By Sara Obeidat Jordan’s amended anti terrorism law, approved by parliament in April and widely criticised by civil society and human rights groups for its potential violation of rights and threat to freedom of expression, went into effect earlier this month after being ratified by King Abdullah II. The swift passing of this law in.

By Mohammad Tarakiyee (لقراءة هذا المقال بالعربية، اضغط/ي هنا) On May 23rd, inside the Tunisian lower court, a couple of judges deliberate the fate of Azyz Amami, a Tunisian blogger and Human Rights activist, regarded by many as one of the faces of the Tunisian revolution. Outside the court, I join his colleagues, friends, and family.

After a decade of construction work, the Abdali project will finally be opening its doors to the public this weekend. The ads are everywhere; on the billboards, in the newspapers, even on the websites I frequent. World, meet the "new downtown of Amman". And to me as a woman from Amman, the advertising pitch of the Abdali project is...offensive.

By Lidija Sabados. Photography by Hussam Da’anah. “A large part of seeing depends upon habit and convention.” – John Berger   A museum of found objects. Doppleganging workshop. Sound mapping walks. These are some of the projects being developed at the Spring Sessions, an intensive three-month learning program for artists and cultural practitioners. Conceptualized just.

ArchitectureInMotion presents a screening of this film this Tuesday at 7iber Cafe.

By Sara Obeidat (Another version of this post was originally published on the blog Kalimaat on Wednesday June 4, 2014) Last year, I attended my little brother’s high school graduation. As the ceremony commenced, the graduates sang the song “Nahnu El Shabab” (نحن الشباب) , a well-known old pan Arab anthem that translates to “We are the Youth”. “لنا.

By Reem AlMasri   In the past two years, Jordan has been producing laws that stifle rights to freedom of expression and access to information, and that contradict the state’s aspiration of making Jordan the hub of ICT industries and startups in the region. While the 2012 amendments on Press and Publication Law weren’t the.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)  and the International Press Institute (IPI) have both revisited the issue of online press freedom in Jordan this week in two published articles. Last year, amendments to the press and publication law mandated that any website that publishes “news, investigations, articles, and comments related to Jordan’s internal or external affairs … is required to.

By Al Hudood’s team * Al Hudood interviews Karl Sharro, who will be hosted at 7iber’s Finjan Qahwa series next Monday, 19 May. Karl Sharro is an architect, writer, satirist, and commentator on the Middle East. He is a director at PLP Architecture in London and co-author of Manifesto, Towards a New Humanism in Architecture. He blogs at Karl.

Digital Citizen is a monthly review of news, policy, and research on human rights and technology in the Arab World. Since our last report, access to communications networks has been contested across the Arab region — Internet blackouts continue in Syria and Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, while changes in telecommunications industry and infrastructure have sparked controversy.