The human rights issue being addressed is women’s educational rights in the middle east. One of the internal reasons this is such a large conflict is because of the way the Muslim religion is interpreted. Since women and men are not treated equally or given the same educational opportunity, the spectrum of jobs that women in the middle east can apply to are very restricted, if permitted at all. In the past couple years, the Middle East underwent many revolutions regarding equality and the general rights of the people under the various dictatorships. This set the stage for further conflict and questioning of the leadership and their beliefs.