The Protester
Draft Budget Inflames Protests in Iran
“You’ve turned as all into beggars…We don’t need this revolution. We hate the clerics.”
Iran: Under Pressure Society Struggles
Arseh Sevom — This week the mother of Neda, the young woman whose death was captured on camera during the demonstrations following the 2009 presidential elections, […]
United for Iran Condemns Religious Ruling Against Rapper Najafi
United for Iran has issued a statement on the religious ruling against rapper Shahin Najafi, calling on Iranian authorities to condemn the incitement to murder from […]
Egypt — Punishing Pro-Democracy NGOs
Arseh Sevom — The Egyptian public prosecutor has issued more than 40 indictments against members of international NGOs for participating in banned activities and receiving funding from foreign sources. The Arabist has published a list of names and affiliations
Arseh Sevom’s 2011 Review
In Arseh Sevom’s first ever newsletter (online here), we looked back at some of the highlights from the pages of our website. Those included: The Protester Change in Tunisia and Egypt Murder of Civil Society in Iran #SecurityFail: Iranian Hackers Target Dutch
Protest and Advocacy on Arseh Sevom
Arseh Sevom — With the announcement from Time Magazine that The Protester is this year’s person of the year, we thought this was a good time to remind our readers of all the great content on Arseh Sevom’s English site related to protests, demonstrations, and a
The Protester, Time’s 2011 Person of the Year
Arseh Sevom — In 2009, hundreds of thousands, maybe millions, of Iranians took to the streets to express their desire for more open and democratic governance. Most were wary of revolutionary promises and seeking reform with space to participate in society. “I
Letter from the Editor
The term “Arab Spring” has always felt ominous to me. After all, we all know what happened after the short-lived Prague Spring of 1968, which was brutally squashed. As I write this, we read that more than 32 people have been killed in clashes in Cairo’s Tahir
From Monitoring to Building: Questions for South African Peace-Worker Jasmin Nordien
Arseh Sevom spoke with South African activist Jasmin Nordien about her experiences working in civil society organizations. In this post, we focus on her experiences throughout the 1980s, when she worked with the Network of Independent Monitors reporting on sta