National Democratic Labour Action Society – Wa'ad جمعية العمل الوطني الديمقراطي – وعد | |
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| Abbreviation | NDAS[1] |
| General Secretary | Fouad Seyadi |
| Founder | Abdulrahman al-Nuaimi[2] |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Banned | 2017 |
| Preceded by | Popular Front for the Liberation of Bahrain |
| Headquarters | Manama, Bahrain |
| Student wing | Student Change Bloc |
| Youth wing | Youth Bureau — Wa'ad |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Left-wing[1][7] |
| Colors | Orange |
| Slogan | نعمل من أجل وطن لايرجف فيه الأمل |
| Website | |
| www waad | |
The National Democratic Labour Action Society – Wa'ad (Arabic: جمعية العمل الوطني الديمقراطي – وعد, romanized: Jamʻīyat al-ʻAmal al-Waṭanī al-Dīmuqrāṭī – Waʻd, NDAS)[1] is Bahrain's largest leftist political party.
- ^ a b c Szajkowski, Bogdan (2005). Political Parties of the World (6th ed.). John Harper Publishing. p. 48. ISBN 0-9543811-4-9.
Al-Wefaq was joined in the boycott by the leftist National Democratic Action Society (NDAS), led by Abdulrahman al-No'aimi, the pan-Arab Nationalist Democratic Rally, and the Shia Islamic Action Association.
- ^ "Bahrain opposition figure al-Nuaimi dies". Forbes Magazine. Associated Press. 1 September 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2011.[dead link]
- ^ Popular protests in North Africa and the Middle East (III): The Bahrain Revolt (PDF) (Report). International Crisis Group. 6 April 2011. pp. 16–17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
- ^ Busafwan, Abbas; Rosiny, Stephan (November 2015). "Power-Sharing in Bahrain: A Still-Absent Debate". GIGA Research Programme: Violence and Security (280). German Institute for Global and Area Studies: 18–19.
In February 2011, six Bahraini parties with a moderate Islamist, left-wing, and nationalist leaning formed a broad oppositional alliance: the main Shiite al-Wifāq party, the left-wing nationalist National Democratic Action Society (Jam`iyyat al-`Amal al-Watanī al-Dīmūqrātī, or Wa`ad for short), the communist Democratic Progressive Tribune (al-Minbar al-Taqaddumī al-Dīmūqrātī), the Baathist Nationalist Democratic Assembly (al-Tajammu` al-Qawmī al-Dīmūqrātī), the liberal National Fraternity Society (Jam`iyyat al-Ikhā' al-Watanī) favoured by Ajamī Shiites, and the leftist nationalist National Democratic Unitary Assembly (al-Tajammu` al-Watanī al-Dīmūqrātī al-Wahdawī).
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ "A field guide to Bahraini political parties". The Daily Telegraph. WikiLeaks. 18 February 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
- ^ Wright, Steven (2010). Fixing the Kingdom: Political Evolution and Socio-Economic Challenges in Bahrain (PDF). Occasional Paper No. 3. Center for International and Regional Studies. p. 6. ISSN 2072-5957.
The other key political societies which called for a boycott are: the Arab Nationalist Democratic Society; the secular National Democratic Action Society; and the Islamic Action Society.
- ^ Wright, Steven (2010). Fixing the Kingdom: Political Evolution and Socio-Economic Challenges in Bahrain (PDF). Occasional Paper No. 3. Center for International and Regional Studies. p. 8. ISSN 2072-5957.
Another key individual in the Haaq movement includes Ali Rabea who was a prominent member of the left-wing National Democratic Action Society, and Dr Abduljalil Al Singace, who acts as the organization's Director of Media and International Relations.