Maryam Aldossari
@maryam_dh
Academic. Writing/complaining mostly about women’s inequality in the Middle East, especially in Saudi Arabia!
When feminism becomes a handmaiden to empire — cheering Israeli bombs, dismissing Palestinian grief, and smearing critics of war on Iran — we’re not witnessing solidarity, but a staggering collapse of integrity. middleeasteye.net/opinion/when-b…
In response to this, I wrote: “Apparently, the mere objection to the bombing of Iranian civilians is now considered ‘supporting the regime.’ It’s a framing that is both ahistorical and a staggering collapse of intellectual rigour.” ⬇️ middleeasteye.net/opinion/when-b…
"Iran hangs gay people from cranes in the public square." The Sun columnist Julie Bindel slams Britain's lefties over their support for 'hostile and totalitarian' Iran. @Iromg | @TheSun
Salma El Hosseiny’s voice speaks for Saudi human rights lawyer Waleed, who has been through so much in prison. She’s calling for his freedom. @salma_ishr @ISHRglobal صوت سلمى الحسيني يتكلم عن المحامي الحقوقي وليدأبوالخير وما يعانيه في السجن، وتنادي بحريته
الدكتور #عبدالله_العودة يتحدث عن #وليد_أبوالخير : وليد أبوالخير له تاريخ جميل من النضال والدفاع عن الحقوق #الحرية_لوليدأبوالخير @aalodah
The UK must overhaul its response to transnational repression. In evidence submitted to @HumanRightsCtte, @fairsqprojects, @BirdBahrain_ and ALQST urged the UK to act consistently, regardless of ties with perpetrating states like #SaudiArabia. alqst.org/en/post/uk-mus…
Saudi Arabia’s authorities are arbitrarily barring increasing numbers of Saudi citizens from leaving the country through the use of travel bans. Read more in our new briefing: alqst.org/en/post/assaul…
None of the parties speak for us. So @jeremycorbyn & @zarahsultana starting a new one — and I’m in. Join here yourparty.uk
High-profile women’s rights campaigners, including Loujain al-Hathloul, and Maryam al-Otaibi, one of three sisters targeted by the authorities for their activism, have been given long travel bans. These restrictions frequently extend to family members. theguardian.com/global-develop…
Clip from my BBC debate with an Israeli propagandist, where I lay out the overwhelming evidence of Israel’s war crimes and the British government’s complicity.
📢 Our new briefing highlights how #SaudiArabia's authorities are arbitrarily barring increasing numbers of citizens from leaving the country through the use of unlawful travel bans. This punitive practice has a devastating human impact. ➡️ alqst.org/en/post/alqst-…
As the Saudi regime courts the West, it tightens control by blocking its own citizens from leaving the country.
While opening up to western tourists, celebrities, and businesses, Saudi authorities are increasingly barring citizens from leaving the country, through the use of travel bans. These measures exact a heavy human toll and reinforce a climate of fear. ➡️ alqst.org/en/post/assaul…
📅 The next hearing in the retrial of Manahel al-Otaibi — a fitness instructor sentenced by #Saudi authorities to 11 years for her peaceful activism — has been postponed to Tuesday 22 July, at the SCC in Riyadh. ALQST encourages diplomats to request access to the trial.
“+500k have been forced into Afghanistan just since the war between Israel & Iran last month, returned to a homeland grappling w/severe humanitarian crisis & draconian restrictions on women/girls, in one of worst displacement crisis of past decade.” nytimes.com/2025/07/16/wor…
European missile group MBDA selling parts for bombs that have killed children in Gaza. Many of the attacks took place at night, without warning, in school buildings and tent camps where displaced families were sheltering. theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…
How EU's largest missile maker is selling parts for bombs that have killed children in Gaza – revenues from the GBU-39 bomb generated by the US arm of MBDA flow through the UK. theguardian.com/world/video/20…
"I’m not angry! I am ashamed that I put my children’s lives at risk for a foreign power." Afghans exposed in 2022 UK data breach fear for their own and their families’ safety and say it is a betrayal by country they risked their lives for. Our report. theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…
”التمكين الحقيقي لا يُبنى بالمراسيم التي تُفرض من أعلى، بل ينبع من فاعلية المرأة الذاتية، ومن الحراك الشعبي المستمر الذي يناضل من أجل التغيير من الداخل. وعلى خلاف الصورة النمطية التي يروج لها الإعلام الغربي، فإن المرأة السعودية ليست مجرد ضحية سلبية لواقعها، بل فاعل رئيس في تشكيل…
21 months into the Gaza war: 58,000+ dead, 100,000+ wounded. Child deaths from malnutrition are rising. Nearly 900 Gazans recently killed while trying to get food—many near private aid hubs run by the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. news.un.org/en/story/2025/…
More than 830 Palestinians killed seeking aid in Gaza aje.io/8cem2e?update=…
Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) killed nearly 300 people in attacks in North Kordofan state that began on Saturday. theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…
Israeli forces killed more than 130 Palestinians in Gaza in a single day, including several children who were attempting to collect water for their hungry families in the besieged enclave pulse.ly/vixfn8jlr2