The eighteenth session of the Kuwaiti National Assembly elections is not merely one of bad luck for Kuwaiti women. Rather, we may go so far as to label it the “session of exclusion”. For the coming four years, the Kuwaiti Parliament will…

The discussion about representative councils whether legislative, regional or municipal takes on special significance due to the global geopolitical and economic changes and their impact on the political scene in the Gulf. Such impact can…

As a result of the human rights violations and persecution that women are going through around the world at public and private levels, and at the level of law-making and the social status of women, the United Nations General Assembly in…

The US President Donald Trump announced Thursday 13th of August a "peace deal” between the United Arab Emirates and Israel that paves the way and allows the two countries to normalize relations, proceed with the exchange of ambassadors,…

the idea of "fleeing" from their homeland comes to mind for many girls in the Gulf, but that does not mean that they have a serious intention to leave. They talk to themselves about it and contemplate the desire of "salvation" at…

The rout of the Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar continues apace with forces of the Government of National Accord (GNA) lifting the siege of Tripoli on 4 June. The following day the city of Tarhuna, a key staging ground for Haftar’s attack on…

There is little love lost between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the Abu Dhabi crown prince and de facto ruler of the United Arab Emirates Mohammed Bin Zayed. In the Middle East and North Africa the two are increasingly at odds…

Empowering women in the Arabian Gulf states is nothing more than a deal or an attempt to alter the mental image that the Gulf authorities are trying to export to the world as “advanced” and “civilized” countries. It is not an exaggeration…