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Liberals without Liberalism: The Kuwaiti Example
In the 2011 year of protesting against former Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammed, Kuwaiti liberals were many times accused of being passive towards the corruption of al-Mohammed in fear of the...
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A Youth-Coup Against the Kuwaiti Opposition
Since 2009, young Kuwaiti activists have been the ones leading protests and calls against former Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammed and accusing him of corruption. These young leaders were...
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The Constitutional Court: A New Threat to Kuwaiti Democracy
Last month, Kuwait’s constitutional court dissolved the parliament (which was elected in February 2012) saying the procedures followed by the Emir when he dissolved the previous parliament were not...
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Bahrain: ‘Boycott the Olympics'
The son of the King of Bahrain, Prince Nasser Bin Hamad Al Khalifa is the front man of Bahrain's sports; not democratically chosen but appointed like the rest of his family, who are in power.The young...
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عن نعيم أبو سبعة الذي بعبص التنين
تفتح الرواية، تبدأ بخطاب حب للسيد الرئيس حسني مبارك، ثم تقرأ 8 صفحات عن رجل اسمه نعيم. الصفحات الأولى تأتي مسرحية أو وصفية (يقول الراوي بأن اللغة العربية لغة وصف وليست لغة أفكار)، تشعر بالارتباك، هل...
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The Bedoon Talented Tenth
At the end of the 19th century, an African-American writer came up with term “The Talented Tenth” to refer to the possibility of having one out of ten African-Americans contribute and be leaders of...
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Saudi Women and the Need to be Political
Since the 1990s, Saudi women have been demanding the right to drive cars, travel alone, and abolish the male guardianship system. The struggle was limited to certain women from less conservative...
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Exile is Not the Answer to Statelessness!
A year ago, many Bedoon activists wouldn’t have been able to answer questions about the status of their counterparts in the United Arab Emirates due to a media blackout that the country was able to...
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An Invisible Nation: The Gulf’s Stateless Communities
Image from I. Piccioni-A. Tiso/Molo7 Photo AgencyThe issue of statelessness in the Gulf is as old as the post-colonial oil states from which they are actively being excluded. Until the 1980s, the...
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Why do you hate Khalijis?
One of the struggles that many Khalijis have to undertake is the one against all the stereotypes set against them, especially by the rest of the Arab world. These stereotypes are caused by three...
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The YouTube Salvation
Last week, many Kuwaitis were either shocked or thrilled by a YouTube video showing a group of young actors getting attacked by some unknown man. The video was uploaded anonymously but since state...
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Dictators Unite for Bahrain
This time the Bahrainis were not fooled by another international initiative to stop the systematic human rights violations committed by their regime since the February 14th revolution, and for decades...
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Whose Refugees Matter More?
In my previous post, I wrote about the recent meeting of the United Nation’s Human Rights Council about Bahrain. Recommendations “demanded” Bahrain to stop its systematic violations that include...
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Kuwait: Shotgun Used Against Stateless Protesters
On the International Day of Non-Violence, the stateless community of Kuwait decided to protest to demand their right to citizenship. The community has been protesting, on and off, since February 2011....
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The Myth of Kuwaiti Democracy
Kuwaiti activist arrested in a Bedoon protest“We just want to be like Kuwait” is a sentence that one might often hear from people of the Gulf – specifically Saudis and Bahrainis. The sentence reflects...
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On Being a Khaliji Ikhwan
To draw the political map of the Gulf, one is always asked to use the terms set by a shared Arab reality; Ikhwan (Muslim Brotherhood), Salafis, conservatives, liberals, leftists, and so on. As someone...
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Kuwait: The Country's Biggest Protest?
Tear gas and stun grenades were used to disperse a protest in Kuwait against changes to the electoral law. The call for the Karamat Watan (A Nation's Dignity) march, which took place on Sunday, was...
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A Roadmap to Kuwait’s Dignity March
After the biggest march in Kuwait’s history on Sunday, people from different countries asked me through my blog or twitter for explanations of this demonstration and that’s why I’m writing this brief...
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Kuwait’s Bahraini Scenario
Following the recent arrest of Kuwaiti opposition front man Musalam al-Barrak, one can only wonder what the authorities think they’re doing. Is this an act of political suicide for the small Gulf...
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Anonymous Twitter Account Leads Major Protests in Kuwait
After witnessing its biggest protest, the anonymous organizers of the “Dignity March” called for another one. Tens of thousands showed up in the areas of Mishref and Sabah Al-Salem protesting the...
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