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OPPOSING THE MALE GUARDIANSHIP SYSTEM IN SAUDI ARABIA - WE WILL NOT BE FREE UNTIL OUR SISTERS ARE FREE EVERYWHERE!
Gulf War Veterans from Operation Friction to Return Kuwaiti Liberation Medals to the Saudi Kingdom In opposition against the male guardianship system and in support of Canadian Nazia Quazi formerly held in Saudi Arabia under its male guardianship system, Canadian Gulf War Veterans Mark Brousseau and Lou Travis returned their respective Kuwaiti Liberation Medals to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and ask everyone in support of this action, who served in the first Gulf War, to do the same. Here's what took place when Mark Brousseau and Lou Travis attended the Saudi Embassy in Ottawa to deliver their medals in person: Please check out Mark's story in The Ottawa Citizen -http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Nazia+story+broke+heart/2922742/story.html And Mark's letter to the Saudi Ambassador to Canada, Osamah Al-Sanosi Ahmad, published in The National Post: If you wish to return your medal to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia please mail to the following address: Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs P.O. Box 55937 Postal Code 11544 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia OR Ambassador Osamah Al-Sanosi Ahmad Ambassador to Canada The Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia 201 Sussex Drive K1N 1K6 |
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NAZIA QUAZI IS FREE! Though the struggle continues for women and religous minorities and anyone who supports freedom and human rights in Saudi Arabia. The guardians of the Kabaa are unfit. Please check out this page for the history of Nazia Quazi's ordeal in Saudi Arabia. Twenty four year old Canadian citizen, Nazia Quazi, is stranded in Saudi Arabia, unable to leave because Saudi law requires her father's permission, which he will not provide. We are working with Human Rights Watch to help free Nazia Quazi. Contact your local MP and ask him/her what s/he is doing. Muslims for Progressive Values Ottawa and Shahla Khan Salter fully support Nazia Quazi. Any comments on any sites that state that we do not support Nazia Quazi are not ours and are false. Please see our letter to the Saudi Ambassador to Canada (email address:caemb@mofa.gov.sa ):
Please see the letter of Dr. Timothy Simboli of Family Services a la famille Ottawa supported by the Ottawa Coalition to End Violence Against Women (OCEVAW), dated April 12, 2010. http://www.octevaw-cocvff.ca/en/pdf/letters/Nazia_quazi_letter.pdf
Also check out the Media: Ghazanfar Ali Khan of the Arab News confirms Nazia Quazi's departure, May 11th, 2010: http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article52514.ece Heba Aly's story in The Christian Science Monitor, May 7th, 2010: Laura Bashraheel's story in The Arab News, April 29,2010 http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article48228.ece Joan Delaney's story in The Epoch Times, April 29th, 2010 - http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/34376/ Andrew Carozo's note in The Hill Times comments on how Saudis may react to return of medals from Gulf War vets: Jonathan Kay speaks out in The National Post, April 17th, 2010 - http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=ea79bc44-60d3-4d6d-852e-566384572641 Allan Rock speaks out in his Opinion Editorial in The Huffington Post, April 9th, 2010 - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/allan-rock/stuck-in-saudi-arabia_b_530406.html Anne Maria Tremonti talks to Nazia Quazi, Deepak Obhrai, Gar Pardy and Wajeha Al-Huwaider on CBC Radio's The Current, April 8th, 2010 - Michelle Lamarche's story in CBC TV's Le Telejournal with Mathieu Nadon (en francais), April 4, 2010 - Jennifer Campbell's story in The Ottawa Citizen, April 3, 2010 - http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Father+holds+former+student+Saudi+Arabia/2758188/story.html Marc Kelly's CBC interview with Shahla Khan Salter - http://www.cbc.ca/video/news/player.html?clipid=1436353212 Tim Bousquet interviews Nazia Quazi for The Coast's Reality Bites, March 19th, 2010 - Conservatives and Liberals Weigh in- in favor of Nazia Quazi? Deepak Obhrai and Bob Rae speak to CBC Radio's Kathleen Petty, March 18th, 2010 - http://www.cbc.ca/ottawamorning/archives.html http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2010/03/18/quazi-saudi-arabia.html Update by Katha Pollitt of The Nation:http://www.thenation.com/blogs/anotherthing/540250/nazia_quazi_update http://www.cbc.ca/connect/2010/02/stuck-in-saudi-arabia.html www.progressiveislam.org. |
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