Minority Watch # 01, July 15, 2007

Let noble thoughts come from all quarters.

Minorities in the News

1. Bedouins in Sinai

Attempts at reconciliation: The government shows signs that it might be willing to meet at least some of the demands of Sinai's Bedouins, reports Serene Assir. Al-Ahram Weekly, 5 July 2007, http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/852/eg8.htm

2. Arabs in Israel

Arab-Israeli attorney Marwan Dalal was appointed to a prosecutor to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), based in The Hague. Ha'aretz, 8 July 2007, http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/879230.html

3. Muslims in Israel

Israel Antiquities Authority plans a Museum of Tolerance on the site of an ancient Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem's Mamila area. Ha'aretz, 11 July 2007. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/880500.html

4. Christians in Iraq

Christians face uncertain future in anarchic Iraq, The Daily Star, 9 July 2007 http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=83646

Articles, Reports, Briefing

1. Iran: Minorities

Congressional Research Service Report on ethnic and religious minorities in Iran 25 May 2007,

http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/87362.pdf

2. Iran: Minorities

"Iran's Ethnic Tinderbox" by John R Bradley, The Washington Quarterly, vol. 30, no.1, Winter 2006-07, pp.181-90,

http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/washington_quarterly/v030/30.1bradley.pdf

[may not be freely available]

3. Persian Gulf

Religion, Ethnicity and Identity Politics in the Persian Gulf by Mahjoob Zweiri and Mohammed Zahid, published by Athens-based Research Institute for European and American Studies (RIEAS), July 2007), accessible from http://www.isn.ethz.ch/pubs/ph/details.cfm?lng=en&id=32393

4. Bahrain: Shias

Victory of Al Wefaq: The Rise of Shiite Politics in Bahrain authored by Mohammed Zahid Mahjoob Zweiri, published by Athens-based Research Institute for European and American Studies (RIEAS), April 2007). Accessible from http://www.isn.ethz.ch/pubs/ph/details.cfm?lng=en&id=29901

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