‘My Nationality is My Right for Me and My Family’
The First Edition of
#Munasara_Magazine
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@EQL_Nationality
Nature has not ceased, nor will it cease, to manifest these phenomena; the longer these risks take to occur, the deadliest they become as our readiness. and societal perceptions of their occurrence become disproportionate.
Dr. Essam Heggy|
@essamheggy
Centenary of the “Drowning Year”: What happened in 1923? And What signs of climate change are evident in the
#GULF
region? Find out the answers to everything that concerns you about climate change in the
#Gulf
countries through our interview with Dr:
@essamheggy
Working in the journalistic field in the
#Arab
Gulf in general is safe and without risks as long as the journalist or press institutions do not depart from the general framework drawn by the authorities through its security services.
Mohammed Al-Fazari |
@mkalfazari
Muwatin is proud to announce the launching of its English version, which will give English speakers access to distinct and independent journalism that goes beyond the red lines and discuss topics that are kept muted in the MENA region
Join us in breaking taboos in the Arab World
The floods in
#Oman
and the
#UAE
are a climatic phenomenon. They are the cyclones in the Gulf that affect all countries in the region without exception. They are not divine punishment or infrastructure failure," wrote Dr. Issam Heggy
@essamheggy
on his 𝕏 account, following
The
#Zionist
movement leaves unanswered a pivotal question: Why did Jews not consider rebuilding the Temple for 600 years after its destruction by Roman Emperor Titus in 70 AD, until the construction of Al-Aqsa in the 7th century AD?
The article was
From a young age, it was obvious for
@NawalElSaadawi1
to be accustomed to controversy and
#rebellion
. Her intellectual approach with its complications is the tube that pumps blood into her veins. A unique encounter with the late Dr. El Saadawi:
Female genital mutilation/ cutting (FGM/C) comprises all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons.
Here are the physical and mental health effects of
#FGM
On
#PressFreedomDay
, join Muwatin in the support and demand for independent press in the MENA region. Our path towards freedom will never succeed without free and independent
#media
.
Muwatin recognises the indivisible human rights as stated under international law.
On
#HumanRightsDay
, we consider the human rights situation in the Gulf Cooperation Council (
#GCC
) states and in
#Yemen
.
#humanrights
It’s becoming increasingly difficult for any rational, objective person with a proper understanding of the Palestinian issue to deny that Israel is an apartheid, occupying, colonial entity far removed from the ideals of democracy and human rights.
Mohammed Al-Fazari |
The
#Zionist
movement leaves unanswered a pivotal question: Why did
#Jews
not consider rebuilding the Temple for 600 years after its destruction by Roman Emperor Titus in 70 AD, until the construction of Al-Aqsa in the 7th century AD?
Sameh Askar|
@sameh_asker
“If any
#female
feels she need anything beyond herself to legitimate and validate her existence, she is already giving away her power to be self-defining, her agency”
#RIPbellhooks
"Your credibility is at stake"
"Muwatin", along with 38 other organizations concerned with press freedom and media, including the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
@pressfreedom
, issued a joint statement to the member states of the Media Freedom Coalition. The statement
🔜 Join us for the event
“Upholding Women’s Equal Citizenship in Nationality Laws in the MENA Region”
🗓️6 March
🕰️16:00-17:30 EET
Hybrid event: in person at the Asfari Institute in Beirut and online.
*Registration required:
The
#Omani
Shura Council lacks even the fundamental powers typically afforded to parliamentary councils. The interrogation process, characterized by stringent procedural requirements, demands substantial time and effort from its members
Read more:
#Oman
Like most secularists, I also believe in equality. We also believe in
#freedom
of
#religion
. All we object to is that beliefs that we and other people do not share are simply imposed on us whether we like them or not
Muriel Turner
The homogenous ideological terrain internalised by Western feminism fails to consider cultural relativism. It acts as a modern-day colonialist civilising mission through the
#orientalist
harmful presumptions of women
#feminist
ideology within the Muslim world.
Bahraini and international human rights bodies call on the
#Pope
to use his moral authority in meetings with government officials in order to press for a real, marked improvement in the human rights situation in
#Bahrain
, and across the entire
#Gulf
.
The suggestion that
#war
is only a natural phenomenon unique to the
#MENA
region or any other place other than the West has long been present in
#media
coverage. This proposition does not focus on the main causes of the instability of the MENA region
Following an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition in
#Yemen
yesterday evening targeting the telecommunication building in
#Hodeidah
, the internet network provided by TeleYemen was completely cut off.
#YemenBlackout
Palestine is a just and humanitarian cause that retains its righteousness regardless of shifting circumstances or differences with its people or any faction. It is a matter deeply rooted in human dignity. Therefore, in the spirit of humanity, aligned with international law and
Does criticism of religion fall under the forms of freedom of the press? And if the answer is “no”, isn’t this sanctity unilateral and one-sided, which is the sanctifier?
Know the answers from here:
And tell us about your opinion
🛑 After publishing the investigation “Time Bombs: Generators Threaten Inhabitants of Old Sanaa and its Landmarks,” the General Authority for the Preservation of Historic Cities sent official memoranda to several competent authorities, demanding action to remove the generators
It is important to make clear that civilians in
#Ukraine
deserve protection from their Russian aggressors. However, this firm political will to stop impunity in its tracks seems to fade when it is happening in the
#MiddleEast
, Africa, or Asia.
The
#war
in
#Yemen
gave
#Yemenis
women a taste of humiliation and destitution, causing them to struggle to obtain the basic necessities of life and to be deprived of their dignity by being exposed to
#harassment
and malnutrition
Her wings are clipped, and it is found deplorable that she cannot fly. Let but the future be opened to her, and she will no longer be compelled to linger in the present
Simone de Beauvoir
🔴Rising sea levels can destroy vulnerable parts of the sand belt, which is essential for protecting the lakes and reclaimed lowlands in the
#Nile
Delta, Read our latest investigations about
#Egypt
from here:
In terms of drama,
#Egypt
produces an average of 50 TV series annually. There was a boom in 2009 when 72 TV series were produced, but this fell back to 34 in 2011. The number of series produced then fluctuated before stabilising at below 60 for the last three years.
Know more
The establishment of the
#Zionist
state in the
#MiddleEast
can be seen as an outcome of Western colonial ambitions, which sought to create a national home for Jewish people globally, thereby alleviating demographic pressures on Europe
Reem Khalifa |
@Reem_Khalifa
#Gaza
It is women’s fundamental right to put the veil on without being brutalized for it. However, empowering women does not make the concept of the hijab itself empowering, nor does it change the reality of what this obligation really means.
#MahsaAmini
Know the whole story:
In
#Gaza
amputations are performed without anesthesia, and children suffering from massive burns down their bodies are discharged to camps with no running water, due to overwhelmed hospitals, only to come back with severe infections and pus and larvae pouring out of their
"The use of violence against civilians in
#Gaza
or in any geopolitical conflict is universally unacceptable, and this principle undoubtedly applies to the
#civilians
of the
#Zionist
occupying entity"
Read the whole article:
"The bombings in the
#Gaza
Strip represent a direct attack on civilians and children, amounting to an act of ethnic
#Genocide_in_Gaza
that violates all international and humanitarian norms and laws"
"Government-backed information security systems continually make staggering profits, ultimately, it is the human rights defenders and dissidents in the
#Gulf
that bear the greatest costs"
Know the secrets of Cybersecurity in Gulf countries from here:
According to the
@UNFPA
around 5,000
#women
and
#girls
are killed every year in the so-called ‘
#honour
’ killings predominantly by members of their own families
Know more:
Article 6 in the ICCPR: Every human being has the inherent right to life. This right shall be protected by law. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his life.
#HumanRightsDay
#HumanRights
"It’s true, there have been some social changes;
#MBS
is trying to prove he’s different, and that’s why he made all these changes. But have these changes actually improved citizens’ lives? Are these changes necessary or are they not?"
Dialogue with Yahya Assiri
@abo1fares
:
“Official statements in Bahrain reflect the falsification of the media reality in
#Bahrain
and its restriction under security and military authority, and does not depart from the trend of the single media, which accepts only one cosmetic image of a dead journalistic and media
"The unjustified continuous shelling of civilian populated areas has resulted in multiple bodies trapped under rubble, with the decay of those casualties there will be catastrophic health consequences"
Muwatin Media Network congratulates Eman Monir |
@EmanMounirM
, a member of Muwatin team, on her acceptance into the "Ocean Reporting Fellowship" with
@pulitzercenter
. Wishing her success and excellence in her upcoming investigative pursuits.
This investigation unveils how a multinational industrial corporation exerts control over the water resources in Jordan's southern
#Jordan
Valley, and delves into the reasons behind the Jordanian government's support for this company:
@ARIJNetwork
#Kuwait
‘s Constitutional Court overturned a law that authorities had used to prosecute
#transgender
people, in a rare advance for sexual rights in the
#MiddleEast
.
The Court said the law violated Kuwaitis’ rights to personal freedom.
What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future. It is a wish that every cup may overflow with blessings rich and eternal, and that every path may lead to peace.
Agnes M. Pahro
In
#arab
countries, a woman’s sexual organ has become a word for exclusion and discrimination. With the consent of many, it became more like a heroic act. Also, using female sexual organs as slurs is used happily by both sexes!
Know more about the history of sexual insults:
All
#Palestinian
children, without exception, find themselves in the crosshairs of
#Israeli
aerial bombardments. They are the age group most frequently targeted, with the highest number of victims, martyrs, and those missing being among their ranks
Due to discrimination and exclusion, as well as cultural differences stemming from having a father of a different nationality,
#Kuwaiti
women’s children do not fully belong to
#kuwait
, Know more about The “Gray Area” Campaign for Kuwaiti Women’s Children’s Rights
The UDHR continues to be the foundation of all international human rights law. Its 30 articles provide the principles and building blocks of current and future
#humanrights
conventions, treaties and other legal instruments.
#HumanRightsDay
It's 2024 and
#Ahmad_Mansoor
is still one of the most prominent human rights activists in the United Arab Emirates and the
#Gulf
region in the last ten years. Reports documented that he was tortured in the prison where he was held for more than three years in
#UAE
Know more about
Questions of “
#freedom
of belief” and “
#religious
pluralism” are no longer posed as philosophical visions and elitist ideas but as a necessity and a fundamental societal need for the survival and development of
#Arab
countries, or their decline and fading:
“I thought about suicide several times, but I would refrain and ask God for forgiveness, as soon as I remembered my children and how much they were attached to me,”
As major property companies in
#Egypt
, led by TMG, are boosting their profits, young people’s dreams of owning an apartment to set up a marital home are shattered!
And this is how these companies gain profits “By direct order”:
Besides the social and cultural aspect, institutionalised
#misogyny
is one of the main causes of embedded discrimination in the Arab region.
#Sexism
is built into our community’s cultural norms, practices, but also often into its laws as well.
The “My Name is My Mother’s Name” Campaign was launched on December 5, 2018, along with a proposal to amend the National Card Law No. 3 of 2016, to find a suitable solution for children of unknown parental lineage
Some foods play an influential role in increasing
#sexual_attractiveness
by increasing the stimulation of pheromones, and this is related to their effect on the
#hormones
“androsterone” and “androstenol”, which are directly related to a man’s masculinity
Time Bombs: Generators threaten inhabitants of Old Sanaa and its landmarks
🔴This investigation reveals that in the old city of Sana’a, there are 11 electricity stations, which are owned by merchants and “influential” people, Which increasingly threatens the safety of the city's
The Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights (
@EQL_Nationality
) was established in 2014 through a collaboration including several non-governmental organizations. Its mission is to mobilize action to achieve gender equality in all nationality laws
"People in our Middle Eastern society always fight the idea that religion is flawed, they are continuously dealing with an inner conflict between idealising their beliefs and what reality is showing them"
The implicit and explicit racism in Western coverage of the
#RussianUkrainianWar
might provide some explanation on why audiences and communities seem to take such drastic measures vis-à-vis the Ukraine war as opposed to other wars or conflicts
The Arab Declaration on “Belonging and Legal Identity” was first introduced in 2018 under the auspices of the League of Arab States’. The ninth item of the Declaration called for member states to work towards ending discrimination in nationality laws
For every mother supports her family alone
For every mother experiences double suffering in war zones
For every mother struggles for her children's lives
We hope you a year full of hope and strength
#MothersDay
#mothersday2024
FGM/C causes: severe pain, bleeding, blisters and potential long term effects such as Recurrent urinary tract infections, infertility and polycystic ovary syndrome
According to a Palestinian citizen of Israel, members of the minority are willing to stay within the borders of Israel with an Israeli I.D. due to the dire situation of Palestinians in the
#Gaza
Strip and West Bank.
Know more about the Plight of Israel’s Palestinian Minority:
We’re treated like criminals”: Restrictions on journalists’ movement in GCC
Reporters Without Borders noted in its 2023 annual report that the press "continues to suffer under the oppressive control in the Middle East, whether by authoritarian regimes or due to the censorship
"Israeli propaganda about
#GazaWar
has been failing since October 7, not just from the beginning of the ground operation; this operation has demonstrated the collapse of the theory of intelligence strength and the fortified security systems of the
#occupying
state."
Adham Abu
Salafism is confined to a closed set of duties and prohibitions, against which the legitimacy of all behaviors, actions, and sayings is measured, regardless of their religious nature, which puts the Muslim against two paths, either a Salafi or a non-Muslim
In a society where women are constantly, oppressed, shamed and tyrannized it is up to us Arab women to be kind to ourselves and to each other and to respect other women’s individuality and uniqueness.
#Saudi
women have gone through a lot of painful experiences to simply live, and there is no better space to depict the history of such challenges and suffering than in the space of the fine arts
#Egypt
and the Arab region can be lifted out of their intellectual and cultural crisis, The first spark can be for Egypt to move forward politically, culturally, and socially in all areas when we change and replace the elites in our country
Read our Special dialogue with Dr.Nawal