The ceasefire will not bring our lives back | Israel-Palestine conflict
A lot of noise – missiles and explosions, the sound of drones, shouting and wailing, screams of “martyr, martyr”. The breaking of glass, slamming doors,…
One more broken promise to close Guantanamo | Prison
I was held in Guantanamo detention centre for 14 years without ever being charged with a crime. I was sent there when I was 19.…
Biden’s Ukraine disaster was decades in the making | Russia-Ukraine war
President Joe Biden is about to wrap up what many perceive as a disastrous presidency. His departure from the White House could potentially mark a…
Can a ceasefire end settler colonial genocide? | Gaza
The ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel is, first and foremost, a welcome relief for the Palestinians in Gaza who are suffering from a most…
Trump versus the Gulf of Mexico | Opinions
This month during a rambling news conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate, United States President-elect Donald Trump announced his latest vision for revising the map of…
Four words that bear significance to the happy news of a Gaza ceasefire | Gaza
I have wrestled with what to say in this urgent moment, long yearned for and that often appeared beyond reach during these last 15 hideous…
No child should ever see the horrors of Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict
For 15 months now, Gaza’s children have been reduced to a statistic. The death toll reported gives a specific count for children. Malnourishment and starvation…
Tunisia’s revolution 14 years on: ‘The emperor has no clothes’ | Arab Spring
Fourteen years ago, on January 14, 2011, Tunisians filled Habib Bourguiba Boulevard, the central thoroughfare of Tunis, with cries of freedom and dignity as they…
Why I won’t stop telling Gaza’s stories | Media
There is a look I have come to recognise – the way a child’s eyes widen when they see me, wearing a press vest and…
Syria does not need a ‘handshake litmus test’ | Syria’s War
On January 3, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot travelled to Damascus to meet with Syria’s interim leader Ahmad al-Sharaa.…
I believe Donald Trump | Opinions
Twelve days into 2025 and I have already broken what amounted to my one and only New Year’s resolution. I made a vow not to…
Trump 2.0 can open the door for a greener world | Opinions
Last year was disastrous for the environment and climate change action. United Nations-backed talks to tackle biodiversity, plastic pollution desertification and climate change either collapsed…
Amid genocide, the tide is turning on Palestine | Opinions
The suffering of the Palestinian people, which began with the Nakba and the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948, reached brand new depths…
The UN can end the Middle East conflict by welcoming Palestine as a member | United Nations
The UN, on its 80th birthday in 2025, can mark the occasion by securing a lasting solution to the conflict in the Middle East, by…
No, Sri Lanka’s Tamil question has not been resolved | Opinions
“They’re trampling on our graves with their boots,” said Kavitha, a young Tamil woman, as the torrential rain lashing our faces washed away her tears.…
A disturbing pattern of repression is emerging in Europe | Opinions
In November, the Dutch political elite overwhelmingly sided with Israeli football fans after they went on a rampage in Amsterdam and provoked violence with local…
No food, no sleep, no hope in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict
I have spent a total of four years in Gaza, six months of them during the ongoing war. I have never felt so helpless in…
Difficult to trust the resource nationalism of Niger’s military government | Opinions
Last month, France’s majority state-owned nuclear conglomerate Orano revealed that the military government of Niger has assumed “operational control” of its Nigerien uranium mining subsidiary,…
At the EU’s external border in Bulgaria, the refugee horror story continues | Refugees
“She was about to die. It took six hours last time we dug a grave for one of the Syrian refugees we found in the…
Where I find hope amid the hurt and heartache | Israel-Palestine conflict
This is the season of renewal. One year ends. Another begins. At the turn of the calendar, it is customary for columnists like me to…