NewsLab

Lebanese photographer Rima Maroun has officially been announced as the winner of the Anna Lindh Euro-Med Award for the Dialogue between Cultures in 2008, the Anna Lindh Foundation said Tuesday. The Award, which is bestowed and voted on by the members of the Anna Lindh Foundation’s networks of civil society present in over 30 countries, […]

[Read more →]

Sept. 18 (Bloomberg.com)
In 1983, Isaac Arazi and his wife were caught in sectarian fighting during Lebanon’s warA Shiite Muslim militiaman helped the couple escape. Arazi, a leader of Lebanon’s tiny Jewish community, sees the incident as a lesson in the Arab country’s tradition of tolerance. Now he is trying to make use of that […]

[Read more →]

Une délégation des enseignantes de nationalité saoudienne va présenter une pétition au roi Abdallah, pour qu’il demande au ministère de l’Éducation de garantire aux femmes prof paires d’opportunités d’emploi et d’améliorer leur salaire, en les amenand au nivaux de ceux de leurs collègues hommes, comme prevu par les traités internationaux.
Selon Sarah Mohamed, co-fondatrice de la […]

[Read more →]

Women and sexual harrassement seems to be the hot topic of the year. Despite of all the efforts exerted by the various civil societies in Egypt, sex offenders simply continue their sick attitude and in most cases, wander freely without punishment.
According to BBC’s recent survey, 4 out of 5 women in Egypt are sexually harassed! […]

[Read more →]

Ça marchera, ça ne marchera pas !!! C’est la question que je me pose chaque fois que je me mets devant mon ordinateur et je suppose que tout les tunisiens qui font partie de la communauté du facebook se posent la même question…depuis quelques jours un bon nombre d’internautes n’ont plus accès à facebook !!! […]

[Read more →]

Here is a video from the Saudi activist Wajeha Al Huwaider to protest against her country, Saudi Arabia, which forbids women to participate in the Olympic Games.
http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=X7CFyrDMGcU

[Read more →]

I didnt know before about this cruel crime against this young lady ,i didnt know about the story of the princess “Mashaal” the daugther of king Fahd Al Saud the king of Saudia .
Mashaal was executed in public by her family for alleged adultery in 1977.
in 1980 the BBC made the documenatry Death of a […]

[Read more →]

Those who thought the singer who entertained thousands last week in Martyrs Square was Lebanese are mistaken.
Indeed, Mika was born in Beirut to an American father and a Lebanese mother: Lebanese law does not allow Lebanese women to pass down nationality to their children.
So the brilliant artist who should be (and would like to be) […]

[Read more →]

Two ships, carrying activists from 17 countries, will sail next Tuesday from Cyprus to Gaza and will try to break the Israeli siege of the Palestinian territory. The two ships, as it was announced in Athens, will start their journey from Piraeus and will stop at Greek ports to receive supporters. Then will reach the […]

[Read more →]

Cet article est paru dans L’Orient-Le Jour du 25 juillet - par Victor FLEURY

Pour soutenir cette cause, il suffit d’adherer a la Cause sur Facebook:
Support Women’s Right to Nationality and Full Citizenship
Stéphanie est née au Liban, il y a 25 ans, d’un père français et d’une mère libanaise. Cette jolie jeune fille vit depuis quelques […]

[Read more →]