The way forward for Palestine: A call for international protection | Israel War on Gaza
In the wake of the landmark International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling that Israel is plausibly engaged in a genocide of the Palestinian people in…
Watching the Watchdogs: Israel’s legacy of media deception stumbles | Israel War on Gaza
In the last two weeks, the Israeli government put on a masterclass on how to use the Western media to spread fake news and propaganda…
A new chapter in the Baloch struggle for justice in Pakistan | Opinions
November 23, 2023 marked the beginning of a new chapter in the Baloch struggle for justice and accountability in Pakistan. On that day, the country’s…
Robinson, Pelosi and the sham of Western progressive politics | Opinions
Politicians love to talk. It’s a big part of the job. You talk in legislatures. You talk at committees. You talk to voters. You talk…
US strikes in the Middle East will not change Biden’s re-election fortunes | Israel War on Gaza
On Friday, the United States conducted a series of strikes on sites in Syria and Iraq that it said belonged to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard…
Facebook at 20: From virtual community to censorship of reality | Social Media
When I joined Facebook in 2007, three years after the platform launched, I used it solely as a means of staying in touch with friends…
Gaza and the dilemmas of genocide scholars | Opinions
It is interesting that it was Israeli leaders and their allies in Washington who first brought the term “genocide” into the Gaza conflict. In the…
In Pakistan’s elections, the Lord of the Rings is showing his wrath | Elections
First, the fundamentals: In Pakistan, the election cycle is not the only process to be watched when determining the future political direction of the country;…
Defunding UNRWA is worse than collective punishment | Israel War on Gaza
On January 26, the very day the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an interim ruling on South Africa’s case accusing Israel of committing genocide…
Ethiopia’s dangerous game in East Africa could spark conflict | Opinions
On January 1, a controversial memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed between Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and President Muse Bihi Abdi of Somaliland, a…
Jordan drone strike: Is the US being pulled into another Mid East war? | Opinions
On Sunday, January 28, The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group that includes the militias Kataib Hezbollah and Harakat al-Nujaba among others, claimed responsibility…
There is a seismic shift in the Muslim American community | Opinions
On November 1, less than a month into Israel’s onslaught on Gaza, United States President Joe Biden’s administration announced a national strategy to battle Islamophobia. The…
Why, as a Palestinian American journalist, I had to leave the news industry | Israel War on Gaza
I was listening to a lecture at my local mosque when it suddenly felt like the imam was speaking directly to me. He was interpreting…
Why Lula has failed to address the Yanomami genocide | Indigenous Rights
In December 2022, Brazilian media published photos of malnourished Yanomami children which shocked the nation. The Indigenous peoples of the Amazon had long lived off…
Can the US ever break the two-party binary? | Opinions
In the United States, every presidential election cycle inevitably includes a set of independent/third-party candidates poised to “shake up the race”. Some years, there is…
ICJ Israel decision: A new world order in the making | Opinions
Now that we have heard the interim judgement the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel, we can confidently…
Why the new Ram temple in Ayodhya is a turning point for India | Narendra Modi
January 22 is past us. For India, it was a big day. Its prime minister, Narendra Modi, said it was “not just a date on…
Letter from Panama’s ‘Little Hiroshima’ | Opinions
Once upon a time, the United States was good buddies with a fellow named Manuel Noriega, a longstanding CIA asset and the dictator of Panama…
Watching the Watchdogs: Law, Propaganda, and the Media walk into a bar | Opinions
This month, the world watched South Africa initiate International Court of Justice (ICJ) hearings on the genocidal acts Israel committed in Gaza. In a two-day…
Gaza and Germany’s departure from reason | Opinions
A month ago, more than 300 scholars and thinkers – among them Arturo Escobar, Gloria Wekker, Helen Verran, Erik Swyngedouw, Zoe Todd, Rashid Khalidi, Catherine…