The Egyptian regime has been resorting to defamation campaigns to target its opponents as a tactic to silence and discredit any critical voices. العربية
أبدع النظام المصري الحالي بكل قنواته الإعلامية وأذرعه المؤسساتية بإستخدام سلاح التشويه والتحريض علي الكراهية من أجل الإنتقام من كل معارضيه على السواء. English
In India it is the season for rediscovering Gandhi, and everyone from politicians to intellectuals are doing it in their own way.
The process of repression is outsourced to the citizenry who indirectly secure absolute power for the regime. It is a vicious cycle with the masses being both the victims as well as beneficiaries of repression.
What we see happening in Iran is the emergence of a new discourse that combines old traditions and new ideas that will strengthen a home-grown democracy.
Mohammad bin Salman is now MENA’s main threat to peace, stability, and hope for democratization in the Arab world.
Without addressing head-on the drivers of the protests and pursuing popular reform, the Iranian leaders are only buying time until the next standoff between the state and the society.
Seven years after the Tunisian revolution one can dissect four main conflict issues in Tunisia today.
While many Amazigh were marginalized and discriminated against during the Gaddafi era, they are now the vanguard in promoting minority rights. -->
An open letter about intellectual and artistic spaces being used to quash a side of the debate, to delegitimize voices and valid criticism instead of engaging in much needed intellectual debates.
