Are we your perfect victims now? | Gaza
It feels strange to grieve Chef Mahmoud. There is something about mourning a stranger that condemns their real self to obscurity. I hesitate to grieve…
Trump has won the culture war | Donald Trump
Over the past month, American and international media has offered a myriad of analyses and opinions on the US elections and Donald Trump’s victory. Pundits…
This year, Arab-American political power came to the fore | Opinions
One of the major political developments in the United States that has gotten little attention in the wake of the Democrats’ astounding loss in the November…
Israel and the ICC: A legal scholar’s response to The Washington Post | Opinions
On November 24, The Washington Post’s editorial board published a piece in which it laid out its views on the arrest warrants for Israeli officials recently…
It’s time to tax fossil fuels and shipped goods to fund climate resilience | Opinions
A few days after the UN Climate Change Conference in Baku concluded, I reflected on the consequences of Hurricane Beryl ripping through the Caribbean five…
Loving it: Populist on populist violence | Opinions
I don’t know about you, but, recently, I have enjoyed watching an entertaining spasm of populist-on-populist violence. Perhaps “violence” is too strong a word. Populist-on-populist…
I am starving in Gaza and I don’t believe the world can’t do anything | Israel-Palestine conflict
For over a year now, my family and I have been displaced from northern Gaza to Deir el-Balah in the middle of the Gaza Strip.…
Apartheid economy continues to haunt South Africa | Health
On November 3, Lesedi Mulaudzi, a 10-year-old girl from Alexandra, a sprawling township in Johannesburg, South Africa, passed away from suspected food poisoning after eating snacks…
The West, the ICC, and ‘mtu wetu’ in Israel | ICC
The arrest warrants for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC), have brought back…
The IMF and the World Bank must be abolished to save the planet | Climate Crisis
As yet another United Nations Climate Change Conference fails to produce a strong commitment to urgent climate action, the climate crisis is on course to…
Israel and its supporters cannot gaslight the law | Opinions
It was expected that the issuance of arrest warrants by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav…
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…