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Progressive Democratic Tribune (Bahrain)
Progressive Democratic Tribune (), often referred to as al-Minbar, is a political organization launched by returning exiles from the underground communist National Liberation Front – Bahrain in 2001. Ahmad Al-Thawadi was its founding chairman. Effectively al-Minbar came to act as a successor to the NLF. The party has been opposed to sectarian politics and sought to represent constituents whatever their creed. It was also a consistent champion of women's rights and freedom of speech, meaning that its MPs often found themselves allied with liberals. One of its three MPs, Abdulhadi Marhoon, served as the Deputy Speaker from 2002 to 2006. Al-Minbar also has a youth organization, Shabeeba Society of Bahrain, that is active among the students and young workers with a network of regional and international connections with other left-wing democratic youth organizations. Ahead of the 2006 election, al-Minbar launched the electoral bloc 'National Unity', which had 9 candidates for th ...
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Abdul Nabi Salman
Abdul Nabi Salman Ahmed Nasser (, born in 1960 in A%27ali) is a Bahraini politician. He was sworn into the Council of Representatives on December 12, 2018 to represent the Sixth District of the Northern Governorate. Biography Salman earned a Bachelor of Arts in Statistics from Bangalore University in 1981. He obtained a diploma in Sales and Marketing Development in 1989, a Higher Diploma in Management and Marketing in 1996, and specialized courses in public relations, promotion, and advertising. As the head of the Press and Publications Department at Gulf Air, he founded the airline’s union. He belongs to the Bahrain Economists Society and the Bahrain Transparency Society. In 2012, he was elected Secretary-General of the left-wing Progressive Democratic Tribune (Al-Minbar) party, succeeding Dr. Hassan Madan. Political career Salman decided to run for the Council of Representatives in the 2002 Bahraini general election, in which he ran to represent the Second District of the ...
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Consultative Council Of Bahrain
The Consultative Council (''Majlis al-shura''), also known as the Shura Council, is the upper house of the National Assembly, the main legislative body of Bahrain. The Council comprises forty members appointed directly by the King of Bahrain. The forty seats of the Consultative Council combined with the forty elected seats of the Council of Representatives form the National Assembly of Bahrain. All laws (except for "Royal decrees") have to be passed by both chambers of the Assembly. This allows technical expertise and minority communities a role within the legislative process: in Bahrain, a Bahraini Christian woman, Alees Samaan and a Bahraini Jewish man have been appointed. After there was widespread disappointment that no women were elected to the lower house in 2002's general election, four women were appointed to the Consultative Council. Alees Samann made history in the Arab world on 18 April 2004 when she became the first woman to chair a session of parliament in the r ...
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Political Parties Established In 2001
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Organizations Of The Arab Spring
An organization or organisation (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences) is an entity—such as a company, or corporation or an institution (formal organization), or an association—comprising one or more people and having a particular purpose. Organizations may also operate secretly or illegally in the case of secret societies, criminal organizations, and resistance movements. And in some cases may have obstacles from other organizations (e.g.: MLK's organization). What makes an organization recognized by the government is either filling out incorporation or recognition in the form of either societal pressure (e.g.: Advocacy group), causing concerns (e.g.: Resistance movement) or being considered the spokesperson of a group of people subject to negotiation (e.g.: the Polisario Front being recognized as the sole representative of the Sahrawi people and forming a partially recognized state.) Compare the concept of social groups, which may include non-organiza ...
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Nationalist Parties In Asia
Nationalism is an idea or movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the State (polity), state. As a movement, it presupposes the existence and tends to promote the interests of a particular nation,Anthony D. Smith, Smith, Anthony. ''Nationalism: Theory, Ideology, History''. Polity (publisher), Polity, 2010. pp. 9, 25–30; especially with the aim of gaining and maintaining its sovereignty (self-governance) over its perceived homeland to create a nation-state. It holds that each nation should govern itself, free from outside interference (self-determination), that a nation is a natural and ideal basis for a polity, and that the nation is the only rightful source of Politics, political power. It further aims to build and maintain a single national identity, based on a combination of shared social characteristics such as culture, ethnicity, geographic location, language, politics (or the government), religion, traditions and belief in a shared singular history, ...
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Communist Parties In Bahrain
Communism () is a sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology within the socialist movement, whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a socioeconomic order centered on common ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange that allocates products in society based on need.: "One widespread distinction was that socialism socialised production only while communism socialised production and consumption." A communist society entails the absence of private property and social classes, and ultimately money and the state. Communists often seek a voluntary state of self-governance but disagree on the means to this end. This reflects a distinction between a libertarian socialist approach of communization, revolutionary spontaneity, and workers' self-management, and an authoritarian socialist, vanguardist, or party-driven approach to establish a socialist state, which is expected to wither away. Communist parties have been described as radical left ...
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Bahraini Uprising Of 2011
The 2011 Bahraini uprising was a series of anti-government protests in Bahrain led by the mainly Shia and some Sunni Islam, Sunni Bahraini opposition primarily from 2011 until 2014. The protests were inspired by the unrest of the 2011 Arab Spring and protests in Tunisia and Egypt and escalated to daily clashes after the Bahraini government Saudi-led intervention in Bahrain, put the revolt down with the support of the Gulf Cooperation Council and Peninsula Shield Force. The Bahraini protests were a series of demonstrations, amounting to a sustained campaign of both Nonviolent resistance, non-violent civil disobedience and volatile riots in the Arabian Gulf (sea), Arabian Gulf country of Bahrain. As part of the revolutionary wave of protests in the Middle East and North Africa following the self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi in Tunisia, the Bahraini protests were initially aimed at achieving greater political freedom and equality for the 45% Shia population. Towards the culmina ...
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Arab Socialist Political Parties
Arabs (,  , ; , , ) are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in West Asia and North Africa. A significant Arab diaspora is present in various parts of the world. Arabs have been in the Fertile Crescent for thousands of years. In the 9th century BCE, the Assyrians made written references to Arabs as inhabitants of the Levant, Mesopotamia, and Arabia. Throughout the Ancient Near East, Arabs established influential civilizations starting from 3000 BCE onwards, such as Dilmun, Gerrha, and Magan (civilization), Magan, playing a vital role in trade between Mesopotamia, and the History of the Mediterranean region, Mediterranean. Other prominent tribes include Midian, ʿĀd, and Thamud mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, Bible and Quran. Later, in 900 BCE, the Qedarites enjoyed close relations with the nearby Canaan#Canaanites, Canaanite and Aramaeans, Aramaean states, and their territory extended from Lower Egypt to the Southern Levant. From 1200 BCE to 110 BCE, powerful ...
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2001 Establishments In Bahrain
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List Of Political Parties In Bahrain
Political parties are illegal in Bahrain but operate as ''de facto'' political parties under the term political societies. Political societies in Bahrain range from the communist left to the Islamist right. Current Banned Parties registered opposition: * Al Wefaq * National Democratic Action Society * Islamic Action Society The unlicensed opposition: * Bahrain Freedom Movement * Haq Movement * Al Wafa' Islamic Movement * February 14 Youth Coalition * Al-Ashtar Brigades * Al-Mukhtar Brigades See also *Politics of Bahrain * Bahraini opposition * List of ruling political parties by country {{Bahrain topics Bahrain Politics of Bahrain Political parties Political parties Bahrain Bahrain, officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, is an island country in West Asia. Situated on the Persian Gulf, it comprises a small archipelago of 50 natural islands and an additional 33 artificial islands, centered on Bahrain Island, which mak ...
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2018 Bahraini General Election
General elections were held in Bahrain in November and December 2018 to elect the 40 members of the Council of Representatives (Bahrain), Council of Representatives. The first round of voting was on Saturday, 24 November, with a second round in 31 constituencies on Saturday, 1 December.Bahrain announces election results as palace prepares for visit from Saudi crown prince
The National, 25 November 2018
A municipal poll coincided with the parliamentary vote. The elections were considered to be a Election#Sham election, sham, as they followed a government crackdown on dissent that included prohibiting members of dissolved opposition groups from running. Following the Bahraini uprising ...
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