Human Rights
Position: Call for Volunteers Institution: Maryam & Martha Country: Lebanon Deadline: Jul-31-14 The community of “Maryam & Martha” is a Lebanese NGO that shelters and rehabilitates abused and isolated women, provides support and... Read more
News
Yesterday, 10th July, thirty to forty people protested outside the BBC building on Whiteladies Road, objecting to the biased reporting on Palestine. The protest was organised by Palestine Societies at Bristol and UWE universities. There was... Read more
Educational Material
The TUC book Beyond Shareholder Value: the reasons and choices for corporate governance reform is a collection of essays by authors from the City, politics, unions and academia, making the case for reforming the UK’s corporate governance... Read more
Events and activities
On August 4th 1914, Britain declared war on Germany. On August 2nd, Bristol Dockers’ Union held a mass meeting on the dockside to debate whether Britain should go to war. They voted unanimously against war. This was one of many anti-war... Read more
Human Rights
Memo To the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Requesting an Investigation in the Incident of Kidnapping and Murdering the Palestinian Boy, Mohammed Abu Khdeir On the dawn of Wednesday 2/7/2014, Israeli settlers kidnapped and murdered... Read more
Journalism
by Saif Shahin (The University of Texas at Austin) The growing scholarly literature on Muslims and the media in the United States has paid little attention to the American-Muslim press. This study compares the coverage of two major... Read more
Educational Material
Apply for Summer School in Istanbul and Koszeg – deadline 15 July The Anna Lindh Chairs for Intercultural Dialogue in the Euro-Mediterranean region programme, the ALF is selecting around 20 students to participate in: – The II Anna Lindh... Read more
Discrimination
The University of Essex PhD student, Nahid Almanea, was stabbed 16 times on Tuesday. Her body was repatriated to Saudi Arabia on Saturday. A post-mortem examination in UK revealed that she died from 16 stab wounds to her head, neck, body and... Read more
Journalism
Credit Iqbal Tamimi Another free event in London next week – Future of Photography at Microsoft’s Paddington, London office, Thursday, 12th June, 6pm-9pm. The special meet-up is complete with some expert speakers:Stephen Alvarez... Read more
The media plays a huge role in dialogue between societies and limitations of media content have often been linked to women’s under-representation and their lack of power within the media industry. This case-based study is focussing on media... Read more