Jordan: “Abdullah, You Are Responsible.” 

Jomaa Al-Mesmari
Jordanian Writer

Jordan is rapidly becoming an absolute monarchy with all power concentrated in the hands of the King. This is what the constitutional amendments aim to achieve. Yet, they will only increase the current state of tension and put the King against the people, who have lost all confidence in the political system. 

On Daraj

Opinion

Sudan: The Day Prime Minister Hamdok Became a Lonely Man 

Sara Arifi
– Sudanese Writer and Journalist
News

Jordan: Israeli Water for Jordanian Power

Hadeel Rawabia
– Jordanian Journalist
Investigations

The Tragic Past of Lebanese Jews: Better Days Ahead? 

Mariam Seifeddine
– Lebanese Journalist
Investigations

The Health of the Lebanese: Another Victim of the Economic Crisis

Charbel Khoury and Nour Mokhdar
Investigations

Pandora Papers Reveal Emirati Royal Families’ Role in Secret Money Flows

Maggie Michael and Michael Hudson
Investigations

Libya: Green Light for Dabaiba Candidacy at Upcoming Elections? 

Fatima Badri
– Tunisian Journalist
The already bleak prospects of the Syrian economy have worsened in recent months with the Lebanese crisis, the enactment of the Caesar Act and now the coronavirus pandemic. This paper examines their impact on the Syrian economy and the population at large.
Read more about it on the Arab Reform Initiative

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News

Israel’s NSO Group: Blacklisted in the US and Sued by WhatsApp

Hala Nasreddine
Following the shocking revelations by the Pegasus Project, the US authorities have blacklisted NSO Group, while a US appeals court rejected its claim that it enjoys immunity as a “foreign agent.” This means tech giant WhatsApp can continue its case against the Israeli spyware firm  
News

Beirut Blast: Media Freedom of Expression and the Challenge of Justice

Daraj
The systematic campaign against Judge Bitar was accompanied by a number of fraudulent maneuvers in which the ruling forces managed to evade punishment and to disrupt and obstruct the investigation.
News

Egypt: Five Years Imprisonment for Writing for Daraj 

Daraj
Daraj joins the voices of the Egyptian human rights organizations that have a issued a statement condemning the referral of Zaki to the emergency court, while affirming its commitment to defending public freedoms in Egypt and other countries in the region where many of the authorities have targeted social and political activists. 

More investigations

Investigations

Foreign Legal Pressure Can Corner Lebanon’s Banking Elites

David Wood
With a coordinated legal and political campaign, Lebanon’s scorned depositors can finally coerce banking elites into taking responsibility for their actions.
Investigations

Access to Water in Taiz City… Surviving to Death

Sahar Mohamad
The suffocating Houthi siege imposed on the city of Taiz has made the process of fetching water from outside the house fraught with security risks.
Investigations

Egypt: Less and Less Bread but Prison Cells Abound!

Atallah Sleim
It seems that Egypt, the country with the biggest population in the Arab world, intends to also own the region’s largest prison. Meanwhile, our fear is that the whole country is being turned into one big prison… 

Opinion

Sara Arifi

Sudan: The Day Prime Minister Hamdok Became a Lonely Man 

Did the generals make a mistake by bringing back Abdalla Hamdok in the rollercoaster of Sudanese politics? Fact is: the revolutionary spirit is alive as ever …    
Vicken Cheterian

In the Middle East, There’s No Time for “Climate Change”

If in the Middle East we did not have so many other problems, maybe we would have discussed climate change and its impact on our lives. But no, not now, we are too busy with our never-ending self-destruction.

Culture

living in a country that hates you

Nayla Rida
– Moroccan Journalist

Egypt: Hardly Any Copts Play Professional Football: Who Is to Blame?

Mahdi Mohammad

Syrian Photographer Mohammed Badra: Crossing the Sirat with a Camera in Hand

Bunasser Al-Taffar – Lebanese writer and rapper

Egypt: Where a Facebook Post May Land You in Prison for a Decade (1)

Rana Mamdouh
– Egyptian Journalist

Gender

Gaza: “As Soon as My Husband Learnt I Had Cancer, He Left…”

Maya Bu-Hasanen
– Palestinian Journalist

Syria: Call for Polygamy is a Plea for Legal Human Trafficking

Maha Gazal
– Syrian Journalist

Egypt: My Brother Orchestrated my Rape to Take My Inheritance 

Eman Adel
– Egyptian Journalist

Lebanon: The Strange Love Between Media and Women’s Murders

Nay El-Rahi
– Lebanese Writer and Researcher
Play Video
Be “Dangerous”, Not SilentMisogyny is rooted in our societies, both legally and culturally. “She’s Dangerous” chose to confront these issues with comedy…

6:10

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Ghalia Al Alwani is a Syrian academic living in Beirut, Lebanon. In this video she expresses how in the aftermath of the Beirut Port Explosion, like many of the youth that were still in the country, she has lost hope in any change. She explains that the corrupt ruling class in Lebanon don’t prioritize the youth, which is why many of them leave.

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The English Section of Daraj News is co-supported by Anne Avis

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