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UK Spyware Targets Bahraini Business
[This report was originally published by Bahrain Watch on 13 March 2013.] TOP BAHRAINI COMPANY INFECTED WITH GOVERNMENT SPYWARE SOLD BY UK FIRM IN APPARENT POLITICALLY MOTIVATED TARGETING Company Declines to be Identified, Citing Potential Reprisals [Manama] During the course of recent investigations, Bahrain ... Read More »
Long Sentences Imposed on Saudi Human Rights Activists
[This report was originally issued by Alkarama on 12 March 2013.] KSA: Two prominent human rights defenders sentenced to 10 and 11 years in prison after unfair trial The Saudi authorities should immediately release Mohammad Al Qahtani and Abdullah Al Hamid, two Saudi human rights defenders and co-founders of the ... Read More »
Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (March 12)
[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on the Arabian Peninsula and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Arabian Peninsula Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send your own recommendations for inclusion in each week's roundup to ap@jadaliyya.com by ... Read More »
Saudi Arabia Imprisons Activists and Dissolves Prominent Rights Organization
[This report was originally published by the Gulf Center for Human Rights on 11 March 2013.] Saudi Arabia - The authorities imprison prominent human rights defenders Dr. Abdullah Al-Hamid and Dr. Mohammed Al-Qahtani and dissolve the Association for Civil and Political Rights (ACPRA) On 9 March 2013, the eleventh ... Read More »
Targeting Women Activists in Bahrain
[The following report was originally published by the Bahrain Center for Human Rights on 7 March 2013.] International Women's Day: Bahraini Women Imprisoned, Tortured, Killed, Stripped from Nationality...and Impunity for Abusers On International Women's Day, the Bahrain Center for Human Rights expresses its grave ... Read More »
On The Barring of International Observers from Trial Against UAE Activists
[The following statement was issued by the Alkarama Foundation on 3 March 2013.] Ninety-four peaceful activists are due to be brought before the Federal Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi tomorrow morning, Monday, 4 March 2013, on state security offences. Limited access to lawyers, withholding of evidence and details ... Read More »
دور الشباب البحريني في الحركات الإحتجاجية بين الماضي والحاضر
الشباب شعلة الحرية والنضال. لطالما أرتبط الشباب والطلبة في معظم الحركات الثائرة، ولا يمكن استثناء البحرين. فمنذ بداية الحركة النضالية في مطلع العشرينيات حتى هذا اليوم لم تتخلف القوى الشبابية والطلابية عن الشارع، إلا بمقدار بسيط يعود لأسباب أعتقد بأنه من المناسب أن تتداول للنقاش والترتيب. فمع رياح ربيع الثورات العربية ... Read More »
Jordanian Held Incommunicado in Saudi Arabia
[The following call to action was issued by Amnesty International on 26 February 2013.] A Jordanian man has been held incommunicado in an undisclosed location in Saudi Arabia since 6 January. He was last seen being arrested by Saudi Arabian security forces, and has since been denied access to his family and to the ... Read More »
Ahmed Al Omran on Social Media and the Saudi Blogosphere
[This post is part of an ongoing Profile of a Contemporary Conduit series on Jadaliyya that seeks to highlight distinct voices primarily in and from the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia.] Jadaliyya (J): What do you think are the most gratifying aspects of Tweeting, and ... Read More »
Letter Concerning the UAE "Blacklisting" of Dr. Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
[The following letter was issued by the Committee on Academic Freedom of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA).] February 28, 2013 His Excellency Shaikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan Minister of Foreign Affairs United Arab Emirates via fax +971 02 444 7766 Your Excellency, I write to you ... Read More »
الخروج من المعبد: توليفات في أنثروبولوجيا الغناء العربي
يصدر أحمد الواصل كتابه الجديد" الخروج من المعبد: توليفات في أنثروبولوجيا الغناء العربي" عن دار العين للنشر ، القاهرة، 2013. ويخص مجلة "جدلية" بمقدمة الكتاب. مقدمة الكتاب: زفير أبي الهول الطويل 1/ قالت فيروز أن أبا الهول صديقها أيْ: هما صديقا الصمت. اختارت أن تشدو بقربه على مسرح ... Read More »
مجلس التعاون الخليجي وحق العقوبة المقدس
تحت قشرة الحداثة، تجثم الممارسات الدنيوية لنظام الحكم القمعي في قطر وبقية دول مجلس التعاون الخليجي. ولكي لا ننسى، يتم تذكيرنا وبشكل مستمر بمدى تسامح حكام مجلس التعاون الخليجي، وخاصة عندما يتعلق الأمر بنقد من أحد رعيتهم. لا تعتبر قضية شاعر قصيدة الياسمين القطري محمد العجمي، الذي حصل في بادئ الأمر على حكم بالسجن المؤبد ... Read More »
The Royals' New Rules: Backsliding in Bahrain
Al Khalifa of Bahrain, the Sunni family that has ruled the Shia-majority country since 1783, has a long history of thwarting revolutionary uprisings. They have recently added five new tactics to their repertoire. My own experience with their new strategy happened on 29 January, when I landed at the airport in ... Read More »
Concern Over Arrest of Human Rights Defender Zainab Al-Khawaja
[The following statement was issued by Front Line Defenders on 1 March 2013.] On 27 February 2013, human rights defender Ms Zainab Al-Khawaja was arrested by security forces during a peaceful sit-in in front of the Royal Palace in Al Qudaybiyah. Meanwhile, on 28 February 2013, the Court of Appeal rejected ... Read More »
Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (March 5)
[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on the Arabian Peninsula and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Arabian Peninsula Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send your own recommendations for inclusion in each week's roundup to ap@jadaliyya.com by ... Read More »
Arabian Peninsula Monthly Edition on Jadaliyya (February 2013)
[This is a monthly archive of pieces written by Jadaliyya contributors and editors on the Arabian Peninsula. It also includes material published on other platforms that editors deemed pertinent to post as they provide diverse depictions of Arabian Peninsula-related topics. The pieces reflect the level of critical ... Read More »
Qatar Moving Closer to Algeria?
Officially, Emir Hamad visited Algiers on 7 January 2013 to conduct an evaluation of the bilateral cooperation and to sign partnership agreements between the two countries. This visit was struck in a cordial tone between the heads of state, even though real ... Read More »
Global Ban on CS Gas is Needed
To mark the second anniversary of the February 14 Bahraini uprising, Pr. Damian McCormack, Pr. David Grayson and Tara O'Grady call for a ban on CS gas. CS gas, 2-chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile, is a chemical weapon which is banned in warfare by the OPCW (Organisation for Prevention of Chemical Weapons) under ... Read More »
On the UAE's Decision to Refuse Entry to Professor Kristian Coates
This past Thursday, 28 February 2013, I was supposed to go to Dubai. The trip was to attend a one-day workshop on Sunday, 3 March 2013 in which the Alexandria Trust was expected to launch "al-Fanar,” a new publication devoted to the state of higher education in the Arab world. However, given the recent decision ... Read More »
GCC and the Sacred Right to Punish
Beneath the thin veneer of modernity, lie the mundane practices of repressive rule in Qatar and the rest of the Gulf Cooperation Council states. Lest we forget. we are continuously reminded of the limits of GCC rulers’ tolerance, particularly in the face of critique from their national subjects. The recent case of ... Read More »
International Judicial Observation Mission Report on the Trial against Human Rights Defender Nabeel Rajab
[The following report was issued by the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders on 14 February 2013.] International Judicial Observation Mission Report on the Trial against Human Rights Defender Nabeel Rajab Introduction Between September and December 2012, the Observatory for the Protection of ... Read More »
Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (February 26)
[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on the Arabian Peninsula and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Arabian Peninsula Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send your own recommendations for inclusion in each week's roundup to ap@jadaliyya.com by ... Read More »
Physicians for Human Rights: Rights Violations Still Common in Bahrain on Second Anniversary of Protest Movement
[The following statement was issued by Physicians for Human Rights on 14 February 2013.] Two years after political protests first erupted in Bahrain, the government continues to routinely violate the human rights of protesters, PHR said today. In fact, the death toll from violent clashes that have marked the ... Read More »
Gerrymandering in Bahrain: Twenty-One Persons, One Vote
[The following article was issued by Bahrain Watch on 11 February 2013.] With the the start of yet another “National Dialogue” arranged by the Bahraini government yesterday, the Bahrain Watch team thought it would be appropriate to highlight the issue of gerrymandering which will certainly be brought up ... Read More »
Human Rights Organizations Demand the Release of Omani Activists
[The following statement was originally published by the Gulf Center for Human Rights on 20 February 2013.] Oman – Release Immediately and Unconditionally all Detainees of Human Rights Defenders and Activists The undersigned human rights organizations declare their full and complete solidarity with all Omani ... Read More »
Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (February 19)
[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on the Arabian Peninsula and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Arabian Peninsula Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send your own recommendations for inclusion in each week's roundup to ap@jadaliyya.com by ... Read More »
Statement on UAE Targeting Families of Detained Human Rights Defenders
[The following statement was issued by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights on 16 February 2013.] The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received information that authorities in the UAE are targeting family members of human rights defenders currently in detention. In recent days the daughter of Dr Mohammed ... Read More »
Remembering Bloody Thursday
Today marks the two-year anniversary of “Bloody Thursday,” as 17 February 2011 is now known in Bahrain. The previous day, two days after the uprising began, and two martyrs later, the King allowed protesters to assemble at the Pearl Roundabout. People felt safe and were eager to embrace this freedom, unaware of ... Read More »
Bahrain As I Remember It
On that day, 14 February 2011, there was a sense that things would change. The energy of the crowd was electric and contagious. The frustration that had built up for years unfolded in the form of peaceful protests in Pearl Square—the revolutionary space that had housed hundreds of thousands of Bahrainis for months, ... Read More »
Film-Portrait of Dr Mohamed Al-Roken, Human Rights Defender, UAE
The following video was produced by the Alkarama Foundation to highlight the work of Mohamed al-Roken, co-laureate of 2012 Alkarama Award for human rights defenders. Al-Roken has defended many political activists and fellow human rights defenders who were stripped of their citizenship, detained arbitrarily, subjected ... Read More »
About the Arabian Peninsula Page
Despite its regional and global significance, the Arabian Peninsula has played a tangential role in the study of the modern Middle East. Jadaliyya’s Arabian Peninsula Page seeks to further the debates on the region and its eighty million inhabitants from a myopic focus on statistics, conjecture, and religious violence to one on people and communities, everyday hardships and popular struggles, culture and politics. It will bring together scholars, writers, artists, bloggers, journalists, activists, and photographers who work on or live in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. The goal is to provide an open and collaborative space for the production of knowledge on a region that has largely escaped critical engagement.
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BAHRAIN
Population: 1,261,835
GDP ($ US billions 2009): 20.6
GDP Per Capita ($ US billions 2009): 17,609
Health Expenditure per capita ($ US 2009): 1,108
Military Expenditure (% of GDP 2008): 3.0
Adult literacy rate (% age 15+): 86.5
Internet Users (2010): 694,009
KUWAIT
Population: 2,736,732
GDP ($ US billions 2009): 109.5
GDP Per Capita ($ US billions 2009): 41,365
Health Expenditure per capita ($ US 2009): 1,416
Military Expenditure (% of GDP 2008): 3.0
Adult literacy rate (% age 15+): 93.3
Internet Users (2010): 1,100,000
OMAN
Population: 2,782,435
GDP ($ US billions 2009): 46.9
GDP Per Capita ($ US billions 2009): 17,280
Health Expenditure per capita ($ US 2009): 497
Military Expenditure (% of GDP 2008): 7.6
Adult literacy rate (% age 15+): 81.4
Internet Users (2010): 1,741,804
QATAR
Population: 1,758,793
GDP ($ US billions 2009): 98.3
GDP Per Capita ($ US billions 2009): 61,532
Health Expenditure per capita ($ US 2009): 1,715
Military Expenditure (% of GDP 2008): 2.3
Adult literacy rate (% age 15+): 89
Internet Users (2010): 1,213,567
SAUDI ARABIA
Population: 27,448,086
GDP ($ US billions 2009): 372.7
GDP Per Capita ($ US billions 2009): 15,711
Health Expenditure per capita ($ US 2009): 714
Military Expenditure (% of GDP 2008): 8.0
Adult literacy rate (% age 15+): 82.9
Internet Users (2010): 11,253,715
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Population: 7,511,690
GDP ($ US billions 2009): 270.3
GDP Per Capita ($ US billions 2009): 13,901
Health Expenditure per capita ($ US 2009): 1,520
Military Expenditure (% of GDP 2008): 4.3
Adult literacy rate (% age 15+): 88.7
Internet Users (2010): 5,859,118
YEMEN
Population: 24,052,514
GDP ($ US billions 2009): 26.4
GDP Per Capita ($ US billions 2009): 1,130
Health Expenditure per capita ($ US 2009): 64
Military Expenditure (% of GDP 2008): 4.4
Adult literacy rate (% age 15+): 54.1
Internet Users (2010): 2,609,698
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