Bahrain, my home, became so small to me, I was almost suffocating there. I heard once that no one leaves their home until their home becomes the mouth of a shark. One only leaves...
In my previous article I put context to the uprising in Bahrain, my home country, how it changed the course of my life and how it led me to what I have been since 2011.
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) organized an online side event in connection with the 47th Session of the UN Human Rights Council. The event was titled The Use of Torture: Suppression of Dissidents -- The Need for Accountability to End Torture in The Middle East.
In March 2021, GCHR and partner...
The 47th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC47) takes place in Geneva from June 21 - July 15. HRC47 will consider issues including systemic racism, police brutality and violence against peaceful protesters, sexual orientation and gender identity, violence and discrimination against women and girls, poverty, peaceful assembly and association, and freedom of expression. In June 2020, the Council convened...
I was in the first batch of students enrolled in Bahrain Polytechnic in 2008. I was so happy to be accepted because the polytechnic was a new concept in Bahrain, and it succeeded in...
Currents are powerful physical forces in the seas responsible for the functioning and sustenance of the ocean food chain.
Currents redistribute water, heat, nutrients, and oxygen throughout the ocean and directly impact marine ecosystems by inevitably carrying off living organisms that support marine life. With the right nutrients and flow at...
I was in middle school when my entire family finally came together for the first time: Mom, Dad and all of my sisters and brothers. The story is quite interesting; do you have time?
Assuming you do,
Have you ever witnessed someone being harassed? Most of us have. Maybe it was someone making a “joke” about another person’s race, ethnicity or gender identity, or a classmate being bullied on the playground – or maybe it was something more severe.
Often when we notice harassment we have an impulse to step in...
The Facts
In June 2018, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine published a research report with the findings that “women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) endure the highest rate of sexual harassment of any profession outside of the military.”
In November 2018, seven STEM female...
There is more clothing being sold than ever before, which, in turn, results in an ever-growing mountain of discarded clothing. After the oil and gas industries, the textile industry is widely believed to be the most polluting industry on the planet, responsible for 10% of total CO2 emissions. While buying fewer clothes is the...
