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Winner of the 2022 Arab Digest Editor’s choice podcast award – Testament of Courage

Podcasts / December 30, 2022 December 28, 2022 / Human rights, Saudi Arabia, UAE, women's rights

On 21 January, 2022 we podcast Lina al-Hathloul’s powerful Testament of Courage. She spoke about her sister Loujain, the Saudi women’s rights activist and for all prisoners of conscience and their families. Lina is Head of Monitoring & Comms @ALQST_ORG and co-author of the children’s book Loujain Dreams of Sunflowers. In honouring the courage and resilience of human rights defenders and their families, we are proud to select her podcast for the Arab Digest Editor’s Choice 2022.

Testament of courage: Lina al-Hathloul

Podcasts / January 21, 2022 January 21, 2022 / Human rights, Saudi Arabia, UAE, women's rights

Arab Digest editor William Law is in conversation with Lina al-Hathloul about the fight for freedom for her sister Loujain whose crime was to lead the struggle for women’s rights in Saudi Arabia, including the right to drive. Loujain was seized in the UAE and turned over to Saudi authorities. She was imprisoned and tortured before being released last year but with severe restrictions, including a travel ban.

Kuwait: women, politics and perceptions

Arab Digest Newsletter / March 23, 2021 November 7, 2021 / GCC, Kuwait, women's rights

Summary: battling sexism, double standards and an election system weighted against them, Kuwaiti women continue the fight for equal rights despite being shut out of parliament.

“Every Voice Counts”

Podcasts / January 22, 2021 November 6, 2021 / Human rights, Saudi Arabia, women's rights

Arab Digest editor William Law in conversation with Lina al-Hathloul, the sister of the jailed Saudi womens’ rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul (https://www.loujainalhathloul.org/.) Loujain was detained and tortured in a secret prison and in December of last year given a six year prison sentence. Her sister tells Loujain’s story and the family’s fight for justice.

Mudhawi List and the fight for women’s rights

Podcasts / January 8, 2021 November 6, 2021 / Bahrain, GCC, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, women's rights

Arab Digest editor William Law in conversation with the Kuwaiti author and academic Dr. Alanoud Alsharekh. She is a longtime advocate for the rights of women in Kuwait and the wider Middle East and the co-founder of Mudhawi List which was established to support Kuwaiti women seeking elected office.

Saudi Women’s Rights Washing

Arab Digest Newsletter / December 16, 2020 February 1, 2022 / Loujain al-Hathloul, Saudi Arabia, UN Women, women's rights

Summary: Saudi Arabia has worked hard to sell an image to the West that it is supportive of women’s rights but the detention, torture and trial of activists and efforts to manipulate UN Women tell another story.

UAE – elections, polygamy, spinsterhood

Arab Digest Newsletter / October 3, 2019 January 16, 2023 / Saudi Arabia, UAE, women's rights

Summary: election for the Federal National Council. One candidate prominently promoting polygamy as a cure for spinsterhood.

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