Open Bible, Closed Mind
The current U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, a former CIA director and congressman, gave a speech Thursday, January 10, at the American University of Cairo. He began by pointing out that he was an evangelical Christian, adding: “We’re all children of Abraham: Christians, Muslims, Jews. In my office, I keep a Bible open on my desk to remind More...
I dvrc u
The surreal Saudi reform inaugurated by the Crown Prince MBS to give women more rights (at least some rights) has a new twist. In addition to being able to drive a car and to attend some football games (obviously More...
Psykisk ohälsa måste förebyggas med permanenta uppehållstillstånd
Permanenta uppehållstillstånd är en förutsättning för så gott psykiskt hälsotillstånd som möjligt hos flyktingar. Asylsökande barn och ungdomar är i riskzonen för psykisk ohälsa. Redan innan de More...
Ge kommunerna resurser till integration!
Staten måste ge kommunerna resurser att ta hand om ensamkommande ungdomar på ett sätt som gynnar deras studier. Upp till 9 000 ensamkommande kan komma att få uppehållstillstånd för gymnasiestudier. När de More...
Peace Talks and War Talk
Sweden is the site for the current negotiations between the so-called legitimate government of Yemen, with Mansur al-Hadi as the ongoing interim president, and the Huthis, a movement also known as Ansar Allah, who More...
EU must immediately stop deportation to Afghanistan
I have been receiving worrying text and voice messages from returnees who are either themselves stuck in Jaghori and Malistan, or are concerned about their families facing threat to their lives every passing moment. The More...
Afghanistan: Talibanerna tar över i hazarernas land – nytt folkmord hotar
Ghazni anses av Migrationsverket som ett tillräckligt säkert område att hänvisa deporterade eller frivilligt återvändande till. Enligt vad en representant från Migrationsverkets säkerhetsavdelning sade More...
What One Death Means
The photograph of an emaciated seven-year-old Yemeni girl named Amal Hussein was featured in a major New York Times article, published October 26, on the devastation of the humanitarian crisis in Yemen. On November More...
Is the Bombing of Yemen about to End?
The fallout from the Saudi murder of journalist Jamal Kashoggi in Istanbul has far-reaching consequences. Not only did the investment fair of Davos in the Desert see some major deserters, but Bin Salman actually More...
Kashoggi, Yemen and the War on Journalism
For the past week, the news cycle on the Middle East has been focused, for obvious reasons, on the murder of the Saudi journalist Jamal Kashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2. Turkish authorities More...