British colonialism

Kabul
Afghanistan-Pakistan
Perspectives

Pakistan’s strike on Kabul clinic is a war on Afghan lives

The Kabul rehab clinic airstrike shows how Pakistan’s ‘war on terror’ has long justified its targeting of Afghans, writes Sanaa Alimia.

Sanaa Alimia
27 March, 2026
Trump
Western media
Voices

From Greenland to Gaza, the White Man's Burden makes a comeback

Randa Ghazy

Randa Ghazy

26 February, 2026
Demonstrators march through the Cairns Esplanade carrying Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags during the rally. Members of the local Aboriginal community and allies gathered in Cairns' Fogarty Park to mark Invasion Day, with the celebration of the 26th January Australia Day public holiday being marked as a date synonymous with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people suffering and persecution since British colonial rule.
Australia
World
Live Story

Australia Day marked by 'Invasion Day' rallies

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
26 January, 2026
The_Sailor's_Secret
Book Club
Book Club
Live Story

The Sailor's Secret: Faith, greed, and the long shadow of empire

Noshin Bokth

Noshin Bokth

07 January, 2026
Balfour
Balfour Declaration
Voices

How Britain entrenched Zionist impunity in Palestine

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Ghada Karmi

02 December, 2025
A panel of experts discuss the new Palestine 36 film [TNA/Nadda Osman]
Films
MENA
Live Story

'Palestine 36' film screening with TNA revisits UK colonial past

Nadda Osman
08 November, 2025
Palestine 36
BFI London Film Festival
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

Through Palestine 36, Annemarie Jacir rewrites the colonial gaze

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Hadani Ditmars

10 October, 2025
Like the Bengal Famine, Israel's starvation of Gaza is colonial
Gaza famine
Voices

Israel is starving Gaza. As in the Bengal Famine, it's by design

Vijay Prashad

Vijay Prashad

06 August, 2025
Britain's white man's burden is colonial theft, not civilisation
British colonialism
Voices

It's time Britain's politicians stopped lying about colonialism

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Taj Ali

12 November, 2024
To stop far-right, the UK Left must confront racism at its roots
United Kingdom
Unfiltered

To stop far-right, the UK Left must confront racism at its roots

TM

Tariq Mehmood

05 November, 2024
In the UK, you'll be arrested for a coconut but not for genocide
UK Elections 2024
Unfiltered

In Britain, saying coconut is racist, supporting genocide is PC

Shareefa Energy

Shareefa Energy

02 July, 2024
Suella B
Conservative Party
Voices

Internalised colonial views create leaders like Braverman

Afroze Fatima Zaidi

Afroze Fatima Zaidi

06 October, 2023
india
India
Perspectives

India’s Independence Day: How colonial divides live on

Ananya Wilson-Bhattacharya

Ananya Wilson-Bhattacharya

18 August, 2023
The Stranger in Baghdad
Iraq
Book Club
Live Story

A Stranger in Baghdad: The poisoned chalice of Iraqi excess

Noshin Bokth

Noshin Bokth

14 June, 2023
Stolen Magic
Book Club
Book Club
Live Story

City of Stolen Magic: Where history and fantasy collide

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Sarah Shaffi

24 May, 2023
Palestine Action
Perspectives

Nakba 75: Police violence won't stop Palestine Action

Shareefa Energy

Shareefa Energy

10 May, 2023
INDIANA_JONES
Orientalism
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

Can Indiana Jones overcome its Orientalist past?

Swara Salih

Swara Salih

31 March, 2023
Opinion-Britain Colonial Legacy Palestine
Palestine
Perspectives

Britain's colonial legacy is still felt in Palestine today

GP

Gabriel Polley

30 March, 2023
Opinion-Bloody Sunday
Northern Ireland
Voices

Bloody Sunday 51 years on: There is no British justice

Farrah

Farrah Koutteineh

30 January, 2023
Illustration - colonial statues in London
India
Culture
Live Story

London's statues celebrate Britain's colonisation of India

The New Arab Staff

Ali Abbas Ahmadi

26 January, 2023
Ir/Pal
Palestine
Voices

Palestine and Ireland: A history of shared struggle

Farrah

Farrah Koutteineh

06 January, 2023