A few weeks ago, I woke up to the news that Shaima Alawadi, a 32-year old Iraqi refugee in America, died after being beaten by a group who entered her home. The mother of five was found with a note that read: “Go back to your country. You are a terrorist.” Read more here. (The [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Middle East’
The Power of Discourse
Posted in America, Discourses, Middle East, Netherlands, tagged America, Discourses, Middle East, Netherlands on May 3, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Why I don’t like the “Arab Spring” label
Posted in Global, Middle East, Solidarity, tagged Middle East, Solidarity, Uprisings on March 22, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Since the Tunisian uprising in late 2010, various countries in the Middle East & North Africa have experienced uprisings by the people against entrenched dictatorships. This series of uprisings has been labelled the “Arab Spring,” which now appears to be a widely-accepted term. It is even being used at conferences and in academic settings, despite the problematic [...]
Egypt
Posted in Egypt, Politics, Revolution, tagged Africa, Egypt, Middle East, Politics, Referendum, Revolution on March 24, 2011 | 3 Comments »
It seems like the world was extremely boring last year, and made a new year’s resolution to be more exciting and unpredictable. 2011 has been absolutely chaotic! From the Egyptian perspective, the year started off on a bad note, with a church bombing on the 1st of January. Gov’t blamed it on al-Qaeda (we later [...]
