Tag: human rights

A lab-created diamond for my forever love

Jewellers cannot tell the difference of origin between a mined diamond and one grown in the lab. Your choice is clear.

Cashews, the solution to methadone and the shocking facts

As with blood diamonds, now we know what blood cashews are.

Egyptian Government Called to Finally Halt Sexual Assaults Against Women, Amnesty International

Two years after the revolution in Egypt, sexual assaults against women are rising and becoming more violent, says several...

Visualizing Migrant Workers’ Rights in Lebanon

Why and how have migrant domestic worker's rights been violated in Lebanon? Five decades after the development of the kefala...

Climate Change to Worsen Migrant Workers’ Lives in Qatar

Trade unionists have used the COP18 discussions in Qatar to bring the silent but disturbing plight of migrant workers...

Israel Closes Down Bodies Exhibition Early

Legal, or a human rights violation? The "Bodies" exhibit raised a storm of controversy in Israel. Israelis are no strangers...

Are Saudi’s Female Olympians Sea Remnants, Harlots or Heros?

Olympians Wojdan Shaherkani and Sarah Attar landed world records before the Games even began. But online they battle a...

Lebanon’s Finally Looking at Racism and Human Rights Abuses in the Face

Racism in Lebanon has rarely been an openly discussed theme in the media. Now racism and migrant abuse are...

GreenWorldOne Is A Social Network with Soul

My children, living a world apart in Hoboken and Amman, find the same goofy YouTube clips, only to learn their cousins in...

SlutWalk Israel A Step Forward For Religious and Conservative Women

Israel will host the first SlutWalk in the Middle East this weekend, but the movement has growing support...

First Arab Woman Ever to Win Nobel Peace Prize

Tawakkol Karman accepting the Nobel Peace Prize last Saturday in Oslo, Norway. Photo via the NY Times. Tawakkol Karman, a...

Honk Heard Around the World: Saudi Spring for Women Drivers Begins Now!

On June 17th, she started to drive the car, not pose in front of it. In a defiant move against...