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Cultural adornments: How clothes fashion identity and mask bigotry

By Khaled Diab The clothes we wear speak volumes about our individual and collective identities. However, the history of fashion

Photo of Hiroshima in the aftermath of the US atom bomb attack.

Climate Environment Ukraine War

Khaled Diab March 19, 2022October 6, 2023 0 Comments afghanistan, america, beauty pageant, civil war, conflict, conventional weapons, disarmament, environment, eu, european union, george w bush, north korea, nuclear weapons, russia, security council, Ukraine, united states, vladimir putin, World War II, world war iii

World peace is no naïve or utopian cliché. It’s the only way to save humanity from itself

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the major power tension it has created, has sparked fears of a wider conflict. While World War III is unlikely, World Annihilation War I only requires a misstep or miscalculation by one nuclear-armed man or another. That’s why we urgently need nuclear disarmament and world peace.

Europe Ukraine

Boštjan Videmšek March 3, 2022June 18, 2023 0 Comments afghanistan, bosnia, conflict, conspiracy theories, democratic republic of congo, disinformation, fake news, iraq, journalism, kurdistan, media, russia, social media, society, somalia, Ukraine, united states, vladimir putin, war, World War II, yugoslavia

“Never again or forever more?” asks veteran war reporter

I was almost certain that the Russian invasion of Ukraine would not take place. I was at an utter loss as to what the Kremlin could hope to achieve with such a clearly insane military venture. Staring at the endlessly scrolling explosions of narcissistic hatred on social media, I wonder what I, who once believed in the ‘never again’ mantra, still have to offer in this post-fact age of sabotaged attention spans.

How not to fight extremism in America

A sudden lurch from ignoring or underplaying the threat of right-wing extremism in America to treating white crusaders like jihadis and QAnon like al-Qaeda will set off the insurgency timebomb rather than defuse it.

Refugees in Moria and the smouldering ruins of Europe’s humanity

By Boštjan Videmšek in Lesbos The refugees and migrants who survived the fire at the Moria camp in Lesbos find

Bordering on inhumanity: How Slovenia and Croatia illegally deport refugees and migrants

Rather than being allowed to apply for asylum, thousands of refugees and migrants attempting to enter Slovenia and Croatia are being illegally and often violently spirited across the border to Bosnia, and out of the EU.

Mohamed Morsi’s ghost will haunt Egypt for a long time

The death in court of Mohamed Morsi completed the incarcerated former Egyptian president’s unlikely metamorphosis from mediocre mundanity to mythical martyr whose political ghost will haunt Egypt, the Middle East and the West for years.

Island of refugee despair

While the outrage of Europeans has been turned to Donald Trump’s wall and the handling of migrants at the border with Mexico, they ignore a humanitarian disaster closer to home. The EU has left Greece to handle the influx of refugees on its own and those stuck on Lesbos are living in abysmal conditions.

Donald Trump: A universal scapegoat for cynical politicians

Donald Trump is possibly the worst American president in history, but that does not give the rest of the political establishment a get-out-of-jail-free card when it comes to taking responsibility for the mess the world is in

Muslim women in short skirts and the Tunisia paradox

Bombing Afghanistan will not bring back women in short skirts, rather it will only empower men in short skirts (beards and long trousers). The path to gender equality lies in internal reform, as Tunisia demonstrates.