paz sin Verdad ni Justicia» El Centro de Estudiantes de Sociología y Politología de la Escuela de Ciencias Sociales y Políticas de la Universidad Nacional de Asunción organiza el Semianrio Memoria Histórica «No habrá Paz sin Verdad ni Justicia». Los crímenes cometidos duran
- Spain's Memory War: Judge Halts Attempt to Enforce Justice for Franco's Killings The attempt by a high-profile Spanish judge to establish accountability for killings carried out by the regime of General Franco during the 1936-1939 Civil War and Franco’s ensuing dictatorship appears to be at an end, after the judge announced on Novembe
- Spain: No global exception when investigating the crimes of the past Amnesty International has called on the Spanish government to comply with its international obligations regarding past crimes and to protect victims’ rights by ensuring there is an effective judicial enquiry into the enforced disappearances committed du
- Spanish judge faces court threat over civil war investigations Baltasar Garzón, a Spanish judge known for his pursuit of human rights abusers and terrorists, could himself face trial and soon be suspended from work for ordering investigations into killings during the Spanish civil war, his lawyer said yesterday.
- The case against Baltasar Garzon Spain’s famed judge has run afoul of his own countrymen over an inquiry on Spanish Civil War victims. The case could end his career.
- اختفاءات قسرية في لبنان — Enforced Disappearance in Lebanon — Disparitions forcées au Liban www.solida.org Centre Libanais des Droits Humains (CLDH) – Lebanese Center for Human Rights – المركز اللبناني لحقوق الانسان
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- 'Nakbah' 2010 A medida que pasan los años resulta cada vez más evidente que el mayor desafío al que debemos enfrentarnos es el triste hecho de que la Nakbah no ha terminado. Y cuando digo “debemos” me refiero a todos aquellos que individualmente o como miembros de a
- 'A prescription for civil war' Abu Abdullah has never been charged with a crime, but he has been arrested by Palestinian security forces so many times in the past two years that he has lost count.
- 'To Israel I am stained with blood' pproximately 10 months ago, Al Jazeera Arabic interviewed a man in Damascus, Syria who was believed to be part of a cell that had kidnapped and killed two Israeli soldiers, Avi Sasportas and Ilan Sa’adon, in 1989.
- "Confiamos en que Obama cumpla sus promesas a los palestinos" Si hay un país que puede obligar a Israel a cumplir sus obligaciones, ése es Estados Unidos. Lo afirma el ministro de Exteriores de la Autoridad Nacional Palestina (ANP), Riad Malki, que no ha perdido su confianza en el presidente Barack Obama a pesar d
- "El Gobierno israelí me detesta" El horror reciente del Holocausto nazi y una sensibilidad ancestral a la discriminación racial hizo que un altísimo porcentaje de los pocos blancos que lucharon contra el apartheid en Suráfrica fueran judíos. Uno de los más comprometidos y valientes
- "Es una pesadilla. Temo por mi vida" Les han robado su identidad y convertido en asesinos. Son siete ciudadanos israelíes de origen británico que emigraron a Israel y que amanecieron el martes transformados en agentes del Mosad. Sorprendidos al principio, y muy enojados algunos de ellos -o
- "Mi padre está orgulloso de venir a buscarme a prisión" Si sigue por este camino, Sahar será de las que verán la tarjeta roja, una más de ese reducido grupo de israelíes que son apestados para el establishment. No le importa. “Es necesario”, comenta, “el boicoteo a Israel. Sería bueno para esta sociedad.
- "No me arrepiento de nada" Su padre, abogado burgués y comunista, lo llamó Ilich Ramírez Sánchez cuando nació en Venezuela hace 59 años. Su madre, católica y conservadora, prefirió bautizarle como Carlos. La policía, inspirándose en una novela de la época, le apodó El C
- A Palestinian arrest so ridiculous even the Israeli judges smiled Something about 12-year-old Bassam caused two Israelis to smile. Two Palestinians noticed, but did not remember their smiles as being disparaging or arrogant. On the contrary. The Palestinians regarded the smiles as a rare moment in which two Israelis –
- Aceitunas de alto riesgo en Cisjordania Con la llegada del otoño, los olivares en Cisjordania se convierten en el gran campo de batalla israelí-palestino. Estos días, la violencia se concentra en las terrazas de cultivos de los territorios ocupados y se cobra el enésimo daño colateral de e
- Activistas españoles de La Flotilla de la Libertad ocupan la Embajada de España en Atenas Un grupo de activistas españoles, miembros del movimiento Rumbo a Gaza, han ocupado este martes la sede de la Embajada de España en Atenas para protestar contra la prohibición griega de que su barco -como todos los demás- parta hacia la Franja de Gaza
- Al Qaeda choca con Hamás en Gaza Desde el púlpito de una mezquita, el clérigo Abdelatif Musa declaró en agosto la fundación del Emirato Islámico de Rafah. Duró horas. La policía del Gobierno de Gaza lanzó un ataque furibundo, empleó lanzagranadas a discreción, el templo quedó
- American Jews Who Reject Zionism Say Events Aid Cause One day nearly 20 years ago, Stephen Naman was preparing to help the rabbi of his Reform Jewish temple in South Carolina move the congregation into a new building. Mr. Naman had just one request: Could the rabbi stop placing the flag of Israel on the alta
- Así mató el espionaje israelí al líder de Hamás Mahmud al Mabhuh atraviesa la puerta giratoria del hotel Al Bustan Rotana, en la opulenta Dubai, a las 20.24 del 19 de enero. El dirigente de Hamás toma el ascensor. Lo abandona mirando hacia los costados, costumbre arraigada en este hombre de 49 años a
- Australians for Palestine Palestine was known in ancient history as the Land of Canaan. When Abraham migrated to the Land of Canaan it was a well-developed country. The Philistines entered the Land of Canaan from Crete about 1250 B.C. and settled in the coastal areas. They establi
- ‘They Planted Hatred in Our Hearts’ Joe Sacco’s gripping, important book about two long-forgotten mass killings of Palestinians in Gaza stands out as one of the few contemporary works on the Israeli-Palestinian struggle likely to outlive the era in which they were written.
- “La conmemoración en 2011 de la invasión árabe traerá otro desgarro hispánico” Pedro Martínez Montávez (Jaén, 1933) es uno de los grandes arabistas españoles. Catedrático emérito de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, de la que fue rector, no pudo pronunciar ayer en Gijón la conferencia inaugural del encuentro sobre Irak, fin
- ¿Por qué la izquierda odia a Israel? La ultraderecha nunca tuvo simpatía a Israel o a los judíos. No puede decirse lo mismo de la izquierda: hasta el año 1967 manifestaba gran simpatía a Israel, debido a su régimen socialista, al extraordinario experimento de igualdad social que era el
- Bajo el cañón de Israel Militares israelíes rompen su silencio para denunciar el maltrato que sufren los palestinos
- Barcelona acoge la semana próxima la primera sesión del Tribunal Russell sobre Palestina Barcelona acogerá, a partir del próximo lunes, la primera sesión del Tribunal Russell sobre Palestina. Este Tribunal Internacional de Crímenes de Guerra fue creado en 1967 por el filósofo y escritor Bertrand Russell para luchar contra lo que llamó “
- Calls for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel Occupied Palestine, 22 December 2010 – We, the undersigned Palestinian civil society organizations, including farmers’ unions, agricultural organizations and popular committees, reiterate the call of the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) for a fu
- Carlos Latuff: Cartoonist and opinion-maker BEIRUT, December 23, 2008 (MENASSAT) — Carlos Latuff, 40, is nothing short of a one-man cartoon wrecking-ball when he hits the ink. Based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Latuff has spent the last 15 plus years crafting a style that can best be described as
- CIA report: Israel will fall in 20 years The CIA report predicts “an inexorable movement away from a two-state to a one-state solution, as the most viable model based on democratic principles of full equality that sheds the looming specter of colonial Apartheid while allowing for the return of t
- Días de cólera en las colonias judías “Prohibida la entrada a los inspectores de la congelación de Bibi”. Los carteles cuelgan en las puertas de las colonias judías de la Cisjordania ocupada, después de que el primer ministro israelí, Benjamín Netanyahu (Bibi), anunciara el 25 de noviemb
- Declararemos el Estado palestino a mediados de 2011" Salam Fayad (1952) es un político palestino que soporta el acoso de tres incisivos rivales: Israel, Hamás y algunos prebostes de Fatah descontentos con la pérdida de su cuota de poder. El cuarto actor relevante en Oriente Próximo -Estados Unidos- resp
- Detenido en Argelia un agente israelí con pasaporte español Un supuesto espía israelí fue detenido la semana pasada en Hassi Messaoud, la capital petrolera argelina a 630 kilómetros al sur de Argel. Llevaba un falso pasaporte español a nombre de Alberto Vagilo, de 35 años, con un auténtico visado argelino. E
- El día de la 'Nakba' y del engaño Los palestinos ostentan el título de refugiados desde hace más de seis décadas. Se las han ingeniado para crear su propia narrativa histórica peculiar. Este mito se ha ido inflando como una burbuja, por lo que se hace necesario explotar dicha burbuja
- El Ejército israelí bombardea la franja de Gaza Aviones de combate y helicópteros artillados israelíes lanzaron al menos nueve ataques con misiles durante la madrugada de este viernes contra diversos puntos de Gaza, en una ofensiva organizada en represalia a un cohete artesanal palestino previo que i
- El hijo de un fundador de Hamás ayudó a Israel a abortar decenas de atentados Sabido es que el Shin Bet, servicio secreto interior de Israel, cuenta con cientos, si no miles, de informadores entre los palestinos. Pero con uno de ellos ya no podrá trabajar. Se fugó a California en 2007 después de anunciar que se había convertido
- El pulso israelí a Obama La renuncia de Benjamin Netanyahu a participar en la conferencia sobre Seguridad Nuclear de Washington ha venido a confirmarlo: la desavenencia entre Israel y Estados Unidos va en serio. Pero aunque parezca cualitativamente distinta de distanciamientos an
- El Tsahal, en sus horas más bajas El Ejército, conocido como Fuerzas de Defensa Israelí o como Tsahal en el acrónimo hebreo, es la institución más respetada de Israel. Pero está teniendo un muy mal verano. Tras el asalto a la flotilla de Gaza, en el que los propios jefes militares r
- EU apologizes for statements against settlements Foreign Ministry says satisfied after EU apologizes for statement made by one of its officials in which he claimed European taxes were paying for damage caused by settlements. Meanwhile US State Department clarifies administration’s position remains uncha
- EU backs down over controversial Palestinian proposal Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, whose country currently heads up the rotating EU Presidency, has even been branded “an obstacle to peace” by Israel, which dispatched dozens of officials to Brussels over the past days to oppose the plan. Jerusalem’s M
- EU boosts ties with Israel, ignores settlements and occupation BRUSSELS (IPS) – Diplomats representing the European Union (EU) have drawn up a new plan for strengthening their relations with Israel despite the expansion of illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
- EU mulls Jerusalem divide European Union ministers have gathered this week in Brussels to discuss a Swedish proposal that calls for the division of Jerusalem in order to serve as capitals of both Israel and a future Palestinian state
- Expulsados de sus casas medio siglo después La policía israelí desaloja a dos familias palestinas de Jerusalén Este desoyendo las exigencias de Obama
- First International Session of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine, Barcelona, 1,2,3 March 2010 The first international session of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine will be held in Barcelona on 1, 2 and 3 March 2010. The mandate of the Tribunal constituted in Barcelona will be to consider the extent to which the European Union and its member states
- Former U.S. Congresswoman speaks from jail in Israel Palestine, July 4, 2009 (Pal Telegraph) – This is Cynthia McKinney, I’m speaking from an Israeli prison cellblock in Ramle. [I am one of] the Free Gaza 21, human rights activists currently imprisoned for trying to take medical supplies to Gaza, building s
- Gaza pasa factura a Occidente Sólo un lustro atrás, la noticia de que una universidad, un sindicato o una empresa occidental promovían boicotear a Israel era un fenómeno esporádico que suscitaba poco más que incomodidad en los líderes hebreos, aunque no falten sionistas de pro
- Gaza Rocket Attack Into Israel Kills a Thai Worker GAZA — A foreign worker in Israel was killed Thursday by a rocket fired from the Hamas-controlled Palestinian territory of Gaza, according to the Israeli military, soon after the European Union’s top foreign policy official arrived here on a rare visi
- GAZA: ONE YEAR ON Displaced and desperate in Gaza
- Gaza: Un bloqueo inhumano y total Viven encarcelados en un territorio de 365 kilómetros cuadrados (una quinta parte de la provincia de Guipúzcoa, la más pequeña de España), rodeados por enormes muros de ocho metros de altura y por un bloqueo naval a apenas tres millas de la costa. Lo
- Gunfire at Gaza Protest Near Egypt JERUSALEM — An anti-Egypt rally in southern Gaza turned deadly on Wednesday when demonstrators rushed the border fence and stoned Egyptian troops on the other side, leading to an exchange of gunfire and the death of an Egyptian soldier. Nine Egyptian so
- Hamas: Story about leader's son on Shin Bet payroll is Zionist propaganda Hamas on Wednesday attempted to refute the exclusive published in Haaretz about Mosab Hassan Yousef, the son of a Hamas founder and one of its leaders in the West Bank, who also worked for Israel’s Shin Bet security service for 10 years.
- History of Ramallah, Palestine Ramallah is a Palestinian city in the central West Bank and is located about 10 kilometers (6 miles) north of Jerusalem, its population consists of approximately 23,000 residents. It is a modern built city and is considered the unofficial capital of the P
- Hollow ring to Hamas celebration of ‘triumph’ Anyone who doubted the resilience of the Palestinian people had only to look at the energy of Gazans as they marked last month the one-year anniversary of the start of Israel’s invasion of their penned-up Mediterranean enclave.
- In Israel, Palestinian orchestra produces sounds of independence At 7 P.M. last Sunday, while the Palestine National Orchestra was completing its final rehearsal for the concert that began shortly thereafter, a reporter for Army Radio, a soldier in uniform, arrived to cover the historic event at Haifa’s Krieger Cente
- Interview with Leila Khaled – 2003 Leila Khaled is considered the world’s first woman hijacker. She is revered by some and hated by others, but is known across the world for her daring deeds.
- Israel compensa a la ONU por los daños en Gaza A mediados de enero de 2009 Ban Ki-Moon, secretario general de la ONU, recibía estupefacto la noticia del bombardeo del cuartel general en Gaza de la Agencia de Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados palestinos (UNRWA). Asistía a una conferencia de prensa
- Israel gags news on extrajudicial killings RAMALLAH, occupied West Bank (IPS) – An Israeli journalist remains under house arrest and another lives abroad, after they broke news on Israeli undercover units carrying out assassinations or “targeted killings” of non-combatant Palestinian political opp
- Israel lobby in action: the 'LA Times' once stifled Hezbollah story out of piety for Israel's foundational myths The other day Ashraf Khalil wrote about how hard it was for him to publish an account of the mistreatment of Palestinian journalist Mohammed Omer in the LA Times last year. Khalil’s story reminded a reader of the story that Ken Silverstein wrote in Harper
- Israel may be "no more rogue than America", but it behaves like a rogue state nevertheless Andrew Roberts is a historian of note, but his robust defence of the state of Israel in the Financial Times (Israel is no more rogue than America, 3 March) is missing in both objectivity and accuracy. Indeed, if the title of his article is anything to go
- Israel Objects to U.S. Construction Demands JERUSALEM — The discord between the United States and Israel over Jewish building in East Jerusalem deepened Tuesday with Israeli officials saying they would reject demands by Washington and expressing anger over the public upbraiding of Prime Minister
- Israel sells off refugees’ hopes TZIPORI, ISRAEL // Amin Muhammad Ali, a 74-year-old refugee from a destroyed Palestinian village in northern Israel, says he only feels truly at peace when he stands among his ancestors’ graves.
- Israel speaks with one voice; Arabs must do the same There is a peacemaker in the White House and now we know what Israel is doing about it. Since his first and only meeting with the U.S. president in May, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been trying to derail Mr. Obama’s efforts even bef
- Israel y Palestina, sin piedad ni esperanza Uno de los mejores libros publicados en España sobre el conflicto palestino se titula Sin piedad, sin esperanza: palestinos e israelíes, la tragedia que no cesa. Su autor, David Solar, anunciaba, ya en 2002, la actual primavera del halcón israelí y el
- Israel's new rocket defence system Jonathan Cook assesses the significance of new Israeli missile systems designed to shoot down short-range rockets. He argues that the real significance lies in the fact that Israel is tightening the screw even further on Gaza and sending warning signals t
- Israel, cinco años de muro al margen de la ley Comenzada a construir en territorio de Cisjordania en 2002, el Tribunal Internacional de Justicia dictaminó en 2004 que el Gobierno hebreo debía derribar una barrera que ya tiene 413 kilómetros de longitud
- Israel: A Stalemated Action of History In late 1949 I worked on a boat taking Jews from Marseilles to Haifa, Israel. Jews from Arab nations were in the front of the boat, Europeans in the rear. I was regarded by many of the Europeans as some sort of freak because I had a United States passport
- Israeli Rules Out Palestinian State by 2012 EL AVIV — In remarks that could further strain peace efforts, Israel’s foreign minister said Tuesday that there was no chance that a Palestinian state would be established in the next two years.
- Israelis Block Palestinians From Holy Site Updated | 10:24 a.m. On Friday, Israeli police prevented young Palestinian men from praying at a holy site in Jerusalem, and Israel’s military imposed a temporary ban on travel by Palestinians from the West Bank into Israel. The security crackdown comes
- La Audiencia no investigará el ataque de Israel a Gaza La Sala de lo Penal de la Audiencia Nacional ha decidido, por14 votos frente a cuatro, archivar definitivamente la causa que instruye el juez de este tribunal Fernando Andreu por presuntos delitos de crímenes de guerra contra siete militares israelíes,
- Lieberman dice a Clinton que no detendrán los asentamientos El ministro de Asuntos Exteriores israelí, Avigdor Lieberman, ha rechazado ante la secretaria de Estado norteamericana, Hillary Clinton, que el Gobierno israelí vaya a detener la construcción de asentamientos judíos en Cisjordania a pesar de las insis
- Lieberman, ethnicity and Israeli politics: an open letter to Yossi Sarid In an opinion piece about Avigdor Lieberman you have tacked one of the most sensitive questions in Israeli society and Israeli politics: ethnic tensions and their impact on our lives and politics. There is not just the tension between Jews and Arabs, but
- Lieberman, un canciller no grato l ministro israelí de Exteriores sufre una cadena de desplantes di
- Los metales detectados en los cabellos de los niños palestinos sugieren una gran contaminación ambiental Muchos niños palestinos siguen viviendo en Gaza una situación precaria después de los bombardeos israelíes durante la operación “Plomo Fundido” y además presentan concentraciones muy elevadas de metales pesados en los cabellos de su pelo, lo que
- Marketing y comunicación de Israel ante las críticas En la guerra por el territorio que libra Israel con los palestinos, juega un papel clave la correcta comunicación del mensaje. Tan relevante como los hechos sobre el terreno, o más, es la narración de los hechos sobre el terreno. Israel es muy conscien
- Meanwhile, in Palestine… I just got back from an impromptu protest at the Al-Manara Square in Ramallah. We wanted to express our solidarity with Egypt. Within the first few minutes of the protest, the Palestinian Authority riot police came out in full force—helmets, guns, sti
- MIGRATION: U.S. to Admit Palestinian Refugees from Iraq WASHINGTON, Jul 15 (IPS) – Approximately 1,350 Palestinian refugees from Iraq are being considered for resettlement in the U.S. after being referred to the U.S. Refugee Admissions Programme by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
- Miles de palestinos condenan las expropiaciones en el Día de la Tierra Miles de palestinos han participado hoy en Israel y los territorios palestinos ocupados en distintas marchas para protestar la expropiación de sus terrenos por el Estado judío con motivo del Día de la Tierra.
- Nakba Archive During the 1948 war with the nascent state of Israel it is estimated that around half of the 1.4 million Palestinian Arabs were driven from their homes or fled, to neighboring Arab states. This period of Palestinian history has come to be known as al-Nakb
- Netanyahu tests Obama, again Is this is a sick joke? While visiting Israel in March, Joe Biden, the US vice president, delivered a speech that delighted the Israeli Right and its followers here. The key passage was this: “When it comes to Israel’s security there can be no daylight –
- Netanyahu: "Jerusalén no es un asentamiento, es la capital de Israel" “El pueblo judío construía Jerusalén hace 3.000 años y el pueblo judío construye Jerusalén hoy. Jerusalén no es un asentamiento. Es nuestra capital”. Así habló ayer (madrugada de hoy en España) el primer ministro israelí, Benjamín Netanyahu, a
- Netanyahu: Israel will never share Jerusalem with Palestinians Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared on Tuesday that Israel would never cede control of united Jerusalem nor retreat to the 1967 borders, according to a bureau statement.
- Palestinian cabinet resigns The cabinet of the Palestinian Authority (PA) led by Salam Fayyad, the prime minister, has resigned and President Mahmoud Abbas has accepted the resignations, officials have said. Following the resignations on Monday, Abbas re-assigned Fayyad to form the
- Palestinian Organizer Tortured in Israeli Jail Omar Alaaeddin, who is involved in organizing demonstrations in the village of alMa’asra south of Bethlehem, was arrested a week ago on Sunday at the Container Checkpoint, as he was making his way back home from Ramallah, with a group of students and un
- Palestinians Honor a Figure Reviled in Israel as a Terrorist EL BIREH, West Bank — Dozens of Palestinian students from the youth division of Fatah, the mainstream party led by President Mahmoud Abbas, gathered here on Thursday to dedicate a public square to the memory of a woman who in 1978 helped carry out the d
- Palestinians plan 'day of rage' after US vetoes resolution on Israeli settlements Palestinians are planning a “day of rage” on Friday in response to the US wielding its veto against a UN security council resolution condemning Israeli settlements.
- PLO leadership in power struggle over Lebanese refugee camps BEIRUT // The struggle for control of Lebanon’s Palestinian refugee camps, between officials loyal to the elected authorities in Ramallah and mutinous commanders based in Lebanon, continues to escalate after an official at the most volatile camp was dis
- Premier: Israel to keep parts of West bank forever “Our message is clear: We are planting here, we will stay here, we will build here, this place will be an inseparable part of the state of Israel for eternity,” Netanyahu proclaimed at a tree-planting ceremony celebrating the Jewish arbor day at a settlem
- PSOE y Palestina Presentado en Madrid del manifiesto “Paremos la masacre del pueblo palestino, por la paz en Palestina”
- Putting Lens on Lives in Suspended Animation in Gaza GAZA — In the year since Israeli fighter jets and troops invaded this coastal Palestinian strip to stop rocket fire, time seems to have stood still. A blockade imposed by both Israel and Egypt to isolate the Hamas government bars the vast majority of go
- Ring Around the Borders, Pocket Full of Visas, Until We’re All Allowed In! The most common topic of conversation amongst internationals living in, working in, or even visiting the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), used to be, without a doubt, airport security-check stories – mostly related to departing from the country throu
- Slain Hamas Operative Was Drugged, Dubai Police Say DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A Hamas official who was killed in his hotel room here in January was first injected with a fast-acting muscle relaxant and then suffocated, Dubai police officials said Sunday.
- Sleiman: It is impossible to naturalize Palestinians in Lebanon The president said that Lebanon’s constitutional and political situation as well as its general infrastructure doesn’t allow settling 400,000 Palestinians and providing them with an honorable life ” at the time when young Lebanese people are immigrating o
- Sobre las elecciones generales en la Autoridad Nacional Palestina El 24 de enero de 2010, fue la fecha de vencimiento de las elecciones legislativas y presidenciales en la Autoridad Nacional Palestina (ANP). Si la democracia palestina fuese practicada con normalidad y sin obstáculos, el electorado palestino en los Terr
- The anti-democratic racism of Israel must end If there is one country in the world that should have heeded the commandment ‘Thou shall not build nuclear reactors,’ it is Japan, and that is not 20-20 hindsight. The traumas of World War II, of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, along with the fact that Japan sits
- The Legacy of Camp David
- Tres agentes secretos de Israel fueron asesinados en España El Mosad nunca asesinó en España, al menos que haya trascendido, pero sí tuvo tres bajas mortales. El primero en caer fue, el 25 de enero de 1973, Baruch Cohen, acribillado en plena Gran Vía madrileña por un palestino de la organización Septiembre N
- U.S.: Emanuel 'didn't threaten to walk away' from Mideast peace process The White House had rejected claims that Barack Obama’s most senior aide blasted Israel and the Palestinians for foot-dragging and warned that the U.S. could walk away from the Middle East peace process.
- Ultraortodoxos Los “haredim”, judíos ultraortodoxos que, en su gran mayoría, ni se integran en el mercado laboral (dedican su vida al estudio de las escrituras sagradas), ni cumplen el servicio militar, ni creen en los objetivos fundamentalmente laicos del Estado
- Un rabino planea un “milagro” en el Muro Occidental en Jerusalén El gobierno israelí ha indicado que seguirá adelante con un plan para ampliar la planicie de oración judía en el Muro Occidental en la Ciudad Vieja de Jerusalén, a pesar de advertencias de que ese acto podría provocar una tercera Intifada.
- Un testigo incómodo en Gaza Los periodistas que el año pasado cubrieron la invasión israelí de Gaza tuvieron que informar a varios kilómetros de distancia de lo que ocurría. Las autoridades de Israel bloquearon el acceso a la prensa internacional pero se olvidaron del cineasta
- Una casa dividida ¿Qué hace falta para que el presidente Barack Obama pase de afirmar que está muy molesto con Israel a estarlo de verdad? Y eso que el primer ministro israelí, Benjamín Netanyahu, no para de dar facilidades. Hace dos semanas acogía al vicepresidente
- Una orden militar israelí permitirá la deportación de miles de palestinos de Cisjordania Una nueva orden militar de Israel permitirá apresar o deportar a todo palestino residente en el territorio ocupado de Cisjordania que no tenga un permiso emitido por las autoridades israelíes, denuncian hoy ONG locales. La nueva ordenanza entrará en vi
- US House rejects Goldstone report The US House of Representatives has rejected as “irredeemably biased” the findings of a UN-sponsored report which says Israel committed war crimes during its military assault on the Gaza Strip
- US-Israel ties 'unshakeable' Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, has said the US has an unshakeable and unbreakable bond with Israel. Her statement comes after more than a week of strife between the two allies. An Israeli diplomat had described US-Israeli relations as at a
- Waiting for Gandhi Despite being stoned and tear-gassed on this trip, I find a reed of hope here. It’s that some Palestinians are dabbling in a strategy of nonviolent resistance that just might be a game-changer.
- Washington disuade a Tel Aviv de un ataque preventivo contra Irán El Gobierno del presidente Barack Obama ha disipado el riesgo de un ataque preventivo de Israel contra Irán al convencer a los gobernantes israelíes de que los ayatolás aún están muy lejos de adquirir potencial armamentístico nuclear, algo para cuya
- Women of Gaza by Tanya Habojouqa In places like Gaza where the devastation is almost unimaginable, I am fascinated by the community spirit and elegance that prevails. Life continues, and so do the traditions and self-respect–a resistance to letting suffering be the standard definition.
- Yishai, el campeón de la colonización en Cisjordania Hay un partido político israelí que logra sacar de sus casillas a los gobiernos y a la población laica con sus exigencias -“chantaje”, lo califican sus oponentes- para financiar sus escuelas talmúdicas y los subsidios a las familias numerosas. Sus dir
- الإكوادور تعترف بدولة فلسطين
- الشبكة المنظمات الأهلية الفلسطينية (The Palestinain Non-governmental organizations Network) Voice of the Palestinian Civil Society
Photography الصورة
- Astonishing Confluences in Central Asia Carolyn Drake’s long-term project, “Paradise Rivers,” isn’t just about waterways. It’s about the environment. Politics. Culture. And change.
- dZoom sobre fotos
- Middle East Images in the Prints and Photographs Division: Subject Overview The Middle East visual materials came to P&P through copyright deposit, gift, and purchase, and today total about 75,000 items. As of 2009, most of these have images or descriptive information available in the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog (
- Middle East Images site Lessons from the past for the future
- Photographs Online Catalog – Abdul Hamid II Collection The photos in this collection were originally presented to the Library of Congress by Sultan Abdul-Hamid II in 1894. He gave a near-duplicate set of the albums to the British Museum. Most of the photos promote the Empire’s modernization, with institutio
psychological warfare حرب نفسية
- Advertise on NYTimes.com Iran Fights Malware Attacking Computers WASHINGTON — The Iranian government agency that runs the country’s nuclear facilities, including those the West suspects are part of a weapons program, has reported that its engineers are trying to protect their facilities from a sophisticated compute
- FBI searches homes as part of terrorism probe (CNN) — Political and anti-war activists in the Midwest said they were the target Friday of searches the FBI called part of an investigation into the “material support of terrorism.”
- History of Psychological Warfare Against Baloch Resistance Movement Psychological warfare (PSYWAR), or the basic aspects of modern psychological operations (PSYOP), have been known by many other names or terms, including Psy Ops, Political Warfare, “Hearts and Minds,” and even Propaganda. Various techniques are used,
- Psychological Operations during the Israel-Lebanon War 2006 On 12 July 2006 Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon crossed the border into Israel, killed eight soldiers and abducted two others. Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah said that a prisoner exchange was the only way to secure the release of the soldiers, w
- Untold millions spent on intelligence deception ops I’ve been reading a fascinating new book about British intelligence’s deception operations against the Axis powers and wondering whether anything so effective could be applied against al-Qaeda and other Muslim extremists.
Relaciones Internacionales علاقات الدولية
- "La otra mirada" (photography) La otra mirada” es un intento de devolver la dignidad prestada; simplemente, un pequeño recordatorio de que están y no debemos olvidarlos. No sólo cuando en los Medios de Comunicación los problemas de las personas se ven, estos existen. Desgraciadam
- China: 'Pakistan is our Israel' When a US delegate once confronted a Chinese diplomat about Beijing’s uncompromising support for Pakistan, the Chinese reportedly responded with a heavily-loaded sarcastic remark: “Pakistan is our Israel”.
- De guerrilleras a mártires El fenómeno de las viudas negras, féminas terroristas suicidas, va mucho más allá de las fronteras del Cáucaso. Las mujeres han participado en atentados en enfrentamientos con reivindicaciones políticas, étnicas o religiosas. Una libanesa, Khyadali
- Detenido en Argelia un agente israelí con pasaporte español Un supuesto espía israelí fue detenido la semana pasada en Hassi Messaoud, la capital petrolera argelina a 630 kilómetros al sur de Argel. Llevaba un falso pasaporte español a nombre de Alberto Vagilo, de 35 años, con un auténtico visado argelino. E
- Diffusing Yemen’s Ticking Time Bomb & the Iran-Saudi Proxy War Yemen is a ticking time bomb with a dangerously short fuse. President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s government is under siege; battling an al Houthi insurgency, attacks by Sunn extremists rebranded as “al Queda of the Peninsula” (AQP) and fending off a growi
- Don’t just watch The leaders of the Arab world, Marc Lynch writes, need to decide where they fit within Obama’s strategy for the Middle East.
- Dos terroristas suicidas causan decenas de muertos en el metro de Moscú l terrorismo ha vuelto a golpear ayer la ciudad de Moscú tras un largo intervalo y lo ha hecho en uno de sus sistemas más vulnerables, el metro , y en horas de máxima afluencia, con dos atentados cuidadosa y estratégicamente planeados para multiplicar
- España aumenta la venta de armamento a países “muy preocupantes” El Gobierno autorizó la exportación a países convulsos como Sri Lanka, Colombia o Guinea Conacry Las operaciones se deciden en una comisión del Ministerio de Comercio donde también está el CNI
- EU boosts ties with Israel, ignores settlements and occupation BRUSSELS (IPS) – Diplomats representing the European Union (EU) have drawn up a new plan for strengthening their relations with Israel despite the expansion of illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
- EURAMES Eurames is the organizer of the European network of Middle Eastern Studies, an academic exchange or information concerning research on the Middle East. Eurames runs the Eurames Info Service via email, and will host thematic working groups and links to Eur
- Expect More Adventurism From Iran Shortly after the rigged election and popular uprising in Iran, a seductive conventional wisdom emerged in Western policy-making circles: The Iranian regime, if it survived, would be significantly weakened by internal problems and would abandon its region
- Gaza: Aid agencies call for suspension of enhanced EU-Israel agreements (Brussels, 7 January 2009) A coalition of major humanitarian, human rights and development organizations called on the European Union today to immediately suspend any further enhancement of its relations with Israel, known as an ‘upgrade’, until it ag
- How revolutions happen: Patterns from Iran to Egypt Trotsky once remarked that if poverty was the cause of revolutions, there would be revolutions all the time because most people in the world were poor. What is needed to turn a million people’s grumbling discontent into a crowd on the streets is a spark t
- Human rights in third countries Beyond its own territory, the European Union promotes respect for democracy, the rule of law and human rights as a fundamental element of its bilateral and multilateral external relations. Its instruments of foreign policy (agreements, dialogues, etc.) an
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- Islam's 'enemy within' Across the Sunni world, growing fear of Shia influence exposes the cultural schism that exists between the two traditions
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- Renaissance of Mediterranean trade The Mediterranean is undergoing a monumental political transformation. Protests on its southern shores have now begun the process of bringing democracy to this region. Less visibly, perhaps, the Mediterranean is also undergoing another revival, equally im
- Robert Fisk: The destiny of this pageant lies in the Kingdom of Oil The Middle East earthquake of the past five weeks has been the most tumultuous, shattering, mind-numbing experience in the history of the region since the fall of the Ottoman empire. For once, “shock and awe” was the right description.
- Sobre la Cooperación al Desarrollo, sus demonios y otros males El actual modelo de cooperación al desarrollo en su vertiente global, esto es, la estrategia de ayuda coyuntural y estructural que va desde el Norte hasta el Sur, se presenta como una fórmula incapaz de alcanzar sus objetivos y que, por ende, fracasa r
- The european Union and Israel The EU and Israel committed themselves to establishing a partnership which provides for close political and mutually beneficial trade and investment relations together with economic, social, financial, civil scientific, technological and cultural cooperat
- Turkey embraces role as Arab 'big brother' DAMASCUS – After the Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power in Ankara, many in the West referred to a new Turkish foreign policy called “neo-Ottomanism”, suggesting a revival of the intellectual, political and social influence of the Ottoman Em
- Turkey’s Gain Is Iran’s Loss SINCE Israel’s deadly raid on the Turkish ship Mavi Marmara last month, it’s been assumed that Iran would be the major beneficiary of the wave of global anti-Israeli sentiment. But things seem to be playing out much differently: Iran paradoxically sta
- Una casa dividida ¿Qué hace falta para que el presidente Barack Obama pase de afirmar que está muy molesto con Israel a estarlo de verdad? Y eso que el primer ministro israelí, Benjamín Netanyahu, no para de dar facilidades. Hace dos semanas acogía al vicepresidente
- US steps up Middle East diplomacy Washington appears to have stepped up diplomatic efforts in the Middle East, with a series of high-level meeting taking place in the region.
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- Los egipcios deciden en referédum si aceptan o rechazan enmiendas constitucionales Los egipcios quieren una transición rápida con cambios en la Constitución Se modificará la duración presidencial y la libertad de los candidatos
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- "Convocaré a las 25 grandes empresas del país para acelerar la recuperación" A una semana de las elecciones catalanas y a seis meses de las municipales y autonómicas, el presidente no prevé más recortes sociales, explica la última crisis de Gobierno y defiende su posición en el conflicto del Sáhara.
- "EU must stop allowing exploitation of Western Sahara" “It is a violation of international law for the natural resources of Western Sahara to be exploited in this way. But the EU continues to buy permits from Morocco for EU fishing vessels which allows them to fish in Western Saharan waters. The people of Wes
- "Rabat quiere provocar una guerra civil en el Sáhara" ¡Es algo terrible lo que ha sucedido!”. La intervención de Marruecos contra la protesta saharaui provoca una reacción indignada por parte de Aminetu Haidar, la más célebre de los activistas saharauis.
- "Una minoría pro Polisario se apoderó del campamento" Hace tan solo cinco días, el ministro portavoz del Gobierno de Marruecos, Khaled Naciri, anunciaba a la prensa, tras el Consejo de Ministros, que la evolución de la negociación con los saharauis acampados en Agdaym Izik era “positiva”. Aun así, el cam
- 151 eurodiputados piden a Mohamed VI que indulte al ex "número dos" de la Fuerza Aérea marroquí Más de 150 eurodiputados pidieron ayer por carta al rey Mohamed VI de Marruecos que conceda su gracia al teniente coronel Kaddour Terhzaz, de 73 años. El ex “número dos” de la Fuerza Aérea marroquí cumple una condena de doce años de cárcel.
- 200 intelectuales transmiten a La Moncloa su apoyo a la saharaui Más de 200 intelectuales y profesores españoles, latinoamericanos y saharauis han enviado una carta al Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y a La Moncloa solidarizándose con Aminetu Haidar. Entre los firmantes figuran Antonio Muñoz Molina, Elvira Lindo,
- Ahmed Baillal, golpeado hasta que no pudo caminar Se llama Ahmed Baillal Gachbar. Saharaui con nacionalidad española que ha vivido durante años en Lanzarote y ahora reside en El Aaiún. Asegura que fue detenido y golpeado por la Policía marroquí en un calabozo hasta que no pudo caminar. Ningún médi
- Algeria blamed for Polisario rally Morocco’s government has accused Algeria of allowing hundreds of Polisario Front supporters to cross over the border into the country, in violation of an 18-year ceasefire deal.
- Argelia garantiza a EE UU que no irá a la guerra por el Sáhara El Gobierno argelino solo permitirá al Frente Polisario combatir dentro del territorio que controla.- La enemistad personal entre el presidente Buteflika y el rey Mohamed VI aleja las posibilidades de un acuerdo
- Arrests in W Sahara over unrest Moroccan authorities say they have arrested 96 people accused of inciting violence during a police raid on a squatter camp near the Western Sahara town of Laayoune. Most of those detained are blamed for setting fires and destroying private and public goo
- ¿Iban armados los soldados marroquíes en el asalto al campamento saharaui? Los colectivos prosaharauis siguen empeñados en desmontar la versión de Marruecos sobre el desmantelamiento del campamento de protesta de ‘Gdeim Izik’. El ministro marroquí del Interior, Taib Cherkaui, ha insistido por activa y por pasiva en que la int
- Bucle marroquí Los sucesos en el Sáhara Occidental siguen marcando las relaciones entre España y Marruecos. La pasada semana, el Parlamento marroquí consideró necesario revisarlas en su conjunto, instando al Gobierno de Rabat a reclamar Ceuta y Melilla. Una marcha s
- Ces people qui chantent pour le polisario Ces ‘’ People’’ reflètent un phénomène espagnol réel, celui d’un sentiment très mitigé envers le Maroc. Nos voisins du Nord vivent nos relations sur un fond d’histoire mal assumée. Pour eux, nous sommes les Maures, ceux-là mêmes qui o
- Deadly clashes stall western Sahara-Morocco peace talks It’s a long way from the dusty western Saharan city of Laayoune to Manhasset in leafy New York state, but these very different places were linked this week by a flare-up of violence and a new round of slow-moving international diplomacy.
- Dos periodistas españoles, agredidos en un juicio a saharauis en Marruecos Dos corresponsales españoles que cubrían el juicio en Casablanca de siete independentistas saharauis fueron agredidos hoy en plena audiencia por medio centenar de marroquíes. El incidente, en el interior tribunal, es el más serio de cuantos han padeci
- El Aaiún despierta en calma y tomada por la policía tras los graves disturbios El Aaiún, capital del Sáhara Occidental, se encuentra esta mañana en calma tensa y tomada por las fuerzas de seguridad marroquíes, principalmente policía y antidisturbios, 24 horas después de los enfrentamientos entre policía y saharauis, los más
- El campamento de El Aaiún revindica ahora la autodeterminación de los saharauis El comité que coordina la acampada multitudinaria en las afueras de El Aaiún (Sáhara Occidental) dio hoy un salto cualitativo y pidió la autodeterminación del pueblo saharaui, es decir el derecho a decidir libremente su futuro. “Hoy (por ayer) se ha
- El estadounidense Christopher Ross, nuevo mediador en el conflicto del Sáhara Ban Ki-moon, el secretario general de la ONU, se ha tomado algo más de cuatro meses en confirmar al norteamericano Christopher Ross, de 65 años, que es el nuevo mediador en el conflicto del Sáhara Occidental que enfrenta a Marruecos y al Frente Polisar
- El Frente Polisario acusa en el PE a España de 'lavarse las manos' en el Sáhara El Frente Polisario denunció hoy en el Parlamento Europeo la pasividad del Gobierno español frente los abusos marroquíes y la presión del Ejecutivo francés para frenar la autonomía del Sáhara Occidental.
- El Gobierno español sabía que Rabat lanzaría el asalto El ministro de Asuntos Exteriores de Marruecos, Taieb Fassi-Fihri, se lo anunció el pasado miércoles a su homóloga española, Trinidad Jiménez, a la que visitó en Madrid, según fuentes diplomáticas.
- El PE invita a Rabat y a representantes saharauis a comparecer en diciembre El Parlamento Europeo va a plantear a Marruecos y a representantes saharauis una comparecencia en su comisión de Asuntos Exteriores el próximo 1 de diciembre para que expongan sus versiones de los sucesos de El Aaiún.
- El PP se suma a los artistas y sindicatos en la condena en Madrid al ataque marroquí de El Aaiún Una manifestación convocada por la Coordinadora Estatal de Asociaciones Solidarias con el Sáhara ha transcurrido por las calles de Madrid este mediodía, con algunos incidentes y quema de banderas marroquíes y la presencia en su cabecera de dirigentes
- El Sahel, nuevo escenario de Al Qaeda A medida que las fuerzas internacionales han ido interviniendo en Irak y Afganistán la organización terrorista Al Qaeda se ha visto forzada a ir saliendo de estos países, encontrando un nuevo acomodo en los países subsaharianos. En 2003 uno de los fun
- El Sáhara se encona Si el Gobierno marroquí pretendía poner fin a las protestas con el asalto al campamento de Agdaym Izik, lo único que ha conseguido ha sido dar carta de naturaleza a un nuevo liderazgo saharaui e iniciar una espiral de violencia de inquietante desenlace
- Europe's assault on Western Sahara There is one surefire way of allowing the internet to damage your sanity: spend too much time reading politicians’ blogs. Take a recent post from Maria Damanaki, whose career has taken her from agitating against the Greek dictatorship in the 1970s to bein
- Fish else where (Western Sahara Campaign) EU is currently fishing in occupied Western Sahara in violation of the wishes and interests of the Sahrawi people – and thus in violation of international law. Read the entire transcript of the seminar on illegal EU fisheries in the European Parliament, 1
- Fortune hunters eye Western Sahara oil riches (Muy bueno). afrol News, 9 June – Following pressure from the UN and pro-Sahrawi activists, most serious oil companies pulled out of Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara. But now, a new group of fortune hunters is eying great financial opportunities in the probably oil-ri
- France block move to include human rights in MINURSO mandate Although other members of the UN Security Council were open to including human rights in the renewal of the mandate of the UN mission in Western Sahara (MINURSO), France held firm on behalf of its ally Morocco.
- Free W Sahara called 'unrealistic' The UN mediator in talks on Western Sahara between Morocco and the Polisario Front, an Algeria-backed separatist movement, has said independence for the disputed territory is unrealistic. Peter Van Walsum’s comments angered the Polisario Front, which has
- Fuertes enfrentamientos entre saharauis y fuerzas marroquíes en El Aaiún http://www.abc.es/agencias/noticia.asp?noticia=581434
- Here is the secret legal opinion from the EU Parliament WSRW can today present the 11 page statement from the European Parliament’s Legal Service. The statement – concluding that EU fisheries in occupied Western Sahara under its current shape is in violation of international law – has been kept from the pu
- http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2009/0805_morocco_monjib.aspx On July 30, 2009 members of parliament, regional governors, ulema, business elites and notables from all corners of the kingdom gathered at the Royal Palace in Tangier to celebrate the tenth anniversary of King Mohammed VI’s ascendance to the throne. Hi
- Kamikazes por la Causa como en Palestina. Artículo sobre el muro que esté construyendo Marruecos en el Sáhara (http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XIUBcNHn6O0/TODeh8ZCTxI/AAAAAAAABAI/IroSyBKD3UM/s1600/6+Contra+la+connivencia+de+Zapatero+con+el+genocidio+marroqui+de+saharauis+espa%25C3%25B1oles.jpg)
- La crisis enturbia el reinicio del diálogo sobre el Sáhara El desalojo por la policía marroquí del campamento saharaui cercano a El Aaiún, marcó ayer la reanudación de las negociaciones sobre el futuro del Sáhara Occidental entre Marruecos y el Polisario, en Manhasset, una localidad a las afueras de Nueva Y
- La familia de un español de El Aaiún denuncia torturas y desapariciones Uno de los hermanos Gachbar está ilocalizable desde el martes.- Otro ha sido devuelto “sin dientes” tras pasar presuntamente más de un día bajo custodia de la policía marroquí
- La policía marroquí busca a los activistas y organizadores del campamento saharaui en El Aaiún El Aaiún, capital del Sáhara Occidental, continúa en tensión, bajo la vigilancia de las fuerzas de seguridad marroquíes, principalmente policía y antidisturbios, 24 horas después del asalto al campamento saharaui a las afueras de la ciudad y de los
- La UE planea abordar con Marruecos la crisis del Sáhara el 13 de diciembre La Unión Europea planea abordar con Marruecos los recientes acontecimientos en el Sahara Occidental durante la próxima reunión del Consejo de Asociación con el socio magrebí, prevista para el 13 de diciembre, ha informado la portavoz de la Alta repre
- Las imágenes que Marruecos quiere «vender» sin testigos Un vídeo oficial muestra la supuesta brutalidad saharaui, mientras Rabat sigue impidiendo a los informadores acceder a la zona
- Las negociaciones entre Marruecos y el Polisario vuelven a fracasar Marruecos y el Frente Polisario han finalizado la última ronda de negociaciones informales auspiciadas por las Naciones Unidas (ONU) sin alcanzar ningún acuerdo, excepto el de reunirse en enero y acelerar las conversaciones sobre el futuro estatus del t
- Last oil company withdraws from Western Sahara afrol News, 2 May – The exiled government of Western Sahara and pro-Sahrawi activist today are celebrating that the last foreign oil company has announced its withdrawal from the waters off the Moroccan-occupied territory. The US company Kerr-McGee said i
- Los activistas denunciarán a la policía marroquí por tortura, agresiones verbales y detención ilegal Los 14 miembros de SaharAcciones denunciarán a la policía marroquí por tortura, agresiones verbales y detención ilegal en dos juzgados, uno en Santa Cruz de Tenerife y otro en El Aaiún. Así lo han anunciado a su llegada a las 12.30, hora peninsular,
- Maghreb Politics Review The Saharan Al Qaeda – Cocaine has finally hit the North American domestic news with the much trumpeted arrest by United States agents of three Malians who they allege “the direct link between dangerous terrorist organizations, including Al Qaeda, and
- Marruecos desmantela el campamento saharaui de protesta Las fuerzas de seguridad marroquíes han tomado hoy el control del campamento saharaui por la fuerza poniendo fin a la mayor protesta desde que España se retiró del territorio hace 35 años. En el asalto ha habido decenas de heridos, según testigos pre
- Marruecos expulsa a Canarias a la más célebre activista saharaui La más célebre de las activistas del Sáhara Occidental, Aminatou Haidar, de 42 años, fue expulsada este sábado por Marruecos a Canarias tras permanecer 24 horas detenida en el aeropuerto de El Aaiún, la capital sahariana. Apenas aterrizó en Lanzaro
- Marruecos expulsará a los periodistas de la SER en el primer avión del día Marruecos ha ordenado la expulsión de los tres periodistas de la cadena SER retenidos en el Sáhara Occidental tras romper el bloqueo informativo impuesto por Rabat en El Aaiún tras el desalojo del campamento saharaui. La ministra de Exteriores, Trinida
- Mohamed VI insiste en su plan de autonomía para el Sahara Con motivo de la fiesta de la Revolución del Rey y el Pueblo, que este año cumple su 57 edición, el rey de Marruecos, Mohamed VI, pronunció un discurso a la nación en el que solicita el establecimiento de una “hoja de ruta clara y definida” para llev
- Mohamed VI tiende la mano y nombra a un saharaui gobernador de El Aaiún Una muy leve sanción y una mano tendida. Ese fue el doble mensaje que el rey Mohamed VI lanzó ayer a los saharauis al hacer dos nombramientos. El monarca alauí sustituyó al frente del Gobierno Civil de El Aaiún, la capital del Sáhara Occidental, al
- Morocco's peace plan for Western Sahara (2006 good one) PLAYING ON European and United States fears of expanding terrorist networks in North Africa, Morocco is seeking international backing for a new peace plan for the Western Sahara. But ownership of the vast mineral-rich territory bordering the Atlantic, con
- Morocco’s King Mohammed VI: 10 Years and Counting On July 30, 2009 members of parliament, regional governors, ulema, business elites and notables from all corners of the kingdom gathered at the Royal Palace in Tangier to celebrate the tenth anniversary of King Mohammed VI’s ascendance to the throne. Hi
- New push to end Sahara conflict The United Nations is sending a special envoy to North Africa on Tuesday to present new proposals to end the conflict over Western Sahara.
- No breakthrough in W Sahara talks “Morocco and Polisario engaged in broad and frank discussions on each other’s proposals on Western Sahara in an atmosphere of mutual respect despite the fact that each party continues to reject the proposal of the other as a basis for future negotiations,
- Oil: Western Sahara's future The discovery of oil in Africa usually provokes mixed reactions, but for the continent’s last colony it could mean the difference between independence and annexation.
- Partidos marroquíes piden que la ONU que debata sobre Ceuta y Melilla Dos de las principales formaciones políticas marroquíes han instado al Gobierno de su país a que envíe el expediente de las ciudades autónomas españolas de Ceuta y Melilla a la Cuarta Comisión de la ONU, encargada de los procesos de descolonizació
- Polisario Front denounces blocking by France of human rights monitoring in Western Sahara New York, April 29, 2010 (SPS) – The Polisario Front denounced Wednesday in New York, the blocking by France of United Nations mechanisms to monitor human rights in Western Sahara, during the preliminary consultation with members of the Security Council
- Resistencia saharaui Site Resistencia Saharaui somos un grupo comprometido en realizar acciones directas pacificas para el cese de las violaciones a los derechos humanos en los Territorios Ocupados por Marruecos en el Sahara Occidental.
- Rubalcaba dice que la principal amenaza para España viene del Sahel El terrorismo islamista ha desplazado a ETA como la primera amenaza para la seguridad, según ha explicado esta mañana el vicepresidente y ministro del Interior, Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, a los portavoces de los grupos parlamentarios reunidos a puerta ce
- Sahara : Would Christopher Ross succeed in what his predecessors failed ? A new Maghreb tour for a new round of negotiations between Morocco and the Polisario. Algiers was the first stopping place in the tour undertaken presently, by the personal envoy of the UN General Secretary for the Sahara, Christopher Ross.
- SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION 1871 (2009), EXTENDING MANDATE OF UNITED NATIONS MISSION FOR REFERENDUM IN WESTERN SAHARA The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) by one year, until 30 April 2010.
- SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION 1920 (2010), EXTENDING BY ONE YEAR MANDATE OF UNITED NATIONS MISSION FOR REFERENDUM IN WESTERN SAHARA Calling on Morocco and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el-Hamra and Rio de Oro (Polisario Front) to adhere fully to the military agreements reached with the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), the Security
- Siete mil jaimas contra Marruecos “Es la policía saharaui”. Con un tono de voz que denota cierto orgullo el conductor anuncia que hemos llegado al control de acceso al campamento de casi 7.000 jaimas (tiendas de los nómadas) que los saharauis empezaron a levantar hace más de tres seman
- Solidarity must not come at the expense of Iranian freedoms Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s recent visit to Lebanon electrified the country and reinvigorated the feeling of moral righteousness and defiance that has for years characterized the Lebanese Hizballah and others who identify with resistance to Zi
- The King Speaks An interview with King Mohammed VI of Morocco By SCOTT MACLEOD Since succeeding to the Moroccan throne last July at the age of 36, King Mohammed VI has symbolized a new generation of rulers coming to power in the Middle East, leaders dedicated to greater openness and political accountability. This month Mohammed VI g
- Varios saharauis declaran que fueron tiroteados y torturados en El Aaiún Lasiri Salek asegura que estaba en el campamento de Agdaym Izik el pasado día 8, cuando la policía marroquí entró para desmantelarlo; hoy muestra un agujero de bala en el brazo izquierdo. Ahmed Gachbar Baillal entró por su propio pie en la comisaría
- Video Documents Morocco's Peaceful Action to Disperse Protest in Laayoune, Western Sahara, Met by Violent pro-Polisario Militants, Brutal Killing of Police UN Security Council rejects Polisario inquiry, deplores violence; Video of event refutes unfounded claims by Polisario/Algeria, extreme violence of pro-Polisario militants echoes terrorist savagery in Sahel
- Violence in West Sahara raises concerns on EU fish pact (Reuters) – Moroccan security force action against protesters in Western Sahara has boosted opposition in the EU to a treaty that would allow European fishing in waters off the territory, activists and EU lawmakers said on Tuesday.
- Western Sahara and Regional Security Once only a minor concern, al-Qaeda’s presence in North Africa has grown into a threat with potential consequences for Europe and the United States. The 2006 alliance between al-Qaeda and the Algerian Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat led to the c
- Zapatero asegura que su política hacia el Sáhara "defiende los intereses de España" La respuesta que ha dado el Gobierno a la crisis desencadena en el Sáhara por el desmantelamiento el pasado lunes de la acampada de protesta en las proximidades de El Aaiún es “la responsable, la sensata y la prudente para la solución del conflicto y t
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- Amin el-Hafez, Baathist Leader of Syria in 1960s, Dies DAMASCUS, Syria (Agence France-Presse) — Amin el-Hafez, the Syrian leader who led the Baathist government of the mid-1960s, died Thursday in Aleppo, Syria. Reports of his age differ, but he was believed to be in his late 80s.
- Damascus and the Road to Mideast Peace Though in recent months some have derided the power of dialogue, the truth is that strategic engagement with our enemies remains absolutely essential for our national security. Talking to our adversaries with a clear purpose in mind is not a sign of weakn
- El Asad anuncia un referéndum constitucional para marzo en Siria El presidente Bachar el Asad ha criticado esta mañana a la Liga Árabe por reclamar la democratización de Siria, mientras acoge entre sus miembros más influyentes a monarquías absolutas como la saudí, y ha prometido a sus ciudadanos que la victoria c
- Las relaciones con Siria, un foco de tensión entre España y EE UU Una escala técnica en Damasco del ministro español de Exteriores, Miguel Ángel Moratinos, el 7 de marzo de 2006, en la que se entrevistó con el ministro sirio de Exteriores, Walid Muallem, provocó el enfado de EE UU.
- Niños a cielo descubierto: la capoeira como herramienta de integración en Siria Cuando las injusticias sociales y el deseo de encontrar canales de expresión ante las dificultades se unen, surgen proyectos como Capoeirarab, una iniciativa que busca fomentar la integración a través de los valores de la capoeira en Oriente Medio y qu
- Siria alentó el ataque a las embajadas por las caricaturas de Mahoma El primer ministro dio instrucciones al gran muftí para que los imanes caldearan las protestas.- El régimen usó los disturbios para legitimarse
- Syria: 'A kingdom of silence' Despite a wave of protests spreading across the Middle East, so far the revolutionary spirit has failed to reach Syria. Authoritarian rule, corruption and economic hardship are characteristics Syria share with both Egypt and Tunisia. However, analysts sa
- Syrian Actress Tests Boundaries Again NIHAD ALAEDDIN was once one of the great sirens of Syrian cinema. Working under the stage name Igraa, or Seduction, she embodied the openness and liberalism that reigned in the Arab world during the 1960s and ’70s, performing the region’s first cinema
- Syrian security forces 'fire on protesters' Syrian security forces in Daraa have opened fire on anti-government protesters gathered in the city, protesters have told Al Jazeera. Reuters also reported that heavy gunfire could be heard in the southern city, the focal point for demonstrations against
- U.S. official: Arming of Hezbollah could spark Israel-Syria war An American source says that Syria allowed Hezbollah operatives to train within its territory in the use of advanced SA2 anti-aircraft missile batteries, the Kuwaiti daily Al Rai reported Sunday.
- Yassin Suyha_Syrian blogger لعلّك, قارئي العزيز, إن قرأتَ ما تقترفه يسراي من نصوصٍ و مقالات في مدونتي قد تتعرف -إن شئت- على جزءٍ من الـ “أنا” التي يريدني غوغل أن ألخّصها في
Túnez/Tunisia/تونس
- Art challenges Tunisian revolutionaries LE KRAM, TUNISIA — A crowd has gathered to ponder the black-and-white photographs which have been pasted across the face of building that was, until recent, the local offices of the former president’s much-loathed party.
- Change comes to Tunisia, slowly Did the fall of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali amount to a genuine revolution? Three weeks after Tunisia’s president of 23 years, facing public protests, fled to Saudi Arabia, this is a question that ordinary people are still grappling with. Though the Ben Ali
- Comunistas e islamistas mantienen la protesta contra el Gobierno de Túnez Las manifestaciones continúan salpicando el territorio tunecino, desde la capital hasta la remota ciudad sureña de Tataouine. Pero quienes protestan, aunque sea más airadamente, no son las mismas personas que tomaron las calles en los días previos a l
- How a Single Match Can Ignite a Revolution WHAT drives an ordinary man to burn himself to death? Enlarge This Image Keystone/Getty Images A Buddhist monk ablaze in Saigon in 1963. The image shocked Americans. Enlarge This Image Gerard Leroux/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images In Prague a trib
- http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/22/world/africa/22sidi.html?_r=1 SIDI BOUZID, Tunisia — Mohamed Bouazizi spent his whole life on a dusty, narrow street here, in a tiny, three-room house with a concrete patio where his mother hung the laundry and the red chilis to dry. By the time Mr. Bouazizi was 26, his work as a fr
- Ice queens of the Arab world It started with Leila Trabelsi, the wife of President Ben Ali – the Arab world’s answer to Imelda Marcos, the Lady Macbeth of Tunisia, who allegedly made off with copious amounts of gold after the uprising that ousted her husband.
- Slap to a Man’s Pride Set Off Tumult in Tunisia SIDI BOUZID, Tunisia — Mohamed Bouazizi spent his whole life on a dusty, narrow street here, in a tiny, three-room house with a concrete patio where his mother hung the laundry and the red chilis to dry. By the time Mr. Bouazizi was 26, his work as a fr
- Túnez aprueba una Constitución que da poderes al primer ministro islamista La Asamblea Constituyente de Túnez aprobó, en la madrugada del domingo, una Constitución provisional que otorga amplios poderes al futuro primer ministro, el islamista Hamadi Jebali, del partido Ennahda (Renacimiento) que ganó, a finales de octubre, c
- الثورة في مصر مقارنة بتونس كثير من العرب في أنحاء الشرق الأوسط يتطلعون لأحداث تونس من أجل الإلهام لأنها أول دكتاتوريات المنطقة التي تسقط بأيدي شعبها منذ عام 1979، دون ال
- استقالات بحكومة تونس وتحرك لرئيسها تواصلت موجة الاستقالات من الحكومة التونسية المؤقتة بعد تقديم ثلاثة وزراء يوم أمس استقالاتهم، ليرتفع إلى خمسة عدد الوزراء المغادرين إضافة إ
- رئيس تونس الجديد يؤدي القسم أدى الرئيس التونسي المنتخب من قبل المجلس الوطني التأسيسي المنبثق عن انتخابات 23 أكتوبر/تشرين الأول الماضي، منصف المرزوقي، اليمين الدستورية
Traducciones/translations/الترجمة
- A Bad Season for Elections and Hashish http://www.khitat.org/KhitatsArticles.asp?PageId=3&id=163
- Al-Tufaily to al-Hayat: Hezbollah could have been Lebanon’s salvation instead of its plague In an interview published by Al-Hayat newspaper, Sheikh Sohbi Al-Tufaily a former Hezbollah Secretary General who is now one of the most outspoken figures against Hezbollahs role in the East and North Bekaa discusses elections, politics in the Bekaa, and
- Controlled Fun in Dahiyeh The Beirut Mall is located at the old Saida road in the south Dahiyed district, between a Christian neighborhood, mostly inhabited by supporters of Dr. Samir Yahyah, and a Muslim neighborhood, known for being a Shiite area supporting “Harakat Amal”. T
- El CPDH expresa su gran preocupación con respecto a la credibilidad de las investigaciones realizadas de acuerdo con las recomendaciones incluidas en el Informe Goldstone El informe de Goldstone representa un hito importante en la lucha por los derechos humanos y el imperio del derecho internacional en los territorios palestinos ocupados, principalmente como resultado de sus recomendaciones específicas y centradas en la r
- En realidad no están dispuestos Sin la aplicación de la ley, Israel es libre de violar el derecho internacional con total impunidad y sigue siendo una amenaza para la paz mundial; son los civiles palestinos los que continúan sufriendo las terribles consecuencias.
- Hezbollah facing exceptional challenges in its 8th General Conference. The party of God, Hezbollah, is holding its Eighth General Conference under heightened security. This event was organized under extreme secrecy, spreading great frustration among those who want more information about it.
- High unemployment and a belief that politicians focus more on profit than people sparked youth protests across Spain. Anger, irritation, annoyance and even rage are some of the most common adjectives used by protestors camping at Plaza del Sol in Madrid. The massive series of demonstrations that started on May 15 gathered people from all classes and ages. Mothers came w
- Los diamantes sangrientos de Israel Cada año, los consumidores de todo el mundo gastan sin darse cuenta miles de millones de dólares en diamantes hechos en Israel, lo que contribuye a financiar uno de los conflictos más prolongados y polémicos del mundo. La mayoría de la población no
- Los ex-Presidentes se caen del guindo, pero los actuales como el avestruz esconden sus vergüenzas A comienzos de diciembre del año pasado, diversos ex Presidentes tanto de países como de la Comisión Europea y otros ex altos cargos redactaban una carta incendiaria frente a la pusilanimidad de los actuales rectores de sus propios países o de la UE e
- Los metales detectados en los cabellos de los niños palestinos sugieren una gran contaminación ambiental Muchos niños palestinos siguen viviendo en Gaza una situación precaria después de los bombardeos israelíes durante la operación “Plomo Fundido” y además presentan concentraciones muy elevadas de metales pesados en los cabellos de su pelo, lo que
- Sobre las elecciones generales en la Autoridad Nacional Palestina El 24 de enero de 2010, fue la fecha de vencimiento de las elecciones legislativas y presidenciales en la Autoridad Nacional Palestina (ANP). Si la democracia palestina fuese practicada con normalidad y sin obstáculos, el electorado palestino en los Terr
- The Sovereignty Conspiracy One Saturday morning in the middle of last June, I was abruptly awoken by the noise of a compressor under my balcony, which faces al-Ghobeiri street. What really surprised me was that the workers in this site did not offer any identification informing the
- Whom Do You Work For, Jamileh? I will not tell here the long story of marginalization and contempt faced at the hands of some “agitators” and the “Hezbollahis” as a student at Lebanese University – sometimes under the pretext of a “taqlif sharai” [religious ordinance], and other times
Turkia تركية
- Turkey embraces role as Arab 'big brother' DAMASCUS – After the Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power in Ankara, many in the West referred to a new Turkish foreign policy called “neo-Ottomanism”, suggesting a revival of the intellectual, political and social influence of the Ottoman Em
- Turkey’s Gain Is Iran’s Loss SINCE Israel’s deadly raid on the Turkish ship Mavi Marmara last month, it’s been assumed that Iran would be the major beneficiary of the wave of global anti-Israeli sentiment. But things seem to be playing out much differently: Iran paradoxically sta
United Arab Emirates
- The dark side of Dubai Dubai was meant to be a Middle-Eastern Shangri-La, a glittering monument to Arab enterprise and western capitalism. But as hard times arrive in the city state that rose from the desert sands, an uglier story is emerging. Johann Hari reports
مدونات باللغة العربية Bloggers in Arabic Blogeros en Árabe
- "وصلة" .. أول مطبوعة مصرية يكتبها المدونون العرب ظهرت مؤخرا عن الشبكة العربية لمعلومات حقوق الإنسان مطبوعة “وصلة” وهي الأولى في مصر المتخصصة في محتوى المدونات العربية والأجنبية على الإنترن
- وصلة Hace unos días se presentó en El Cairo una iniciativa pionera: el primer periódico ciudadano árabe. Se llama Wasla, que significa “enlace”, lo promueve la Iniciativa Red Árabe de Derechos Humanos (ANHRI) y será escrito y editado íntegramente po
- الشّامل في مدونات اللغة العربية القائمة تحت التعذيب وقد إبتدأت بالإعتراف
Yemen اليمين
- Ali Abdullah Saleh, Yemen’s snake dancer To casual observers, it might appear that Yemen, which seems to slip off the radar except when it somehow disturbs the outside order of things, cannot get out of the news recently. The reach of the country’s central government in Sana’a appears to be
- Country profile: Yemen The reputed home of the Queen of Sheba, Yemen has been at the crossroads of Africa, the Middle East and Asia for thousands of years thanks to its position on the ancient spice routes.
- Country profile: Yemen Potted history of the country: Allegedly the Queen of Sheba’s birthplace, the southern port of Aden was a British protectorate from the 19th century until they withdrew in 1967. The country was then effectively split into north and south. The south became
- El presidente de Yemen se apoya en las tribus para desactivar la rebelión “Estamos aquí para evitar que la oposición ocupe esta zona”, declara Naif Abu Hanif. El lugar es la plaza de Tahrir de Saná, la capital de Yemen, y Abu Hanif es uno de los miembros de las tribus leales al presidente Ali Abdalá Saleh que tratan de impe
- Grasping at Peace, War Zone of a City Tests Yemen TAIZ, Yemen — Armed tribesmen had finally retreated from a pocket of this city, handing back to the state an education building they had occupied in recent weeks. The governor, elated, called it a breakthrough.
- Implementing the Poverty Reduction Strategy in Rural Areas May 2003 Yemen’s 18.4 million population lives on 2 percent of its total geographical area of about 45 million ha (excluding the Empty Quarters). The population is scattered among 41,800 villages, with 74 percent of the population living in settlements of le
- In Yemen, U.S. Faces Leader Who Puts Family First SANA, Yemen — The United States is quickly ramping up its aid to Yemen, which Washington sees as a revived new front against Al Qaeda. But one of the most delicate tasks will be managing the relationship with the president of Yemen, Ali Abdullah Saleh,
- La última guerra árabe Arabia Saudí anunció ayer que va a seguir bombardeando las posiciones de los rebeldes yemeníes hasta que los eche de su territorio, aunque subrayó que su aviación sólo opera dentro de sus fronteras. Según fuentes saudíes, 40 guerrilleros han muert
- Peace agreement eludes Yemen Yemen’s government has presented northern Houthi fighters with a detailed ceasefire agreement in a bid to end a six-year conflict.
- Profile: Yemen's Houthi fighters Yemen, one of the world’s poorest countries and a crucial US ally in Washington’s fight against al-Qaeda, is in the midst of a series of conflicts that threaten its stability.
- Profile: Yemen's Houthi fighters Yemen, one of the world’s poorest countries and a crucial US ally in Washington’s fight against al-Qaeda, is in the midst of a series of conflicts that threaten its stability.
- Saudis’ Efforts to Swat Rebels From Yemen Risk Inflaming Larger Conflict BEIRUT, Lebanon — For more than a week, Saudi Arabia has been carrying out a highly unusual military operation on its remote southern border, to punish a band of rebels from neighboring Yemen who crossed over and attacked a Saudi patrol.
- Selma al-Radi Selma al-Radi, who died on October 7 aged 71, was an Iraqi-born archaeologist whose 25-year restoration of the Amiriya Palace complex in Rada, Yemen, won widespread praise.
- Seven million people in Yemen poor, three million lack food Baleegh Al-Hutabi For the Yemen Times http://www.uruknet.info/index.php?p=58170
- Showcase: Lifting the Veil, Part Way Hip-hop. Blue jeans. Lipstick. Dreams of moving away. The photojournalist Catalina Martin-Chico came face to face with all these things during her visits with four sisters in Sana, the capital of Yemen. Many scenes that Ms. Martin-Chico captured were not
- The invisible victims of Yemen's war Far from her home village, which was bombed by government warplanes in May, Fatima spoke in a low voice that showed her fear of arrest. She was telling me why she had fled to Yemen’s capital, San’a.
- Thirsty Plant Dries Out Yemen Even as drought kills off Yemen’s crops, farmers in villages like this one are turning increasingly to a thirsty plant called qat, the leaves of which are chewed every day by most Yemeni men (and some women) for their mild narcotic effect. The farmers h
- U.S. Aids Yemeni Raids on Al Qaeda, Officials Say WASHINGTON — The United States provided firepower, intelligence and other support to the government of Yemen as it carried out raids this week to strike at suspected hide-outs of Al Qaeda within its borders, according to officials familiar with the oper
- Yemen al-Qaeda leader threatens US Saed Elshari, al-Qaeda’s number two in the Arabian Peninsula, has called for attacks against US interests “everywhere”.
- Yemen faces 'humanitarian crisis' Yemen could face a serious humanitarian crisis unless immediate steps are taken to stop the fighting, the international aid group Oxfam has warned.
- Yemen rebels show 'seized' Saudi News Middle East Yemen rebels show ‘seized’ Saudi Saudi forces began a series of air raids against the Yemeni rebels last week [AFP] Yemeni rebels have released a video of a man who they identify as one of several Saudi soldiers in their custody, as fi
- Yemen Says Bomb Suspect Met With Qaeda Figures SANA, Yemen — A senior official here said Thursday that the young Nigerian man accused of trying to bring down an airliner as it was approaching Detroit on Dec. 25 had met with operatives of Al Qaeda and probably with Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical American
- Yemen sentences al Houthi rebels SANA’A // Yemen’s state security court yesterday sentenced four al Houthi militants to death for taking part in battles against government forces near the capital last year. Eleven others were sentenced to terms ranging from five to 15 years in jail.
- Yemen's War on Terror Yemen has emerged of late as one of the more fertile locations for Al Qaeda activity. Al Qaeda’s Yemeni affiliate, the Islamic Army of Aden-Abyan (IAA), has executed a number of spectacular attacks against Western interests in recent years. It was respo
- Yemen, the tribe and the state The Republic of Yemen, founded in May 1990, represents the only democratic country on the Arabian Peninsula. It is still facing serious political, social, and economic challenges. Because the primary social unit of the Yemen’s social structure is the trib
- Yemen: Humanitarian crisis continues This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing, on 9 October 2009, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
- Yemen:Truce with Houthi Rebels Collapses Sanaa, Asharq Al-Awsat- The truce between the Shiite Houthi rebels and the Yemeni authorities collapsed yesterday less than 24 hours after it had been signed, with clashes erupting between the two parties on more than one front. The Houthi rebels have acc
- Yemen’s North Hit by Bloodiest Fighting in Years BEIRUT, Lebanon — The Yemeni Army fought back a major offensive by rebels in the northern city of Sadah early Sunday morning, killing dozens of insurgents, witnesses and Yemeni officials said.
- Yemen’s President Says Government Is Willing to Talk to Disarmed Qaeda Fighters SANA, Yemen — Yemen’s government is “determined to stand up to the challenges” of Al Qaeda, but will be willing to talk to any Qaeda follower who “renounces violence and terrorism,” said the country’s president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, in an int
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