Israel’s mass detention of Palestinians is aimed to break our spirit | Israel-Palestine conflict
On November 28, Israeli soldiers stopped my car at the Jaba checkpoint in the occupied West Bank and kidnapped me. I spent the following 253…
Israel’s forgotten terror | Israel-Palestine conflict
The International Criminal Court’s (ICJ) January finding of a “plausible genocide” in Gaza, and subsequent ruling that Israel is responsible for an apartheid system in…
Gisele Pelicot is a hero | Women’s Rights
Gisele Pelicot is a hero. Her husband, Dominique Pelicot, has recently admitted in a French court that he drugged her to sleep, raped her, and…
Why Palestinians won’t leave their land | Opinions
Over the past year, Israel’s genocidal violence has officially killed nearly 42,000 Palestinians in Gaza. Estimates put the real death toll at more than 180,000. Simultaneously, the Israeli…
Al-Shabab in Somalia: Bullets and bombs can’t bury ideologies | Opinions
In August, Somalia’s prime minister, Hamza Abdi Barre, held a town-hall meeting in the Somali capital Mogadishu to mark the two-year anniversary of the formation…
Why Europe’s leadership wants war | Russia-Ukraine war
Anxiety and anger about the future of the European Union has been on the rise for some time now. The union has been in the…
The Global South’s poor should not be subsidising the IMF | International Monetary Fund
Today, the world is confronting a “polycrisis” – many dire crises occurring simultaneously, reinforcing and feeding into each other, that are inseparable. Global South countries…
US military action in the Middle East is not making Israel safer | Israel-Palestine conflict
On October 1, Iran launched a massive aerial attack on Israel in retaliation for the assassinations of senior Hezbollah and Hamas leaders and some Iranian…
Israel destroyed my university, but not my desire for an education | Israel-Palestine conflict
I started my bachelor’s degree in architectural engineering at the Islamic University of Gaza (IUG) in 2021. I was very proud of myself for making…
Why medical support for safe abortion is growing in a post-Roe world | Women’s Rights
In June 2022, the United States Supreme Court overturned its own decision from 1973 in the landmark Roe v Wade case, which until then protected…
Alongside Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, hip-hop culture will also be on trial | Music
Earlier this month, the world was shocked by the arrest of one of the most successful music moguls in the history of rap, Sean “Diddy”…
If we want to build a better future, we all need to eat more fish | Environment
As the international community continues to grapple with the future of humanity, most recently at this month’s UN Summit of the Future, the question of…
Will world leaders gathering in New York act on mass atrocities? | Conflict
As world leaders convene for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, we are witnessing a cascade of crises, from Israel and Gaza…
Celebrating a martyr’s birthday in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict
On the morning of September 4, my eight-year-old niece Joody woke up bright-eyed and excited and suggested we celebrate her father’s birthday. It had been…
Philanthropic colonialism: US non-profits supporting Israel’s settlements | Opinions
American non-profits are lobbying for Israel and arranging trips to its illegal settlements while enjoying tax-exempt status.The ongoing atrocities being perpetrated against Palestinians have spurred…
Silencing us at the DNC will only make us stronger | US Election 2024
As delegates at the 2024 Democratic National Convention that took place in August in Chicago, we stood up for what we believe is a fundamental…
The UN Charter needs rewriting | United Nations
On Sunday, the world’s governments made a series of commitments to transform global governance at the United Nations Summit of the Future in New York.…
USC: The university of lockdown | Opinions
Last spring, after 93 protesters of conscience were arrested on the University of Southern California’s campus, and students and faculty were threatened with civil and…
No, the UNGA resolution on Palestine was not a win | Opinions
On September 18, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution calling for Israel to terminate its illegal occupation of Palestinian territory within one…
International law is key to the peaceful resolution of the Sudan crisis | Opinions
I drew attention in a previous article to the inadequacy of the international community’s response so far to the war of aggression being waged by…