Spain, return and the other 1492
Spain’s recognition of the Jews it expelled ignores another historical crime: the Muslims forced out of Andalusia.
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For Buddha and country
The toxic Buddhist-Sinhala supremacism and triumphalism in Sri Lanka means the country’s fragile “peace” is just the prelude to another war.
Read moreBeauty in the eye of the political storm
Can the skin-deep world of the Miss Israel beauty pageant help combat the ugly face of discrimination and prejudice against Palestinians in Israel?
Read moreThe human wrongs of the Holocaust
A new museum in Belgium seeks to make the Holocaust relevant for contemporary visitors by placing it in the wider context of human rights.
Read morePalestinian liberation through the Israeli ballot box
Despite their marginalisation or disenfranchisement in Israeli politics, Palestinians can use Israel’s democratic tools to their advantage.
Read moreEgypt’s rebels without a pause
The failure of Egypt’s new leaders to address the needs and aspirations of young people means the revolution will not stop until there is real change.
Read moreDisempowering Egyptian citizens
Despite its democratic aspirations, Egypt’s draft constitution excludes millions of Egyptians from enjoying full citizenship.
Read moreRethinking the right of return
Palestinians understandably dream of return, but focusing on the right of return is standing in the way of other, more vital rights.
Read moreMustafa Barghouti: “We are heading towards a Palestinian Spring”
Palestinian reformer Mustafa Barghouti on the demise of the peace process, the death of the two-state option and the dawning of the Palestinian Spring.
Read moreEgypt needs fundamental, not fundamentalist rights
Egypt’s new constitution should focus on democracy, equality and human rights, not religious identity or military budgets.
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