A strong treaty can end plastic pollution and save lives | Environment
Two years ago, global leaders promised to establish a treaty by the end of 2024 that would lay the groundwork to end plastic pollution. The words used…
In Gaza dreams die, but hope remains | Opinions
“I can’t keep calm. I’ve been chosen for Chevening.” It’s a little blue poster that Chevening awardees like to be photographed with. I also followed…
Afghanistan: Caught between climate change and global indifference | Climate Crisis
The world is facing a climate crisis, and few nations are feeling its impact more acutely than Afghanistan. It is currently ranked seventh on the…
Excluding faith: US deny imprisoned Dr Aafia Siddiqui visits from an imam | Opinions
We have recently – imam and lawyer – joined forces, along with so many unsung heroes, to demand respect for the humanity of Dr Aafia…
The pogrom that wasn’t | Racism
On November 6 and 7, fans of the Israeli football team Maccabi Tel Aviv rampaged through Amsterdam ahead of a match between their team and…
Facing genocide while disabled | Israel-Palestine conflict
The genocide in Gaza is a mass disabling event. More than 400 days of Israeli air strikes and constant ground invasions on heavily populated areas…
A Muslim perspective on abortion: Beyond ‘pro-choice’ and ‘pro-life’ | Women’s Rights
A recent “pro-choice” billboard campaign in Chicago, designed by a progressive “reproductive health and justice” charity for Muslims, has reignited a complex conversation on abortion…
Access to climate education is a matter of justice | Climate Crisis
In his poem The Right to Dream (1995), Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano imagines “how the world will be in 2025”. He dreams of a better…
Lebanese Australians reminded of past wars as Israel attacks Lebanon again | Israel attacks Lebanon
Melbourne, Australia – Israel’s devastating bombing of Lebanon has reverberated around the world, reaching as far as the suburbs of Sydney and Melbourne. In Sydney’s…
Democrats, next time try fighting for the working class | US Election 2024
A week before the election, my dad was visiting and talked to me about his gut feeling that former President Donald Trump might win. He…
Zambia’s Kariba Dam crisis is one of inequality | Climate Crisis
As discussions at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku over how to finance climate action remain gridlocked, Southern Africans are learning that some…
Project Esther: A Trumpian blueprint to crush anticolonial resistance | Donald Trump
Donald Trump’s re-election as president of the United States marks a shift in US policy – from the Joe Biden administration’s hypocritical denial of American…
COP 29: Developed economies must learn to prioritise lives over profits | Climate
The flash floods that overwhelmed Spain’s eastern Valencia region two weeks ago were the deadliest natural disaster in the country’s living memory. The Spanish government…
The Gaza genocide may not be in the news, but it hasn’t stopped | Israel-Palestine conflict
“All the world is a stage,” Shakespeare wrote. But on this stage today, there seems to be no place for one part of the world…
Israel’s UNRWA ban is another declaration of genocidal intent | UNRWA
Israel’s parliament has voted overwhelmingly to ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) from operating throughout occupied Palestine. A second…
How the genocide destroyed our sea | Israel-Palestine conflict
In June, I saw the sea for the first time since the war started, but it wasn’t a happy encounter. The Israeli army had just…
No, Trump will not be worse than Biden for Palestine and the Middle East | Israel-Palestine conflict
Since former United States President Donald Trump’s election victory, many observers have predicted that his administration would be far worse for Palestine and the Middle…
Biden can still save what remains of Gaza, and his sorry legacy | Israel-Palestine conflict
After they lose, retire, or get pushed out, politicians tend, it is said, to become preoccupied with their legacies. This cliché may be true since…
The sad story of Bibek, a shy Nepali mercenary who fought for Russia | Russia-Ukraine war
Now and then, we read about Russia’s attempts to recruit poor people as mercenaries in its imperialist war against Ukraine. These efforts have stretched across…
How are you? A question I struggle to answer in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict
“How are you?” It is a simple question I get in daily messages from my friends – Kenyan, Nigerian, Turkish, British, Jordanian, Iranian and Moroccan.…