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Book Launch at SOAS: These 13 stories of young activists from the MENA region (Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Jordan, Yemen, Palestine - West bank & Gaza), reveal how young Arab women and men, who come from very diverse backgrounds, regions, continents, share the same passion for their countries, the same audacity of hope for a better tomorrow, the same dream of making their country proud of them. All of the writers who were committed to this project were deeply convinced that one should not ask what their country will do for them, but rather what could they offer their countries. In a world where barriers are constantly being erased, where virtual communication turns the world to a global village, what is this strange bond that ties this Arab youth to politics and public affairs?
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A young Tunisian amazes the audience with an Islamic song!
A young Tunisian amazes the audience with a song Islamic! Ma sha Allah! Asked a young Tunisian sing a song live on TV Tunisia. But to the surprise of the audience, he sings a hymn to the glory of Islam and secular critical oppressive system.
IT WAS BETTER TOMORROW
Winner of Muhr Arab / Documentary /Best Director: Hinde Boujemaa (Director)
SYNOPSIS: Aida, a homeless Tunisian woman tells us nothing has changed in Tunis after the fall of Ben Ali. In the aftermath of the uprisings, she wanders from one neighbourhood to the next in search of shelter for her children. According to Aida, the authorities continue to humiliate the Tunisian people and trample on women. In the film that documents – through her - the incessant suffering of the Tunisians, despite the death of a dictatorship and the hope of a democracy.
Why is the Western Media Giving a Distorted Picture of the Situation in Syria?
The coverage of the Arab Revolutions by the Western media is distinguished by its negative portrayal of Islam, and groups, which advocate an Islamic society. If someone is not familiar with the region, its politics and history, then one would understandably think that the Islamic thoughts and sentiments had little to do with the revolutions in the Middle East. However it is quite evident that Islam is very much at the heart of the uprisings, and the removal of despotic regimes is freeing the Islamic soul of the Middle East.
As a consequence Western policymakers are working fervently to thwart the resumption of the Islamic way of life. In Syria this is evident in the creation and support of the new Syrian Opposition Coalition, which has been given approval by France, the UK and the US. This is another stratagem by the Western powers to ensure their influence and control of the region.
One hopes that independent journalists from the Western world do not adopt a narrative which only serves the ruling elites in the West who exploit both their own people and the people of the East.
The country is for the people and its glory are theirs,
Repeat with one voice and for one fate,
We are all Tunisia in the face of repressive elites!
We are all Tunisia in the face of repressive elites!
The Arab governments and who rules them are, without exception, thieves. Thieves!
The question that frames the thoughts of those who wander will not find an answer in any official channels, as long as it imports everything it has from the West
A rough translation, excerpt from a poem by Qatari poet Mohammad ibn al-Dheeb al-Ajami entitled, ”Tunisian Jasmine” supporting the uprisings in the Arab world.
Three days after the United Nations Climate Change Conference began here in Doha, a Qatari court sentenced a local poet to life in prison, a move that shocked many activists in the Gulf region and human rights observers.
25 Years of Arab Creativity
Exhibition at the Institut du Monde Arabe, “25 Years of Arab Creativity,” showcases contemporary Arab art.
The Rebirth of History: Times of Riots and Uprisings
Testing the winds of history blowing from the Arab revolts.
Tunisia, Egypt: the Eastern wind shakes the arrogance of the West.
by Alain Badiou
Rosy Future
Contemporary Art from Tunisia
The road to democratisation in Tunisia is rugged and rocky. Realising the aims of the January 2011 rebellion, like for instance introducing personal freedom, is more difficult than initially expected. The revolution is not yet completed!
The exhibition “Rosy Future” provides an insight into contemporary art practices in post-revolutionary Tunisia. All artists selected for this project live and work in Tunisia. They all have been witnesses or active participants of the historical changes from January 2011.
A collection of videos from Muslim women around the world speaking about the challenges facing humankind in preparation for tomorrow’s historic conference in Tunisia.
(Video: Interview with one of the Women of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Yemen)
US policymakers hope they can control the Arab Revolution
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS), a US think tank is hosting a book launch for “The Arab Uprising: The Unfinished Revolutions of the New Middle East” by Dr. Marc Lynch. US policymakers hope they can control the Arab Revolution and shape the nature of change according to US interests.
In The Arab Uprising, Dr. Lynch examines the emerging regional landscape in the Middle East, one in which, he argues, the old heavyweights - Iran, al Qaeda, even Israel - have all been disempowered, and nations like Saudi Arabia are powering a new cold war. Dr. Lynch highlights the new fault lines that are forming between forces of revolution and counter-revolution and shows what it all means for the future of U.S. foreign policy. Deeply informed by inside access to the Obama administration’s decisionmaking process and first-hand interviews with protestors, politicians, diplomats and journalists, The Arab Uprising is an unprecedented and indispensible guide to the changing lay of the land in the Middle East and North Africa.
Global Art Uprising
Inspired by a Year of Revolutionary Protests, Artists Across the World Seek to Occupy the Public Imagination
(Photo Credit: Gigi Ibrahim/Flickr - “Tantawi is Mubarak” reads this street portrait from Cairo)
The Arab Spring, another development of historic importance, might portend at least a partial “loss” of MENA. The US and its allies have tried hard to prevent that outcome — so far, with considerable success. Their policy towards the popular uprisings has kept closely to the standard guidelines: support the forces most amenable to U.S. influence and control. Favored dictators are supported as long as they can maintain control (as in the major oil states). When that is no longer possible, then discard them and try to restore the old regime as fully as possible (as in Tunisia and Egypt).
The Imperial Way: American Decline in Perspective, Part 2
by Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor emeritus in the MIT Department of Linguistics and Philosophy.
The Khilafah: A bright Model for Women’s Rights and Political Role
Much has been written about the role of women in the Arab Awakening, and many stereotypes have been perpetuated by the media about women in Islam. This conference in Tunisia is a clear indication that women in the Arab and Muslim world are no longer going to be subject to stereotypes or oppression.
Women of Hizb ut-Tahrir from across the world have launched a global campaign entitled, “The Khilafah : A bright Model for Women’s Rights and Political Role”” that will culminate in a truly historic International Women’s Conference in Tunisia on the 10th of March, the week of International Women’s Day. The conference will gather female opinion makers from across the Muslim world and beyond to present a detailed vision of what the Khilafah ruling system based purely upon Islamic laws and principles would mean to the status, rights, and lives of women. Both the campaign and conference aim to explain how the Khilafah holds credible, viable, and practical solutions to the multitude of political, economic, and social problems afflicting women across the Muslim world. It will also challenge the worn-out narrative of women’s oppression under Islamic rule.
“From Tunisia, a place that was once a bastion of secularism in the Muslim world and hailed as a model for women’s rights by many in the West, the women of Hizb ut-Tahrir will aim to show that it is the Islamic system of governance that can bring true liberation to the region’s women.”
DÉGAGEMENTS… LA TUNISIE UN AN APRÈS
17 January - 1 April 2012
The exhibition organized by the IMA celebrates the first anniversary of the Tunisian revolution, known as the Jasmine Revolution. Creators and citizens, witnesses and actors, artists, from the first spark, with current events, history in the making. They are then interviewed and spoke on the various issues that have punctuated this year, such as freedom of expression, secularism, respect for religions, women’s rights, the start of the democratic process, the choice of society but also more metaphorical or existential questions.
Clearances echoes of different directions explored by the artists in this in-between which lies between the revolutionary act or citizen and one in which artistic creation finds its space. That of the distance or the transfiguration, the interpretation of the world or of his questioning, representation or fantasy … A place where the artist, performer and illustrates its own codes with the various challenges ahead and their perceptions of identity, political, philosophical or existential. A place where the image once under surveillance, is freed from censorship and frees itself to explore new territories. Twenty artists who lived and mainly Tunisian events closely share with us their implications, their questions, their interpretations rendered into different art forms: photography - that was one of the preferred forms of evidence - the paint , sculpture, video, but also drawing through caricature and the tag as a manifestation of urban art. Were also included in this exhibition a few works by foreign artists who were particularly sensitive to the Jasmine Revoultion.
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