Tue 19 October 2021: On February 5, 2003, as the United States was preparing to invade Iraq, Secretary of State Colin Powell made a pivotal presentation to the United Nations Security Council claiming Saddam Hussein was developing weapons of mass destruction (WMD). The biological weapon anthrax could be delivered against Iraq’s neighbours or the US […]
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Fri 01 October 2021: Tensions have increased between Iran and Azerbaijan in the past few weeks. However, relations between the two neighbours were unstable even earlier, especially following the war between Azerbaijan and Armenia last autumn. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s recital of a poem during his visit to Azerbaijan last December was met with Iranian displeasure. […]
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Thu 16 September 2021: An Islamic scholar turned freedom fighter, Omar Al-Mukhtar is best known for leading an armed revolution and guerrilla campaign against Italian colonisers for the last two decades of his life until his capture and subsequent execution 90 years ago. He remains a Libyan national hero and an inspirational symbol of resistance […]
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Sun 05 September 2021: South Asia Scholar Activist Collective’ (SASAC), a group of scholar activists, wrote a field manual with an aim to identify and respond to organized Hindutva harassment that seeks to manufacture outrage in educational institutions and other spheres of life. The foot soldiers of Hindutva term opponents as “anti-Hindu”, “Hinduphobic”, and “anti-India”. The ruling […]
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Sat 04 September 2021: If Western wars are meant to ‘liberate’ Muslim women, why did centuries of Western military intervention fail to do so? Author’s note: Twenty years ago, the United States and the United Kingdom exploited the cause of women and girls in Afghanistan and the rest of the Muslim world to justify their […]
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Fri 03 September 2021: Journalism is a powerful weapon, which is why most tyrants and despots like either to control or ban the media. Even in so-called democracies, governments are well aware of the power and influence that the media can have on voters. Critical front pages and commentaries can win or lose elections, garner […]
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Sun 29 August 2021: When the bubble that was Kabul finally burst a few days before Afghanistan’s Independence Day this month, it also put an end to mounting speculation throughout the course of the two decades long US-led war in the country that the Taliban movement which was toppled after the 2001 invasion and gradually […]
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Thu 19 August 2021: In Afghanistan, the COVID-19 response has hit education hard, which has had a disproportionate impact on vulnerable students. Nationwide school closures have added to the challenges already facing the country’s education sector, which has struggled to meet the public’s high enthusiasm for education in recent years. Even as schools reopen, the […]
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Tue 17 August 2021: Most Western media outlets are carrying headlines and hype about the return of the Taliban to Afghanistan after the fighting force swept through the country at a blistering pace which has left military strategists gasping. Within 24 hours of making his “I am staying” speech, President Ashraf Ghani fled from Kabul […]
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Fri 13 August 2021: Rome is scorching hot. This beautiful city is becoming unbearable for other reasons, too. Although every corner of the beaming metropolis is a monument to historical grandeur, from the Colosseum in Rione Monti to the Basilica of Saint John Lateran in San Giovanni, it is now struggling under the weight of […]
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