O último artigo de Jamal Khashoggi

A note from Karen Attiah, Global Opinions editor: I received this column from Jamal Khashoggi’s translator and assistant the day after Jamal was reported missing in Istanbul. The Post held off publishing it because we hoped Jamal would come back to us so that he and I could edit it together. Now I have to accept: That is not going to happen. This is the last piece of his I will edit for The Post. This column perfectly captures his commitment and passion for freedom in the Arab world. A freedom he apparently gave his life for. I will be forever grateful he chose The Post as his final journalistic home one year ago and gave us the chance to work together.

"Paradises of the earth", Part 2: Redeyf

Part 2: Redeyef - الرديف (English Subtitles) from Paradises of the Earth on Vimeo.

"Paradises of the earth", Part 1: Gabes

Defying the artificial borders that divide them, a “solidarity caravan” of North African activists embarks on an unlikely trip to visit Tunisian communities fighting social and environmental injustice. As their white bus skirts across southern Tunisia’s arid landscape, they stop by three towns deeply affected by the country’s rabid phosphate industry and one where farmers have successfully taken back their lands. Not coincidentally, these towns are also the cradles of the 2011 revolutions which swept through their countries. For many in this caravan, these uprisings failed to not only confront oppressive socio-economic conditions in which their people lived for decades, but also environmental ones. Like many other places in the world, North Africa, has seen its resources plundered by extractivist industries which plow through the natural landscape. Often anchoring itself by making poor communities dependent on polluting industries, extractivism maintains the accumulation of capital by sacrificing people and nature. It destroys the ecosystems in its path, displacing people and leaving those who remain with nothing more than toxic waste. For this solidarity caravan, these polluting industries are just one aspect of the neocolonialism that subjugates their peoples. Each of the four episodes focuses on a different town: the polluted coastal oasis of Gabes; the dusty phosphate mining towns of Redeyef and Oum Laarayes and, finally the hope-filled experience of the collectivised lands in Djemna.

Part 1: Gabes - قابس (English subtitles) from Paradises of the Earth on Vimeo.

Tunísia - "Um novo viveiro de jihadistas"?

Tunisia struggles to stem flow of fighters abroad

"Political Turmoil Endangers Tunisian Economy"

Tunisia’s ongoing political crisis, fueled by tensions over the cabinet reshuffle and magnified by the assassination of opposition leader Chokri Belaid, may not have critically affected the country’s already ailing economy, but its indirect consequences are already revealing themselves.

"Tunísia: Mulheres lutam pela igualdade de direitos"

Milhares de tunisinas manifestaram-se pacificamente ontem à noite contra as ameaças aos direitos das mulheres.

Em frente do parlamento as manifestantes exigiram a retirada de um projeto de artigo constitucional, que menciona a complementaridade, e não a igualdade, homem-mulher.

"O nosso objetivo é mostrar que as mulheres tunisinas não são complementares dos homens, porque são independentes e iguais aos homens. Também estamos aqui para mostrar que somos cidadãs trabalhadoras e que nunca aceitaremos ser consideradas complementares dos homens", disse uma das manifestantes.

O partido Ennahda, no poder está no centro da polémica devido a um projeto de artigo de Constituição, adotado em comissão a 1 de agosto, que não menciona a igualdade de sexos.

"No projeto de constituição que me foi apresentado procurei a palavra que sempre considerei necessária, ou seja, "total igualdade". Encontrei "igualdade", mas não encontrei "total". Gostaria que fosse acrescentada a palavra "total", para que não haja equívocos", afirmou o Presidente da República, Moncef Marzouki.

Os protestos ocorreram no dia do aniversário da promulgação do Código do Estatuto Pessoal, em 13 de agosto de 1956. Um conjunto de leis, ainda sem equivalente no mundo árabe, que instaura a igualdade dos sexos em vários domínios.

A arte contra o extremismo

Tunisian artist fears for her artistic freedom, her country and her life

"Pour que d’autres Bouazizi soient épargnés"

Um artigo de Kmar Bendana na Multitudes

"La révolution en Tunisie"

Um artigo de Frédéric Brun na Multitudes