Can a Woman be President now the Arabs have Sprung?
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It is not considered likely that one of the democratic freedoms to come out of the Arab Spring would be female candidacy for
the role of president or Arab leader.
Are women allowed to be presidents?
"One aim of the pro-democracy protests sweeping the Arab world is toppling the dictators, but the ultimate aim of the Arab Spring should be establishing democratic countries that respect of human rights in all its forms. As we know, this is NOT necessarily happening."
Source: Lebanon Spring Blog
Austria Stops Money Shipment to Syria
Speaking through economical action:
"The Syrians in Austria asked the government in a letter delivered by the President of the Syrian community and Association, Dr. Ala-Eldine Hallak, to the office of Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann, to expel the Syrian ambassador from Austria, to freeze the current economic relations with Syrian regime and the immediate halt of the printing of Syrian money, which is done by the Austrian National Bank under an agreement with the Syrian regime, about 8 million Lirah (2 million US Dollars), the third tranche of which is supposed to be shipped to Syrian in middle of August 2011."
"The Syrians in Austria asked the government in a letter delivered by the President of the Syrian community and Association, Dr. Ala-Eldine Hallak, to the office of Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann, to expel the Syrian ambassador from Austria, to freeze the current economic relations with Syrian regime and the immediate halt of the printing of Syrian money, which is done by the Austrian National Bank under an agreement with the Syrian regime, about 8 million Lirah (2 million US Dollars), the third tranche of which is supposed to be shipped to Syrian in middle of August 2011."
Source: Kawther Salam
Resistance Regime?
"The one who kills his people is a traitor":
"One of my favourite chants from the Syrian uprising is the powerful and cleanly apparent illi yuqtil sha‘abu kha’in, or ‘he who kills his people is a traitor.’ It’s cleanly apparent to me at least – but not to everybody. Some kneejerk ‘leftists’ (a rapidly diminishing number) still hold that the Syrian regime is a nationalist, resistance regime, a necessary bulwark against Zionism, and that therefore it must be protected from its unruly subjects; that in fact it’s the unruly subjects, rather than those who murder them, who are the traitors."
"One of my favourite chants from the Syrian uprising is the powerful and cleanly apparent illi yuqtil sha‘abu kha’in, or ‘he who kills his people is a traitor.’ It’s cleanly apparent to me at least – but not to everybody. Some kneejerk ‘leftists’ (a rapidly diminishing number) still hold that the Syrian regime is a nationalist, resistance regime, a necessary bulwark against Zionism, and that therefore it must be protected from its unruly subjects; that in fact it’s the unruly subjects, rather than those who murder them, who are the traitors."
Source: Qunfuz
To frame a week in Filistin
Sharing her beautiful nuggets on a very Arab trip to Palestine: "We walked the streets of Jericho, Jenin, Nablus, Ramallah, Bethlehem and Hebron. We laughed, some fought, and most of us shed a tear or two."
"My attention shifted to the people this time, both from Palestine itself and from the rest of the Arab world. Even the Jordanians themselves seemed much more interesting under the Palestinian sun."
"My attention shifted to the people this time, both from Palestine itself and from the rest of the Arab world. Even the Jordanians themselves seemed much more interesting under the Palestinian sun."
Source: Oh Sersiously?
Connecting the Posts
"Here's how the last five posts can be connected to each other:"
Intrigued? Read on to connect the blog dots!
Intrigued? Read on to connect the blog dots!
Source: Hning's Asia
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