Shabab Forum in Qatif are organizing a 2-day course titled “Principles of Human Rights”. The intensive course will take place in Qatif on March 15-16, 2007. The registration fee is SR 700 (SR 500 for early registration). The course is the first of its kind here, and the seats are limited. For more information, please contact: info@shababforum.com
Category Human Rights
Amnesty International are calling for action in Fa…
Amnesty International are calling for action in Fatima’s case, which is now waiting for the decision of the royal court. Meanwhile, some Saudis are petitioning to King Abdullah regarding the case. What bugs me the most is that some people here are trying to rationalize what is going on here.
Reason 943 to love Sweden: In 2006, the U.S. allow…
Reason 943 to love Sweden: In 2006, the U.S. allowed 220 Iraqis to emigrate to the United States. During the same year, Sweden accepted 9,700.
Badriyyah Al-Bisher: "I once wrote that car showro…
Badriyyah Al-Bisher: “I once wrote that car showrooms in our country enjoy better legal regulations than marriage and divorce.”
The news of arresting ten men earlier this week, i…
The news of arresting ten men earlier this week, in what was described as a part of the efforts to crackdown on terrorism, was really disturbing. It is hard to see the link between these men, most of them are well-known academics and reform activists, and the allegations against them: funding “suspicious bodies” and “luring Saudi citizens.” As usual, the government is not releasing much information, but many speculate that the terrorism charges are a pretext and that they were arrested for their political beliefs.
NY Times: Saudi Shiites fear gains could be lost.
NY Times: Saudi Shiites fear gains could be lost.
Some friends have visited Qatif last week to exper…
Some friends have visited Qatif last week to experience Ashura Commemorations. I wanted to be there as well, but unfortunately my final exams this semester coincided with the occasion so I had to stay in Riyadh until the 15th of Muharram. Shiites in Qatif, unlike their counterparts in Ahssa (aka Hofuf), enjoy more freedom when it comes to celebrating religious occasions like Ashura. This is probably because Ahssa is a mixed area while Qatif is amlost purely Shiite. Although some say Qatifis are enjoying this freedom because they are more rebellious, but that’s another story.
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