Archive for the ‘Middle East’ Category
Wednesday, July 4th, 2007
Gaza: Brilliant wonderful news - BBC reporter Alan Johnston has been finally released, after much worry and an agonising, 114 days in captivity.Read all about it on the BBCand the GuardianWhat will be interesting to see as we get more information - is what role Hamas have played in this ...
Posted in Alan Johston, Gaza Strip, Hamas, Hostage Crisis, Israel-Palestine, Middle East, News & info, UK, World Affairs: politics and news | 3 Comments »
Thursday, June 21st, 2007
I've been meaning to write about this wonderful network - the Women's Learning Partnership (WLP) - before but have been procrastinating.No time like the present:In a nutshell, they're about female empowerment as part of human equality, and positive thinking : they're a network of networks - they work with ...
Posted in Bangladeshi Women and Equal Rights to Nationality, Citizenship, Feminism, Global Civil Society, Human Rights, Middle East, Nation-States, Nationality, Patriarchy, Policy, Universality, Women's Learning Partnership, World Affairs: politics and news, knowledge society, society and sociology | 14 Comments »
Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006
August 2nd 1990 - 16 years ago. Iraqi troops invade Kuwait - eventually leading to the Gulf War.I remember that day far too clearly - I was 12 years old then. About 6 a.m. my dream was getting a bit loud and i woke up and found the noise was ...
Posted in Anniversaries, Commemoration, Iraqi invasion of Kuwait 1990, Memories, Middle East, Peace, war | 12 Comments »