Under Pressure
Samar Badawi has done jail time to advance women’s rights, and now husband Walid Abulkhair will represent himself in court against the kingdom.
Ahed Al Hendi is a Syrian dissident and former political prisoner based in Washington, DC. He is the Arabic program coordinator of Cyberdissidents.org.
Meanwhile in Damascus
It’s just a stupid movie—where is the Arab world’s outrage about the slaughter in Syria? By Ahed Al Hendi.
Kareem Amer, a famed blogger among Egypt’s protesters, spent nearly a week in a prison for breaking curfew. Hours after his release, he tells Ahed Al Hendi about the brutality he witnessed there.