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Murders masked with honour

Posted on 21 January 2021Author William LawCategories Arab Digest EmailTags honour killlings, Kuwait, Lebanon, Tunisia, UAE

Article 153 is a law that enables the abuse and murder of women; it must be removed from Kuwait’s penal code.

JCPOA 2.0: a pinch of hope and a dose of reality

Posted on 20 January 2021Author William LawCategories Arab Digest EmailTags Iran, Iraq, Israel, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, USA

With a Biden administration in place, the Gulf is daring to hope that a new deal will curb Iran’s nuclear weapons appetite for good. But that’s ignoring Israel’s fears.

The price of freedom

Posted on 19 January 2021Author William LawCategories Arab Digest EmailTags Bahrain, Egypt, Israel, Loujain al-Hathloul, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, UAE, USA, Yemen

The shortlisting of a prominent Saudi women’s rights activist for a prestigious human rights award draws attention to the kingdom’s human rights record.

The new generation of Arab photographers

Posted on 18 January 2021Author William LawCategories Arab Digest EmailTags Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Mauritania, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Yemen

A new generation reclaims and redefines the way they see themselves and their world and in the process give the world images that challenge and refute traditional tropes and stereotypes.

Water in the Israeli-Palestinian dispute

Posted on 14 January 2021Author William LawCategories Arab Digest EmailTags Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria

Palestinians have much less water than the WHO says is necessary for health and hygiene. Israel could  be far more generous in helping to put this right but presently sees no reason to do so.

Egypt faces a second wave of Covid-19

Posted on 13 January 2021Author William LawCategories Arab Digest EmailTags China, Covid-19, Egypt, UAE

Covid-19 second wave plunges Egypt’s national health system back into crisis. The regime deploys propaganda and disinformation as it engages in vaccine diplomacy with China.

A new line for MbS

Posted on 12 January 2021Author William LawCategories Arab Digest EmailTags Saudi Arabia, USA

Casting himself as a green warrior, the crown prince announces the building of a futuristic city that will be environmentally friendly in every way imaginable.

Iraq’s roadmap to economic reform

Posted on 11 January 2021Author William LawCategories Arab Digest EmailTags Covid-19, Iran, Iraq

Iraq’s economy is hurtling down a road to ruin but it is not too late for a change of course.

A sudden end to a long dispute

Posted on 7 January 20218 January 2021Author William LawCategories Arab Digest EmailTags Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, USA

With the Gulf feud now consigned to history, there are signs that the art of diplomacy, much battered by Trump and his regional allies, is set to return to the Middle East.

A timely book of essays on MENA water issues

Posted on 6 January 2021Author William LawCategories Arab Digest EmailTags Egypt, Iraq, IS, Israel, Jordan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, UAE, Yemen

Summary: Greg Shapland reviews Water and Conflict in the Middle East, a study of hydro-politics in a troubled region.

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