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Kareem on ‘The World’ podcast: Flood the jail with mail campaign

 
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First, if you are not familiar with Kareem, the young imprisoned Egyptian blogger, or our new Flood the Jail with Mail campaign, read these two links:
Kareem Amer FAQ
Flood the Jail with Mail! (background info on why we’re doing this and also contains Kareem’s new prison address)
Here’s a section from the new podcast published on BBC’s […]

Interview with Kurdish student about Kurdish human rights in the Middle East

 
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A few weeks ago, I spoke with two Kurdish students about their human rights in the region as well as the recent conflict that took place between PKK guerillas in Iraqi (Northern) Kurdistan and Turkey.
Unfortunately the sound quality wasn’t the best (though it gets better a few minutes into the podcast.)
Some highlights include:
A brief […]

Gulf’s Foreign Workers - A Tragedy Unfolding?

 
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I was interviewed recently for the Media Line and was asked questions concerning migrant workers in the Middle East and how/why we’re trying to help them through our website.
You can listen to it below.
This is an excerpt of the associated article:
A-Shafe’i’s words are echoed by Khawla Mattar, a senior specialist on employment principles and rights […]

Interview with an Iranian student living in the UAE

 
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In this podcast, I talk to two students, an Iranian and a Palestinian. One walked into the discussion and had very interesting things to say, and the other was a scheduled yet very informal interview with an Iranian student who moved with her family to the UAE partly because of her political activism. Several important […]