Since moving to Edinburgh eleven years ago I have been working for a travel company, but prior to working in this industry I had taught in the United States for sixteen years. While I enjoy working in a business that can create incredible memories of Scotland for people around the world, there are times...
The Health Team asked you what you do to “Use It or Lose It.”
“We all know that moving more is a great notion in health and fitness, and often that means taking the stairs. This is me on the 365-step staircase in our town, Pollensa, in Spain, getting my steps in. It also...
The Education Team is pleased to announce The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré as the sixth annual Summer Global Book Read, as part of the Global Issues Book Discussion Series. From the book jacket (Penguin Random House):
The remarkable, inspiring story of a teenage girl [Adunni] growing up in a rural Nigerian village who longs to get an education...
Our immune system is a complex network of tissues, cells and organs working to prevent and limit illness and infections. The two main parts of the immune system work together – the innate immune system, with which you are born, and the adaptive immune system, which you develop.
The innate immune system is the body’s first...
How much do you trade to defeat loneliness? – p. 163
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens was a book that inspired passionate conversation when the Education Team decided to take an hour one Sunday to meet and discuss this interesting selection. Centered on the main character Kya, a virtual orphan who raised herself in the...
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...
