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The Muslim Veil and the Law in Europe, the United States and Canada
A country-by-country look at where the Islamic veil may be worn in public schools and universities, and where it's banned or restricted.

Glossary: Ta'ayush
Definition of Ta'ayush, the Palestinian-Israeli grass-roots partnership and human rights movement designed to break down the walls of racism and segregation.

Geraldine Brooks: "Nine Parts of Desire" (Review)
"Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women," is a rich, fascinating and intimate look at the progress and struggles of women in the Middle East, by Pulitzer-Prize winner Geraldine Brooks.

Return of Repression in Afghanistan - Afghanistan's Taliban-Lite Repression
The ouster of Afghanistan's brutal Taliban regime in 2001 was supposed to usher in freedom and democracy respectful of civil liberties and human rights. Reality is proving assumptions wrong.

Human Rights Watch: Middle East and North Africa
Human Rights Watch is the world's leading organization dedicated to protecting the human rights and dignity of people around the world, fighting discrimination and war crimes impartially, and advocating for justice.

Amnesty International, Middle East Portal
Amnesty International, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1977, is an advocacy organization campaigning for "a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards." It produces regular and extensive reports on human rights abuses in the Middle East and North Africa.

The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights
Founded in 1985, EOHR is a Cairo-based non-governmental organization with 2,300 members 17 provincial branches in Egypt.

Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
US-based organization dedicated to combating anti-semitism and other human rights abuses. The ADL site includes a special focus on conflicts in the Middle East.

B'Tselem
Israeli human rights organization.