Tag Archives: Human Rights

This is not an Islamic revolution

The uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia show that Islam is now less potent politically, even [...]

Peter Gabriel with Pakistan

Calling the world’s response to floods in Pakistan “pathetic,” British rock star Peter Gabriel has [...]

“We had arrived on Gaza!”

An Amnesty International fact-finding team arrived in Gaza City on Saturday, 17 January, hours before [...]

The Presence

“I open a door unto the Earth and set ablaze the fire of presence, in [...]

Barack Obama : Hope without naivity

The eight years of George W. Bush’s presidency have accustomed us to so many errors, [...]

60 years of Nakba

This year Israel celebrates its 60th birthday. Yet for Palestinians and for people of conscience [...]

A campaing against forced marriages

The SPIOR initiative and campaign against forced marriages is to be much welcomed. Something had [...]

A tool, not a compromise

In the Middle East, the religious sphere must now complement the societal one, which is [...]

Working for peace: dark hope

A Moral Witness to the ‘Intricate Machine’ “I am an Israeli. I live in Jerusalem. [...]

What ails the Arab World

There is an Arab proverb that says, “If you have no more shame left in [...]

Discours d’une citoyenne israélienne

Commémorer les 40 ans d’occupation Bonsoir. C’est un grand honneur pour moi d’être sur cette scène [...]

Two Israeli perspectives of Gaza issues

The Palestinian/Arab – Israeli Issue is nearly sixty years old with bloody cycles of devastating [...]

Contre une lecture machiste de l’islam

Des féministes musulmanes plaident leur cause à Madrid. Juriste, médecin, cinéaste : des féministes musulmanes ont [...]

How much longer?

One country bombed two countries. Such impunity might astound were it not business as usual. [...]

Vers un féminisme musulman

Quand les femmes s’approprient les sources “Quand on m’a proposé d’intervenir à cette conférence avec [...]

Liberté d’expression et respect des croyances

Les caricatures du Prophète et la liberté de la presse Cherif Abderrahman Jah Fundación de Cultura [...]

Leaving conflict behind and embracing alliance.

International Symposium on “Civilizations and cultures : from dialogue to alliance” The most diverse cultures, [...]