Don’t switch off – the world’s children have never needed you more

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

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Inger Ashing

Trump and the return of the National ‘Emergy’

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

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Belen Fernandez

I am living my own Nakba

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

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Asem Al Jerjawi

US higher education is staring at an uncertain future under Trump

Rashid Khalidi, America’s foremost scholar on Palestine, best described the sorry state of higher education in the United States today in a...

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Somdeep Sen

Southern Africa’s liberation movements have lost their political mojo

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

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Tafi Mhaka

Rebuilding Syria requires much more than bricks and mortar

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

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Tamer Qarmout

Global elites – wanted or not – have a lot in common

Who knew that beyond being a homicidal dictator – is there any other kind – Bashar al-Assad also happens to be a comedian. The world’s most...

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Andrew Mitrovica

I am stuck in a box like Schrodinger’s in Gaza

Like Schrodinger’s famous cat, I am trapped in a box. I have been stuck in this box since the beginning of Israel’s genocidal war on my homeland,...

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Qasem Waleed

This winter, there are no blessings and no goodness in Gaza

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

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Eman Alhaj Ali

The Cyprus-Gaza maritime aid corridor was a harmful publicity stunt

Since Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attacks on southern Israel and the beginning of the latest Israeli military offensive on Gaza, the calls for...

20.12.2024 20

Sultan Barakat

Palestinian freedom cannot rest on the oppression of others

When injured Yahya Sinwar hurled a stick at the Zionist war machine, resisting even in the last moments of his life, he embodied the unbreakable...

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Ahmad Ibsais

We must stand up to hijab bans in all sports in France

Growing up I had to avoid exercise and could not participate in sport. I had eczema, and any exertion caused a painful flare-up. But in university,...

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