“How Old is Our Youngest Leading Official?” (Abdalla Al-Maqlush, the Saudi Al-Watan Newspaper, January 2011)
The quotation above was the title of an Arabic article I had the opportunity to read from the Saudi newspaper, Al-Watan, in January 2011. The article was written by Abdalla Al-Maqlush, the former writer of the column Opinion. Describing the courageous, frank and downright factual writer as “the former writer of the column Opinion” is due to the fact that he was immediately fired because he wrote and published the article.
The deteriorating situation in Libya has not only caused the killing of thousands of protesting civilians but has also put the lives of transiting refugees in great danger.
Urgent call to All Eritreans around the world and friends of Eritrea– support for victims.
