Opinion

GM

Giorgia Meloni’s burqa ban and cap on migrant pupils scapegoats minorities instead of addressing Italy’s underfunded education system, writes Randa Ghazy.

Perspectives
Libya

Libya’s economic woes go beyond political division. Reform, private enterprise and trade would help unlock its potential, writes Hamza M Bait Elmal.

morocco

Morocco’s low election turnout highlights a deeper crisis of trust amid youth disillusionment, political repression and high unemployment, writes El Mouttaki.

A demonstrator holds a Palestinian flag near an electoral billboard by the predominantly Arab Israeli electoral alliance the Joint List depicting Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a caption reading in Arabic "whom is he fooling?" during a demonstration by Arab Israelis in the mostly Arab city of Umm al-Fahm in northern Israel on March 12, 2021, against organised crime and calling upon the Israeli police to stop a wave of intra-communal violence. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD G

Opinion: Israel’s move to bar Sami Abu Shehadeh, Arab parties reflects a wider post-7 October assault on Palestinian political participation and free expression

naza

The backlash against NAZA filmmakers shows how Israel responds when allegations of genocide made by Palestinians are echoed by members of its own society.

Narrated
ZJ

After 18 years of imprisonment & torture in Iran, Zeynab Jalalian remains resilient. Global solidarity is needed to press for her release, writes Nasrin Parvaz.

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Serbia supplied the plane, soldiers & honours as it buried war criminal Ratko Mladic, yet called the funeral a ‘private’ matter, writes Jasmin Emin Tabaković.

Palestinian film director, Dima Hamdan, with Adeeb Safadi and Ruba Blal on the set of her last short film "Blood Like Water".

Filmmaker Dima Hamdan asks whether using AI to make films amid funding struggles and political repression is a step forward.

Sudan

Told through a personal lens, Ahmed Ismat explains why Sudan cannot achieve peace without confronting the RSF’s violent origins.

Unfiltered
messi

Luciano Zaccara explains how an entire political identity was built around Lionel Messi, even though the Argentinian footballer rarely talks politics.

es

From Macklemore to Kneecap, the repression of artists speaking for Palestine reveals the increasingly narrow limits of acceptable dissent, writes Nadeem Dawud.

devolution

As Scotland, Wales and Ireland renew their demands for sovereignty, Britain’s model of devolution faces a new constitutional challenge, writes Jonas Marvin.

Arg

Argentina’s move against an Israeli oil company has created an unlikely clash between Javier Milei’s Zionism and a deep national cause, writes Luciano Zaccara.

Opinion Video
An unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) / drone used for aerial surveillance is flying in the air

Israel's war on Gaza has become a testing ground for AI-enabled warfare. But behind the algorithms, data systems and targeting tools are people making decisions

Amazon data centre

America's AI boom isn't just about technology. Critics say the infrastructure powering it is laying the foundations for a surveillance state.

 German Chancellor Angela Merkel Visits Israel

Germany may jail those denying Israel's "right to exist", but critics call it a threat to Palestine solidarity.

Assyrian artefacts originally from Mosul are displayed at Iraq's National Museum in Baghdad on April 4, 2016.

Museums shape our understanding of history. But when curators rarely come from the communities these objects belong to, whose story is being told?

Graphic Truth
Fossil Fools
Milking the 9/11 Cow
Israel’s Bonfire of International Laws
Israel’s High-Tech Genocide in Gaza