New Arabic-language website to tackle ‘taboo’ issues
Middle East • August 2010 • Views: 344
“We’re trying to prevail over the hypocrisy of the underdog hung up on human rights while he himself doesn’t uphold them in his own society. Women, children, gays and lesbians - they’re all weak in a society that is, generally speaking, strict and patriarchal. That needs to be changed.
“In order not to be hypocritical, you can’t fly the flag of human rights when you yourself don’t protect them. This will be another crack in the wall behind which Arab society has barricaded itself for many years,” he said. “