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Poisoning the system
OF ALL THE PROBLEMS within their society, corruption is probably the one that Arabs complain about most – in private if not always in public. Resentment at official corruption has become a galvanising factor for opposition movements, especially the Islamist opposition,…
The Doha Declaration for Democracy and Reform was issued on 4 June 2004 at the end of a two-day conference conceived by Egyptian reformer Saad Ed-Din Ibrahim and hosted by Qatar University’s Gulf Studies Center. The Qatari government also supported the conference. More than one hundred participants…
Final statement of a conference, "Arab Reform Issues: Vision and Implementation", held on 12-14 March 2004 at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Egypt. Participating organisations were: the Arab Academy for Science and Technology, the Arab Business Council, the Arab Women's Organisation, the Economic…
The Moroccan writer Abdellah Taia talks about his book, Salvation Army.Interviewed by Brian Whitaker in Paris, January 2009.
Your book, L’Armée du Salut (“Salvation Army”), is shortly going to be published in English in the United States. How did that come about?
I think it started in June 2007…
Desiring Arabs by Joseph Massad
University of Chicago Press, 2007
Reviewed by Brian Whitaker
Joseph Massad, associate professor of modern Arab politics at Columbia University, is a controversial figure. As a protégé of the late Edward Said who is also of Palestinian-Christian descent, his views…
Author's note: if you see any reviews or articles that are not mentioned here, please let me know.
Beirut, la speranza dei gay in fuga dal mondo arabo
La Repubblica, 21 August 2007 - in Italian (PDF)
Review of the Arabic edition
Two-part review in Arabic by Asma Nasar (Rose al-Youssef, Egypt).…
By Brian Whitaker
Seminar at the Centre on Human Rights in Conflict, University of East London Wednesday 21 March
Homosexuality is a subject that people really don’t like talking about in the Middle East - which is the main reason why I decided to write a book about it. It’s still very much a…
An e-book by Brian Whitaker exploring theunification of north and south Yemen in 1990, and its aftermath
Notes: Chapter 1
1. This was settled in 2000 by the Treaty of Jeddah. See: http://www.al-bab.com/yemen/pol/int5.htm
2. The eastern border with Oman, agreed in 1992, is further west than some…
An e-book by Brian Whitaker exploring theunification of north and south Yemen in 1990, and its aftermath
14. Muddling through
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THE NEW Republic of Yemen was born from a three-way struggle revolving around national unity, democracy and power. In a unified state there…
An e-book by Brian Whitaker exploring theunification of north and south Yemen in 1990, and its aftermath
13. The Democratic Republic of Yemen
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FOLLOWING their failure to arouse a northern rebellion and the destruction of their battalions at Amran and Dhamar in the opening…
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
