This is an awesome video made by Youtube user, Sunbul2, a blogger, a tweeter, and a Yemeni activist living in London. This is his awesome attempt to shake up and wake up the world..
Via News of the Yemeni Revolution: "Oh Ali Saleh and Bashar, Gaddafi flew and gone" and "They arrested Saif Al-Islam, this is the fate of the rulers" protesters chanted in Ibb today in celebration of the Libyan victory.
and in San'a's Change Square: calls for resolution and escalation:
Peter Joseph directs yet another amazing documentary and everyone of you must watch it ... You probably have heard of the Zeitgeist movement? Well if not your learning about it now.. Below is a short 6 minute trailer of the feature length documentary, Zeigaeist-Moving forward, and what the film aims to discuss it the current socioeconomic monetary paradigm that governs our world. Wait, scratch that, the ENTIRE world.
A man named Ali Abdullah Saleh has been terrorizing parts Yemen. He is trying to stay in power despite having more than half of the population and intl community pressuring him to step down. He believes that without him the country will fall in deep trouble and in the hands of AQAP. The funny thing? He is the reason why AQAP exists. He's all about power & money. Thousands have been abducted and thousands more displaced. This has been going on since his presidency and as the motives of Saleh's regime become more ambiguous and their crimes more horrific, we must stay committed, and stand up and FIGHT BACK. Please watch this video.
The long awaited National Council has finally been formed. The Opposition parties announced earlier today the names but it's not looking too pretty...take a look for yourself.. You ready?
The council consists of members that "represent" civil society as well as opposition parties and military leaders.. A total of 142 names with 20 of them being among the executive committee....
Yemen's National Council:
English Names of the members of the National Council are:
1. Ahmad Al-Qatabi 2. Ahmad Bahaj 3. Ahmad Bazarah 4. Ahmad Salem Obeid 5. Ahmad Said Hashed 6. Amat Al-Salam Raja'a 7. Amal Al-Basha 8. Ameen Al-Akemi 9. Ensaf Mayo 10. Bushra Al-Maqtari 11. Bakeel Najee Al-Sofi 12. Taqeyah Abdulwahid Noman 13. Tawakul Karman 14. Jazim Saleh Al-Hadi 15. Jalal Faqerah 16. Jamal Al-Mutarib 17. Hassan Zaid 18. Hussien Abdo Abdullah 19. Hussien Arab 20. Hussien Ali Haitham 21. Hamoud Al-Hitar 22. Hameed Al-Ahmar 23. Hameed Al-Athari 24. Hamiar Abdullah Al-Ahmar 25. Horiya Mashhoor 26. Haidar Al-Attas 27. Khaled Ahmad Abdurabo Al-Awadi 28. Khaled Hareri 29. Rana Ahmad Ghanim 30. Salem Bin Taleb 31. Sa'ad Al-Deen Bin Taleb 32. Saeed Sa'adan 33. Sultan Al-Aradah 34. Sultan Hazim Al-Atawani 35. Sameer Shaybani 36. Sha'afel Omar 37. Shafee Al-Abd 38. Sheikh Najee Al-Shayef 39. Sadeq Bin Abdullah Al-Ahmar 40. Saleh Bin Fareed Al-Awlaqi 41. Saleh Samee 42. Saleh Obied Ahmad 43. Saleh Mohsen Al-Haj 44. Sakhr Ahmad Al-Wajeeh 45. Salah Muslim Batees 46. Tareq Al-Fadli 47. Al-Thaheri Al-Shadadi 48. Abdulhafed Noman 49. Abdulrazzaq Al-Hajri 50. Abdulsalam Razaz 51. Abdulqawee Rashad 52. Abdulallah Hassan Al-Hajj 53. Abdullah Salam Al-Hakemi 54. Abdullah Awad Bamatraf 55. Abdulbaree Doghesh 56. Abdulrahman Al-Jefri 57. Abdulrahman BaFadl 58. Abdulqaweee Al-Shameri 59. Abdulkareem Al-Aslami 60. Abdullah Al-Nakhebi 61. Abdullah Hassan Khayrat 62. Abdullah Sa'atr 63. Abdullah Ali Alewa 64. Abdullah Awbal 65. Abdullah Noman 66. Abdulmalik Al-Mikhlafi 67. Abdulwasi Hayel 68. Abdulwahab Al-Anesi 69. Abdulwahab Mahmoud 70. Abdo Beshr 71. Abdulbaree Taher 72. Alawi Al-Basha Bin Zai 73. Ali Al-Hadi 74. Ali Al-Amrani 75. Ali Al-Mamari 76. Ali Al-Yazeedi 77. Ali Bin Ali Hadi 78. Ali Hassan Zaki 79. Ali Hussien Ashal 80. Ali Saleh Abad 81. Ali Abdurabo Al-Qadi 82. Ali Abdulkareem 83. Ali Ali Al-Emad 84. Ali Muhsen Saleh Al-Ahmar 85. Ali Mohammed Al-Faqesh 86. Ali Munaser 87. Ali Najee Al-Salahi 88. Ali Nasser Mohammed 89. Omar Abdo Qaed 90. Aydaros Al-Naqeeb 91. Ghassan Mohammed AbuLohoom 92. Fadl Ali Abdullah 93. Faisal Mana'a 94. Qaed Ali Shater 95. Lutfi Shatarah 96. Majed Al-Thahab 97. Muhsen Basurrah 98. Muhsen Bin Fareed Al-Awlaki 99. Mohammed Abubakr Bin Ajromah 100. Mohammed Ahmad Al-Zayedi 101. Mohammed Al-Hamed 102. Mohammed Al-Sa'adi 103. Mohammed Al-Sabri 104. Mohammed Al-Thaheri 105. Mohammed Al-Mikhlafi 106. Mohammed Al-Mansour 107. Mohammed Al-Yadomi 108. Mohammed Bin Najee Al-Ghader 109. Mohammed Hassan Dammaj 110. Mohammed Salem BaSendewah 111. Mohammed Abdullah BaSharaheel 112. Mohammed Abdulmalek Al-Mutwakil 113. Mohammed Ali Abulohoom 114. Mohammed Ali Ahmad 115. Mohammed Ali Al-Bukhaiti 116. Mohammed Ali Al-Shadadi 117. Mohammed Qahtan 118. Mohammed Muqbel Al-Hemyari 119. Mohammed Najee Alaw 120. Mohammed Haitham 121. Mukhtar Mohammed Saeed 122. Mansour Al-Zandani 123. Mona Safwan 124. Muneer Al-Maweri 125. Nasser Ahmad Abad Al-Shareef 126. Nasser Al-Awlaqi 127. Nayef Al-Qanas 128. Nasr Al-Shaheri 129. Nasr Taha Mustafa 130. Hadi Mohammed Amer 131. Hayel Salam 132. Huda Alban 133. Huda Al-Attas 134. Hisham BaSharaheel 135. Haitham Qassim Taher 136. Waed BaTheeb 137. Waheeba Sabrah 138. Yaseen Saeed Noman 139. Yahya Mansour Abo Osbah 140. Yahya Al-Jaferi 141. Yahya Munasser 142. Brigader Yahya Al-Shami
Okay this looks really intense and really good. I know I hate the winter and all but can December come already this movie is totally worth bearing the killer cold for!
8 months and the massive anti-government protestors are continuing to PEACEFULLY protest. Unfortunately, in the recent months we have seen an increase in violence that has involved mass graves, brutuality, and carnage,
Yemen is litterely on the brink of well, yes Hell.
A recent article, Yemen on the brink of hell sparked much controversy and whether we like it or not, it's true..Yemen, is on the brink of hell. It has had it's share of separatist conflicts, tribal battles and let's not forget its "small" but "large to America" al-Qaida presence and now, the country is divided.
SO?...
Today, you're either with Saleh or against him. It's quite obvious that Saleh's family, regime is provoking this violence as a way to stay in power, but I am so inspired by the youth of Yemen that i remain hopeful that the longtime leader Ali Abdullah Saleh will soon be ousted.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
I believe in memories because they are so, so pretty when I sleep.. We're better together, so much better when we're together-Jack Johnson
Just when im about to head out to run some errands. It rained.. no no it POURED. As a matter of fact, it's still pourING. I convinced myself that it's not necessary to run my errands. Instead, i turned my big old sofa around to face the window, grabbed my journal, began to write and starred at the torrential rain coming down.
A part of me just wants to run outside. Stand still and get drenched… any volunteers?
Hosni Mubarak, Bashar al-Assad and other strongmen have fewer options for cushy exile now that so many countries work with the International Criminal Court. Dan Ephron reports.
Jean-Claude Duvalier of Haiti fled to France. Ferdinand Marcos lived out his life in Honolulu.
In the good old days, an ousted dictator who committed terrible crimes against his countrymen might still be able to negotiate a cozy retirement in a place where the living is good. Marcos, having robbed the Philippines for more than two decades, even managed to take the money with him.
But the end of the Cold War and the rise of an international justice system have changed the equation. Contemporary dictators pondering a relocation have far fewer options, most of them unhappy (think North Korea).
The issue asserted itself in the most bizarre of circumstances this week when a former Israeli cabinet minister disclosed having offered Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak refuge in the Jewish state. Compared with some other sanctuaries, Israel is a dream. It has good weather and a functional banking system.
But for Arab leaders especially, the idea of retiring in posh Herzliya or on the shores of the Kinneret might be too much to contemplate. Mubarak preferred to remain in Egypt, where he went on trial this week for allegedly ordering police to fire on the protesters who rose up against him.
First, they’d have to rule out those countries that have accepted the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court. Both Gaddafi and Assad allegedly have committed war crimes against their own people. The ICC has already indicted the Libyan leader on referral from the United Nations Security Council. Assad could be next. Countries that have ratified the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court—115 and counting—would be obliged to extradite the two leaders to The Hague. The list includes states that in the past have provided homes to fallen autocrats: Panama (Haiti’s Jean-Bertrand Aristide), Chile (East Germany’s Erich Honecker), Paraguay (Nicaragua’s Anastasio Somoza) and Brazil (Paraguay’s Alfredo Stroessner).
Hawaii Governor Jean Ariyoshi greets ousted Philipppine Dictator Ferdinand Marcos when he arrives in Honolulu after fleeing the Phillipines in February 1986., Dean Sensui / AFP-Getty Images
“There’s no way any of these countries could do the same these days,” says Lawrence Douglas, who teaches law at Amherst College in Massachusetts. “Once the ICC brings charges, you’re basically harboring a fugitive and not just allowing a cushy retirement for a former strongman.”
Next, the strongmen would need to draw a line through countries that care at all for international legitimacy, including much of the Arab world, China, and Russia. Even without having ratified the Rome Statute, these countries would risk isolation and even sanctions if they flouted it, says David Crane, who served as prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone and indicted Liberian President Charles Taylor. “It’s just not worth the political pain,” he says.
That would leave just a handful of countries, according to Crane, including North Korea, Zimbabwe, Syria, and Saudi Arabia. Only the most desperate rulers would consider North Korea given the country’s extreme poverty and dysfunction. And Syria’s political situation is unstable. Since no one likes to move twice, it would be unappealing as well.
With no place to run, the dictators can only cling to power more tenaciously.
Saudi Arabia has a record of taking in Muslim leaders, including Uganda’s Idi Amin and, more recently, Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. The incentive for Saudi leaders is not financial (though the Ben Alis are reported to have brought over millions in cash and looted gold). In fact, the Saudi regime actually paid Amin a large subsidy over the years to stay out of politics. Primarily, the Saudis wish to head off what they view as bad precedents in the region, says Sheri Berman, a political scientist at Barnard College. “They don’t want to see a fellow authoritarian lose his head or worse.”
Whether the Saudis would welcome Gaddafi, with whom they have had tense relations over the years, remains uncertain. And Assad is no great friend of the kingdom either. Ironically, some scholars believe the narrowing of their options is actually prolonging the misery in both their countries. With no place to run, the dictators can only cling to power more tenaciously
The YouTube community was given a simple assignment : film your life for the entire day. 80,000 people accepted the challenge. The film edited from that footage Life in a Day is released this week. The film tells the story of a single day – July 24, 2010, from the perspective of individuals all over the world.
Foreign Policy featured a piece giving a stunning and unique look into the war in Afghanistan. Photoghraphers used the app Hipstamatic to capture the interactions of US Marines and the Afghans from 2010 and 2011.
More photos found at the bottom when you click on the link. Beautiful pictures
Left: An Afghan National Army soldier covers his face with a plastic bag in a dust storm at Combat Outpost 7171 on Oct. 28, 2010.
Right: Afghan villagers from Kunder on Oct. 29, 2010.
Left: Refugee children peep inside a makeshift house at the Charahi Qambar refugee camp on Feb. 27.
Right: Daniel Gretebeck, 21, from South Lyon, Michigan, rests on his cot at Forward Operating Base Minden, Helmand province, on Oct. 31, 2010.
It's no suprise that the three Judges of Through Their Eyes Art show choose plenty of Rajaa Althaibani's photographs to exhibit at our show. It's also no suprise that they were the most sold!..
Each photo speaks.
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Every once in a while, GOOD Magazine comes up with these amazing 30 day challenges and more often than not, I dont particpate. I get excited but that seems to be it. It's not because i don't care enough to try.. It's just...hmm, nothing really has caught my attention yet. Well, at least that is until now.
Recently, GOOD magazine is challenging its readers to participate in its 30 day challenge of unplugging their computer by 8p.m. and when they mean 8, they mean eight p.m. strictly on the dot. If I am going to be true and honest to myself, then i know i need this. Lets get real, i'm addicted to the computer. Im on a lot. I may not be completely addicted but im most defenitely headed that way.
When the Egypton was being telivised via Al Jazeera(thank you AJE-it was love at first sight) you bet I was addicted. Now, i'm better.. but, it wouldnt hurt to unplug the computer and kick in some literature to my life. I bet i could find a million and one things I could occupy myself with.
Rules are simple : Weekdays : get off at 8 pm. After 8 theres no more checking emails, tweeting, checking news, writing , reading or anything that forces me to use this device. 1...2..3....let's see if i could actually do . More info on UNPLUG BY 8 found by clicking ME
With all thats going on the Middle East and Africa, I am bombareded with words and Images, but this image, this graffiti art reminds me again of how dirty our politics really is. A dirty old business.
Ahmed Ahmed Swaid, 50, sells qat (a stimulating plant leaf that is chewed) in Sanaa, Yemen, pictured here with dishes of fava beans, minced meat, lamb and saltah (a stew with beef and eggplant). Estimated calories pictured: 3,300
A Lesson in Laughter
