The Saudi al-Sahwa al-Islamiyya (Islamic Awakening), or Sahwa, was a period of powerful social and political change in Saudi Arabia between the 1960s and 1980s. Despite several waves of state ...

BAQUBA, Feb 13 (IPS) - The Awakening Councils in Diyala province are stepping up their protests against the government in Baghdad. The Awakening Councils, or the Sahwa as they are called, are a mostly ...

Saudi Arabia is currently cracking down on the Sahwa, or Awakening, with at least three figures linked to the movement reported to be on death row. They could be executed at any moment – reports ...

On 7 October 1993, a royal decree was issued for the establishment of the Ministry of Islamic Affairs in Saudi Arabia, with its full nomenclature being The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, ...

The slumber which was called the Awakening (Al-Sahwa) for decades and the backwardness which was embellished with religious terminology to hide its violence and fundamentalism and to cover for its ...

Though it was largely considered a spent force at the time the U.S. withdrew from Iraq, al-Qaeda in Iraq’s (AQI) rebound is by now undeniable. This year has seen a proliferation of extremely bloody ...

They were known as the Sahwa, or the Awakening Councils — Sunni militiamen who took extraordinary risks to side with U.S. troops in the fight against al-Qaida during the Iraq War. Once heralded as a ...

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Elements in the Iraqi parliament are working to pass legislation on the formation of a force under the name Sahwa which will be similar to the Hashd al-Shaabi paramilitias. The name is not new and is ...