Two journalists, Waris Hasrat and Aslam Hijab, have been arrested by the Taliban at the entrance to independent broadcaster Ariana News TV where they worked. The cause for their detention or their whereabouts is unknown reports Committee to Protect Journalists cpj.org/2022/02/taliba…

Join us (on Zoom) Monday 2/14 @ 12:30 pm CT for this talk by Asef Bayat, a leading scholar in Middle East studies and social movement theory, about his latest book, Revolutionary Life: The Everyday of the Arab Spring Register: bit.ly/asef-bayat FB: facebook.com/events/6392748…

Rita by the great Marcel Khalife, a great choice for the weekend.

JOB OPPORTUNITY: Research Associate position on media use and digital media practices, at the ZeMKI Lab, University of Bremen. ZeMKI. Closing date: 10 March. See: uni-bremen.de/fileadmin/user…

This talk by ICJ's MENA director, Tunis-based judicial expert @Said_Benarbia_, should be the 1st port of call for journalists & anyone else looking to understand the finer details behind Kais Saied's dissolution of Tunisia's High Judicial Council & its possible implications.

talking about #weaponizing the judiciary as turn in democratic breakdown. ⁦Alexandra Blackman⁩ & ⁦Elizabeth Nugent⁩ tell us what is happening in #Tunisia , as president threatened the judicial system ⁦Ufahamu Africa 🎙🌍⁩ ⁦⁦@monkeycageblog⁩ washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/…

Dangerous development in Tunisia, threats of return to the rule of the strongman. france24.com/en/afrique/202…

"Saied wants judges in place who rule on his behalf, without any independence, so he can weaponize the courts at will against any political opponents." Seifeddine Ferjani on Saied's plot against Tunisia's judiciary: dawnmena.org/saied-is-reviv…

Tunisia’s seemingly formidable civil society is on the dictatorial chopping block. Saied is toying w/ a decree that could send CSOs back to the Ben Ali era. This excellent statement from Geneva-based ⁦FIDH⁩ & ⁦World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)⁩ ⁦explains why. fidh.org/en/region/nort…

📢New research! Our Research Officer Joshua Rigg has an article out with Globalizations

If you’re choosing to stay in Ukraine and report on what’s happening, I’m happy to discuss physical and digital safety with you pro bono. Email me at runa dot sandvik at gmail. 🇺🇦🔐

2 weeks to go until we close applications for the Google News Initiative Student Fellowship 2022! Apply now for a paid summer placement in one of 30 news organisations across Europe. Deadline to apply is 15 March 2022. buff.ly/3M8YU1m

CIMA is hiring a deputy editor. Terrific position for a writer/editor who loves the craft and wants to support independent media around the globe ned.org/about/jobs/#op…

"That phrase, "Yetnahaw gaa"—calling for the complete removal of the regime —immediately became the Hirak's mantra. It remains a popular slogan today, with the movement's demand still not met."dawnmena.org/they-should-al…

Excited to read @nechchai new chapter in this timely and critical collection

So happy to have this article up with the support of The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy team! I argue here that municipalities have been among the very few democratic institutions that demonstrated resilience in the face of all developments post 25th of July, 2021, despite evidence 1/3

Two Nawaat journalists have been arrested together with #t3allem3oum campaign members in Rades, confiscating their equipment & IDs & preventing them from filming. Both journalists had proof of their identity as journos but were still held for questioning

My latest for IFEX 👉 Rising threats to media freedoms in #Tunisia. Cybercrimes and clampdown in #Jordan. Sudanese refugees targeted in #Egypt, and more #FreeExpression stories from the region. #FreeAlaa #FreeThemAll ifex.org/tunisias-threa…