Ninevah monastery hopes for liberation
Places traditionally visited by Iraqi Christians for the spring holidays are remarkably deserted this year, including the Chaldean Church's Monastery of Markourkas, or St. George, which sits in the Hay al-Arabi region on a hill overlooking the northern part of the city of Mosul. The monastery, the most prominent in Ninevah, recently became the subject of numerous reports after the Islamic State (IS) attacked it March 16, shattering crosses, statues, bells and sculptures, destroying paintings and removing tombstones.
Source: Al Monitor
Human rights defenders jailed in Bahrain are exposing the country’s human rights abuses
The Bahraini government cannot seem to learn from its mistakes.
On Thursday, April 2, Bahrain security forces arrested human rights defender and president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) Nabeel Rajab from his home in Bani Jamra at approximately 4:00pm.
Videos uploaded by BCHR show Rajab reading his arrest warrant aloud in front of security forces. According to the warrant, issued by the “electronic crimes” unit of the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID), the charges against Rajab relate to tweets he posted about reports of ongoing torture in Bahrain’s Jaw Prison.
Source: Muftah
Graphic novels on Israel and Palestine
My love for graphic novels is like a plant in constant need of watering – I just can’t get enough. There’s a lot of great graphic novels from the Middle East, and about the Middle East, and they are as diverse as the area itself. This Friday, it’s five graphic novels – touching on and diving in – the complex issues of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Source: Middle East Revised
