Caught between an ongoing cycle of violence and gender inequality, women in Libya are fighting a war inside the war.
On the anniversary of the abolition of slavery in Tunisia this year, Black women founded a new movement to have their voices heard. #12DaysofResistance On 23 January this year – the anniversary of the abolition of slavery in Tunisia – seven women launched Voices of Tunisian Black Women, a Facebook group for Black women …
Tunisian women in rural areas have played a vital role in maintaining food security during the coronavirus pandemic but continue to suffer exploitation and exclusion. While their working conditions are already known for being dire, the public health crisis has compounded their economic and social insecurity. This paper discusses the systemic exploitative …
It all began with a tweet from an anonymous male user smacking of sexual perversion. A “Me Too” wave is taking the online world in Iran by storm, with thousands of women breaking years of silence on sexual harassment and rape in a movement that has initiated conversation about what remains a …
Despite being rich in oil and gas, Tataouine in the south of Tunisia has remained severely underdeveloped and marginalized, pushing its inhabitants, time and again, to protest for reinvestment of its wealth in infrastructure and local jobs. This paper examines the underlying drivers of the ongoing unrest in Tataouine, the heavy-handed response …
Betrayed by the ruling elite and disillusioned, many Lebanese are looking for a way out. Until two years ago, 37-year-old Bahaa Malaeb never thought that one day he would have to leave his homeland. A graduate in international business from a top university, and a qualified sound engineer, as an ambitious, multi-skilled man he was …
Tunisians rallied on Saturday in support to the Black Lives Matter movement, decrying anti-black racism and raising awareness about racial discrimination in the North African country On 6 June, around 100 people gathered outside the Municipal Theatre in the Tunisian capital in a show of solidarity with U.S. protests over the tragic death of George …
Fuelled by widespread anger at growing economic hardship and corruption, Tripoli is leading the way in Lebanon’s new wave of protests. A new wave of unrest has rocked Lebanon’s second-largest city Tripoli, fuelled by frustration over growing economic hardship due to the national currency depreciation and skyrocketing prices amid the coronavirus pandemic. Protesters from around …
While the Hirak protest movement has frozen its street demonstrations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, the Algerian regime is taking advantage of this period of virus containment to escalate repression behind a security façade. In the past days, a wave of arbitrary arrests and unfair court rulings have targeted dozens …
The ongoing Israeli blockade, an overstretched health system and a lack of vital medical supplies: coronavirus spells disaster for Gaza’s beleaguered population Coronavirus testing re-started in the Gaza Strip after 480 testing kits purchased by the World Health Organization (WHO) reportedly arrived in the enclave on Sunday night. The Palestinian health ministry had warned …