Tag: Opinions

For artists, it is difficult to reflect on the past year without thinking about Israel’s genocide in Gaza that has ...

In a world where crises compete for attention, Afghanistan, once at the forefront of international aid and media coverage, now ...

This morning, I opened social media to search for Gaza news. I had to scroll for a while through my newsfeed ...

Recent decisions by major news outlets like The Guardian and La Vanguardia and more niche publications such as Sex Tech Guide ...

The Church of England is facing a long overdue reckoning in Africa.  Its leader, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, announced ...

In Sudan, 20 months of armed conflict between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese army (SAF) have ...

Until recently, it was authoritarian capitalist regimes such as those in Russia and China that were characterised as plutocratic: Putin’s ...

Trade deals can allow international corporations to trample over the rights of governments in the Global South. That is the ...

Since Donald Trump’s re-election as United States president, there has been growing discussion about what his incoming administration’s policies towards ...

My grandfather, Hamdi, was just eight when his family fled Bir al-Sabaa, a town in southern Palestine once known for ...

Rebuilding Syria after more than a decade of devastating conflict is no simple task. The country’s destruction spans physical infrastructure, ...

In October 2018, a “migrant caravan” bound for the United States set out on foot from Honduras. The group was ...

The cascading crises that the world has witnessed this year give child rights advocates such as myself pause for thought: ...

On December 3, the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) announced that Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah of the ruling South West Africa People’s Organisation ...

Winter used to be a beloved season in Gaza. It was thought to bring “khayr” and “baraka” – goodness and ...

On October 7, 2023, Hamas carried out a terrorist attack in Israel, killing more than 1,200 people out of a ...

Winter has now come to the Northern Hemisphere and has ushered in a festive mood in many places. In Gaza, ...

“Oh, high moon, relay my greetings to dear brother Salah!” my beloved mother, Shukria, used to say. For a great ...

Last month, Mali’s government detained three executives involved in the gold sector from Resolute Mining, an Australian mining company. It demanded the ...

Over the past 20-odd years, I have written a series of poems. I have kept them locked away in a ...