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After 23 Years in Prison, Wrongly Convicted US Man Freed

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 15, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

Washington – Washington – Local US news outlets reported, Friday, the release of a man who was imprisoned for 23 years after being wrongly convicted of a double murder in Kansas city. Lamonte McIntyre was 17 when he was first arrested. He later stood for...

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White nationalists carry tiki torches on the grounds of the University of Virginia, on the eve of a planned Unite The Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. (Reuters)

Freedom of Hate Speech

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Aug 14, 2017 | Opinion

The late author Ghazi al-Gosaibi was one of the most prominent figures to confront the hate movement during the early 1990s. His book “Until there is no more strife” is a significant historical and intellectual reference during that Saudi era plagued with the...

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Sayed Hijab: Great Poet from Egypt Passes Away

by Jamal Al-Qassas | Jan 28, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

Cairo- With deep feelings of sadness and pain, Egyptians mourned Sayed Hijab, one of the Arab world’s most eminent poets. Hijab passed away at the age of 77 after a long battle with illness at Maadi Armed Forces Hospital. A large number of intellects, artists, and...

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Netherlands Bans Burka in Public Places

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 30, 2016 | World

Hague- Dutch MPs on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to ban the Islamic full-face burka from some public places such as schools and hospitals. This way, Netherlands is the fourth country in the European Union (EU) to ban the full-face burka after France, Belgium and...

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Opinion: Hijab, Niqab and the Burkini

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Aug 30, 2016 | Opinion

What distinguishes the west from the rest of the world is its respect for the principle of freedom; it believes in it as a culture and commits to it in constitutions that governments and citizens adhere to. For this reason, France’s highest administrative court, the...