Why have human rights been marginalized in the Arab world? How do we gauge the relevance of human rights in the region, given the political, social, and economic context? What are the practical and theoretical obstacles to the implementation of these rights?
Human Rights in the Arab World: Independent Voices offers perspectives from those at the forefront of research on human rights and Islam, globalization, transnational advocacy, and the politics of key states such as Egypt, Morocco, and Yemen. Some chapters provide essential historical background to current political...
Why have human rights been marginalized in the Arab world? How do we gauge the relevance of human rights in the region, given the political, social...
Recent events such as Iran s Green Revolution and the Arab Uprisings have exploded notions that human rights are irrelevant to Middle Eastern and North African politics. Increasingly seen as a global concern, human rights are at the fulcrum of the region s on-the-ground politics, transnational intellectual debates, and global political intersections.
The Routledge Handbook on Human Rights and the Middle East and North Africa:
emphasises the need to consider human rights in all their dimensions, rather than solely focusing on the political dimension, in...
Recent events such as Iran s Green Revolution and the Arab Uprisings have exploded notions that human rights are irrelevant to Middle Eastern and N...
