Blog archive all
Since the US Supreme Court decided that same-sex couples in America have a right to marry, more than 26 million people have welcomed the news by adding a rainbow tint to their Facebook photo.
One of those who did so was the popular Egyptian actor Khaled Abol Naga. According to… Read more
Five young males – one of them a minor – are reported to have been arrested by Moroccan tourism police for fast-breaking during Ramadan. According to Morocco World News they bought orange juice from a stall in Jamaa el Fna, the large square in Marrakesh.
Article 222 of the Moroccan… Read more
'Just Solutions' in an unjust world
Britain sells its prison expertise to floggers and torturers
During a visit to Libya in 2004 I met a British diplomat who told me Britain had been helping the Gadafi regime to improve its prisons.
The story, as I recall… Read more
King Salman: which way will he jump?
Short of nuclear war, it is difficult to envisage a more cataclysmic event in the Middle East than the collapse of Saudi Arabia. The centrality of Saudi Arabia in Islam, in the global economy and in the region itself, would make turmoil in the kingdom more than… Read more
Ammar Abd Rabbo" src="/sites/default/files/moza.jpg" style="height:235px; width:388px" />
Sheikha Mozah, wife of Qatar's former emir, returned to the spotlight this week when previously-confidential emails were released by the US State Department.
The emails reveal that while Hillary… Read more
GNRD supporters demonstrating outside UN headquarters in Geneva on Monday
Considering that the Global Network for Rights and Development (GNRD) claims to be a human rights NGO, it has some very strange supporters.
The latest move in the campaign to defend GNRD against its critics is a … Read more
A GNRD supporter at the UN Human Rights Council accused Norway's public prosecutor of racism
In recent statements the Global Network for Rights and Development (GNRD) has portrayed itself as an organisation struggling to "forge a genuine international will to combat terrorism" – in the face of… Read more
Several Facebook pages have appeared during the last few days which seem to have the sole purpose of making defamatory allegations about me. These include claims that I am paid by Qatar to write nice things about it, that I am spying for Qatar and that I was fired from the Guardian for passing… Read more
Prime minister objects to calling ISIS 'Islamic'
British prime minister David Cameron wants the BBC to stop using the term "Islamic State".
"I wish the BBC would stop calling it 'Islamic State' because it is not an Islamic state," he said during a radio interview.
"What it is is an appalling… Read more
In a blog post last week I wrote about the Global Network for Rights and Development (GNRD) and its extensive network of Palestinian connections. Since then, as part of my continuing investigation, I have been looking at GNRD's Syrian connections.
Syria actually gets more attention on GNRD'… Read more
ARAB ART ONLINE: Susan Hefuna: Al Sabr Gamil (Patience is Beautiful) 2007. Ink stained on wood 140 x 170 cm. More information | Click to enlarge
