Western Sahara: EU-Morocco Fisheries Shame
The European Parliament’s fisheries commission approved the new EU-Morocco fisheries protocol on Wednesday, November 27th, in what only can be qualified as a “Vote of Shame.” “The Commission, voted this illegal fishing accord with Morocco, with
Published : 30 November 2013
Cities in Conflict: The Lessons of Syria
Syria is a highly urbanised country, and the conflict there has had a particularly devastating impact on its cities and towns. Homs, Aleppo, Damascus and many smaller towns have served as battlegrounds for government and
Published : 30 November 2013
Lebanon: Palestinian Conditions in Southern Camps
Lebanon’s Palestinian refugee camps and the plight of their inhabitants are well-known. The twelve Palestinian camps in Lebanon are often described as either spatially segregated “states-within-the-state” or as socio-economic “islands of marginalization” (Czajka 2012). The
Published : 29 November 2013
Displaced Libyans Still Dream of Home
Tripoli, Libya—Nostalgia for the past is painfully evident for 11-year-old Abdul Aziz Omar - one of 400 students at a school holding classes in the rubble of a former naval academy in western Tripoli. "The labs,
Published : 26 November 2013
UN: International Day to End Impunity
Just days following the culmination of this year’s International Day to End Impunity campaign, IFEX welcomes the news that the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly has passed by consensus a resolution on
Published : 26 November 2013
Yemen: Govt Sets Southern Victims’ Fund
Southern Movement leader Brigadier Nasser Al-Taweel said he was happy with the launch of a trust fund to compensate Southerners who were unfairly dismissed from military and civil service posts and those who had their
Published : 25 November 2013
Dirty Secret behind Cairo’s Development Dreams
Egyptian lawyer Abdel Nasser Ahmed Mohamed Alsayed still struggles to live with the memories of the day he was forced out of his house in Old Cairo. It was March 2009. Riot police showed up, beat
Published : 14 November 2013
Ayşe Gökkan Speaks from Ground Zero
NUSAYBIN—On a day that headscarf-wearing deputies entered Parliament for the first time and female deputies from various political parties took the floor, I was talking to the female mayor of Nusaybin of the southeastern province
Published : 02 November 2013
Palestinians Threaten Suit over Colonies
JERUSALEM: Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Malki on Thursday denounced Israeli plans to build hundreds of new settler homes in east Jerusalem, threatening to pursue international legal action in response. Israel announced on Wednesday it would build
Published : 02 November 2013
