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Free Abdulhadi Al Khawaja – an appeal to take action
Activists, they never die of hunger strike. Sooner or later they always win. Gandhi never died, he won. Suffragettes too, they won, so that all of us women can vote today. No one ever dies of hungerstrike. Therefore Abdulhadi Al … Continue reading
Posted in english, oil, saudi arabia, USA & Middle East
Tagged Abdulhadi Al Khawaja, Bahrain, Formula One, Hunger Strike, Zeinab Al Khawaja
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National Security vs. My womb Security (or the Day Lebanon Almost Raped Me)
It’s quite something to write what just happened while the discourse on sexual harassment, rape and domestic violence seems to finally take wings in Beirut – and I expect it to be targeting legislative laxity, social backwardness and widespread … Continue reading
Posted in gender, lebanon, Uncategorized
Tagged Abortion, Contraceptives, lebanon, Rape, Sexual Awareness
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Homs – Two
Qassem can’t go back. As he tells me his story he even says «Come on do it, write down my real name, there is nothing else to loose». And I do not write down his real name anyways, but I … Continue reading
Posted in english, siria
Tagged Bashar el Assad, Deraa, Homs, human rights, Middle East, Salamiya, Syria
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The Two Homs
my piece on Homs for the Harper’s Mag More than 10,000 people have been arrested in Homs, Syria’s third-largest city, in the past two months. I’ve been staying near the souk, and every night I hear the sound of tanks … Continue reading
Iran running from its past
(Terra, 5th of november 2009) The islamic republic has once again turned against itself, and yesterday the men of Ayatollah Khamenei returned in the streets to open the fire on the children of the revolution. Earlier this week, the line … Continue reading
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«Not in Aleppo»
At exactly 13.28 local time, after friday prayers were declared over, an absolute silence fell on the Main Mosque of Aleppo. For at least one minute, the only moving beings were pigeons flying around the roofs of the Citadel. Then … Continue reading
Posted in Egitto, english, siria
Tagged Aleppo, Damascus, Deraa, sectarianism, Syria, Syrian revolution
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La lunga marcia fra Cairo e Beirut
- Cairo «La maggior violazione della privacy nella storia», l’hanno definita. Sono le migliaia – milioni – di files, conversazioni telefoniche di comuni cittadini, emails, passwords e pedinamenti emersi in Egitto dopo che, fra Venerdì e domenica, le stazioni di … Continue reading
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Tagged 25th of Jan, Beirut, hezbollah, libano, Rivoluzione, sistema confessionale
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Libia, il paese a pezzi
Il peggio è arrivato martedì, non appena il Colonnello Muammar Gheddafi ha finito il suo bizzarro discorso, durato più di un’ora e conclusosi con l’appello alla violenza fino all’ultimo contro i “drogati, deboli, malati” giovani della rivolta libica. Col buio … Continue reading
Quando la storia lotta coi regimi
“In genere mi rivolgo a voi chiamandovi “miei figli musulmani”. Ma oggi posso soltanto chiamarvi miei compagni egiziani, musulmani e cristiani in egual modo, perche’ questo giorno appartiene a voi tutti” . E qui ieri la folla ha interrotto … Continue reading
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Libia, piu' di cento i morti a Benghazi
Benghazi si e’ svegliata ieri fra l’odore di lamiera bruciata e dei corpi rimasti sull’asfalto. Alle finestre, ancora decine di cecchini. Ma intere strade del centro citta’erano gia’ libere. Dall’ospedale di al Jalaa, I dottori parlavano di almeno 120 cadaveri … Continue reading
