The United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva adopted for the first time ever a resolution on human rights and the internet. Sweden, Brazil, Nigeria, Tunisia, Turkey and the United States are the initiative takers behind the resolution... Read more
By Iqbal Tamimi Journalism is getting more dangerous than ever in the Middle East, with recurrent incidents of physical attacks between guests live on air, including hitting with shoes, biting, kicking, abusive wordings, furniture and now fire... Read more
Lebanese Parliament Member, Bahia Hariri, received at her office in Majdelyoun a delegation from the Palestinian Association for Human Rights (Witness), including the Director of the Association Mahmoud Hanafi, Public Relations and Media... Read more
Gathered together in Istanbul from June 28 to July 1st, the Advisory Council of the Anna Lindh Foundation and representatives from the Euro-Mediterranean Youth leaders from 35 countries have confirmed and defined the agenda of the Anna... Read more
By Iqbal Tamimi A Facebook campaign has been created to search for Timothy MacColl who went missing in Dubai for five weeks. The online campaign that attracted more than 117,000 followers is called Bring Timmy Home. MacColl, a member of HMS... Read more
New Study reveals the critical importance of translation as an instrument to combat ‘the clash of ignorance’ between societies on the two shores of the Mediterranean. Brussels, 27th June 2012 – Policies in favour of increasing translation of... Read more
The unnamed man, alongside a 19-year old Syrian, was caught by an undercover CID officer in the UAE capital attempting to sell 20g of the illegal drug
Read moreBy Iqbal Tamimi Baker Atyani, a Jordanian reporter working for the television channel al-Arabiya, is being held captive by the militant leader Radullan Saheron on an island in the southern Philippines
Read moreBy Iqbal Tamimi The Jordanians who are criticized with their gloomy nature seemed to surprise everybody when they suddenly turned with a collective sense of humour following a row that broke between members of the Parliament
Read moreProtest against the abduction and torture of Dr Hisham Anour Ben Khayal from Naziha Arebi on Vimeo. Libyans came together in Algeria Square in Tripoli on Friday in protest to ask the Libyan Authorities to review the illegal arrest, abduction... Read more