Unfiltered

Cry more, Karen. Imane Khelif's Olympic medal salutes Arab women
Imane Khelif's medal is more than a personal victory; it's a statement against racism and sexism, inspiring women of colour worldwide, says Tharwa Boulifi.
From Majdal Shams to Rafah: How AI airbrushed Israel's genocide
Our use of AI-generated images to depict Israeli war crimes is normalising the genocide in Gaza and undermining our resolve for change, writes Sarah Amr.
Israel has wiped out sport in Gaza, killing athletes and destroying infrastructure. Yet neither FIFA nor the Olympics seem to care, writes Abubaker Abed.
As an ex-Guantanamo prisoner, I stand with Gaza against US terror
Injustice unites those in Guantanamo Bay with those under blockade in Gaza. And though the road ahead may be long, justice will prevail, says Mansoor Adayfi.
In a world saturated with the optics of terror, words are increasingly detached from meaning. But maybe there's some comfort in that, writes Avik Jain Chatlani.
In the UK, you'll be arrested for a coconut but not for genocide
The UK's absurd criminalisation of 'coconut' is reflective of a state more concerned with policing minorities than ceasing genocide, writes Shareefa Energy.
Liberal Zionism and the woke facade of Israeli genocide
Instead of upholding a left-wing agenda and a critical lens, liberal Zionists are a mouthpiece for Israel's occupation and genocide, writes Yoav Litvin.
Asmaa al-Assad's 'desert rose' facade masks her husband's sins
Bashar al-Assad has finally opened up about his wife Asma's leukaemia, but few Syrian women show sympathy, and even fewer believe her, writes Loubna Mrie.
I witnessed the Nuseirat massacre but Western media doesn't care
The reframing of the Nuseirat massacre in Gaza as an 'Israeli rescue operation' is proof that Western media doesn't care about Gazans, writes Abubaker Abed.
The uprisings in New Caledonia expose Macron’s colonial contradictions
New Caledonia's experience of French settler colonialism mirrors that of Palestine, making Macron's tyranny all the more hypocritical, writes Sania Mahyou.