Perspectives

Laws across the MENA still fail to criminalise marital rape, undermining any notion of consent & often silencing survivors, writes Paleki Ayang.

With growing anger among conservatives over US support for Israel, fading power brokers revive Islamophobic hysteria as a distraction, writes Ismail Allison.

As Gaza coverage continues to reveal the sharp limits of press freedom across the West, our failure to act grows more glaring, writes Randa Ghazy.

Francesca Albanese global efforts to discredit her work on Gaza’s genocide — and even in Italy she has found no respite, writes Shady Hamadi.

Zohran Mamdani’s rise as NYC mayor signals new possibilities, but the US left cannot let its guard down, warns Jeffrey G. Karam.

Brazil wants COP30 to be the “COP of implementation,” but real progress means funding and empowering Indigenous peoples, writes Eileen Mairena Cunningham.

Zohran Mamdani’s New York win defied the billionaire class and the Israel lobby, and the backlash shows how desperate they are, writes Richard Silverstein.

Palestinian football suffers under occupation & apartheid, while Israeli settlement teams play freely, writes Palestinian footballer Mohammed Bassim Rashid.

US interference has long weakened the UN. Relocating its headquarters would restore neutrality, inclusivity, & global credibility, writes Farea Al-Muslimi.

Ireland stands at the edge of a new era, where a rising Left confronts the anti-immigrant elephant in the room. Can Connolly deliver, asks Seán Óg Ó Murchú.