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On the independence anniversaries of India and Pakistan, Sanaa Alimia & Maryam Kanwer reflect on the detention of Kashmiri journalist Fahad Shah & continued practice of enforced disappearances to argue that freedom remains incomplete in the region.
Ramadan can be a very isolating time for mothers, especially if mosques do not accommodate for them & their children. Amidst poverty & government cuts to youth spaces, if religious institutions do not fill this gap no one will, writes Nadeine Asbali.
Renowned writer & activist Arundhati Roy urges India’s left to merge anti-caste & anti-capitalist efforts to fight fascism today. This must also include not romanticising Ghandi’s vision of the country, writes Ananya Wilson-Bhattacharya.
Faced with draconian new protest laws and police violence, Palestine Action and the local Leicester community remain committed to fighting the Israeli occupation and ending British complicity, 75 years after the Nakba, writes Shareefa Energy.
Israel pays a heavy political price whenever it wages attacks on Palestinian worshippers in Al Aqsa Mosque, but the current extremist Israeli government nevertheless continues to push the boundaries of a historical status quo, writes Daoud Kuttab.
As protests are met with excessive police violence, a true reckoning with France's colonial past requires taking steps towards abolition, writes Noura Salem.
Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s statements about ‘grooming gangs’ are a racist dog whistle & an attempt to distract from the Tories' failures. They have been in power for years yet child sexual abuse persists in the UK, argues Mariya bint Rehan.
When the UK government declared it was joining the US-led invasion of Iraq, young people defied expectations & organised mass anti-war campaigns in schools & communities. Katherine Connelly reflects on the impact of their resistance to the Iraq War.
Charlie Hebdo’s offensive cartoon depicting the Turkey-Syria earthquake which has claimed almost 22,000 lives is a reflection of the dehumanisation and racism that is deeply ingrained in French and European society, writes Mariya bint Rehan.
The Iranian government’s preoccupation with hijab continues, from controlling ‘guidelines’ issued on women’s dress in workplaces, universities and on the streets. This obsession, however, seeks to target civil liberties, not protect religious values.