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Archives for May 2018

film
Race for Film Gold at Cannes in shadow of #MeToo & Gaza

Race for Film Gold at Cannes in shadow of #MeToo & Gaza

Deborah Cole

Movies by Spike Lee, South Korea’s Lee Chang-dong, Italian Matteo Garrone and Nadine Labaki of Lebanon drew critical acclaim

Human Rights Watch
Saudis Arrest 7 Women's Rights Activists who had  Upstaged Crown Prince on Driving

Saudis Arrest 7 Women’s Rights Activists who had Upstaged Crown Prince on Driving

Human Rights Watch

Jumping Ahead of Crown Prince’s Reforms Risks Jail Time

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian women: a history of female resistance in Gaza and the West Bank

Palestinian women: a history of female resistance in Gaza and the West Bank

Maria Holt

Palestinian women are the backbone of a fragmented and demoralised society

China
China picking up Iran Gas Deal Trump forced France’s Total to Give Up… In Yuan, not Dollars

China picking up Iran Gas Deal Trump forced France’s Total to Give Up… In Yuan, not Dollars

Julien Girault

Trump’s move to reimpose sanctions will hit European companies especially hard

Climate Change
Alabama Rep with Rocks in his Head blames Rocks for Climate Change

Alabama Rep with Rocks in his Head blames Rocks for Climate Change

Juan Cole

Rep. Brooks believes that silt from the Nile River in Egypt is part of the problem. He doesn’t know that the Nile was dammed up in 1958

Displaced and Refugees
100,000 Yemenis displaced by Saudi-led Coastal Offensive, with Millions on edge of Famine

100,000 Yemenis displaced by Saudi-led Coastal Offensive, with Millions on edge of Famine

AFP

Amnesty International warns that “the worst could be yet to come”

Iraq
Why Muqtada al-Sadr’s Shocking Victory in Iraq Elections isn’t that Shocking

Why Muqtada al-Sadr’s Shocking Victory in Iraq Elections isn’t that Shocking

Mustafa Habib

Iraq’s Election Winner Just Giving The People What They Wanted

Donald Trump
How Trump's 2000 lies are Termites chomping at the Foundations of Democracy

How Trump’s 2000 lies are Termites chomping at the Foundations of Democracy

Karen J. Greenberg

We are facing an incremental dismantling of our institutions

Islamophobia
Islamophobia, Inc.: Sinister Billionaires and White Nationalists breed Hate (Documentary)

Islamophobia, Inc.: Sinister Billionaires and White Nationalists breed Hate (Documentary)

Al Jazeera English

An investigation reveals the tactics various groups use to instigate a fear of Islam

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