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Nomadland
All eyes are on President-elect Donald Trump and his policy on immigration
Far from Home
We have forgotten the plight of Afghans who fled to India, and continue to suffer
Bang Bang That Awful Sound
What happens when we listen closely to the soundscape of war?
Refugee Dilemma
For most Indian-origin Sri Lankan Tamils, who are victims of ethnic conflict and civil war, proving that they are not illegal migrants is a nearly impossible task
They Poured Fire on Us
The resilience of refugee women from Sudan, Ethiopia and Yemen in the face of war and displacement is remarkable
The Sound and the Fury
Iraqi poet, novelist, translator and scholar Sinan Antoon was born and raised in Baghdad.
The Day I Became a Woman
In a country where authorities have been directly engaging in the gruesome war against women for decades, artists like Nahid Hassanzadeh stand apart as a voice of dissent–a haunting reminder of the unwavering spirit of the rebellious Iranian women fighting against the Islamic Republic’s violent crackdown.
The Kite Runner
The official figure of civilian deaths in Afghanistan is a serious underestimate. It is unlikely that we will ever know the real cost of Afghan lives
American Patriot
Barring a few exceptions, Hollywood movies continue to be gung-ho about the United States' penchant for waging wars across the globe
The Hunters
How can Bangladesh's fractured society, burdened by layers of trauma, begin to heal?
Monstrous Regiment
Africa’s persistent conflicts are deeply rooted in political, economic and social. complexities
People From Nowhere
Displaced by war, three Rohingya women living in camps and detention centres in the country share their resettlement dreams
The gatekeepers
On October 7, 2023, Gaza-based armed group Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel, killing approximately 1,200. They demanded that Israel free Palestinian prisoners from its jails and withdraw its settlers from Palestinian land. This flare-up in a chain of decades-long conflict led to another chain of reactions, with Israel's all-out war on Gaza killing more than 50,000 Palestinians, mostly civilians, including an overwhelming number of women and children from October 2023 to December 2024. The conflict has gone beyond the borders of these two countries and the cry of the Gazan people has emerged as the biggest question mark rising on the horizon of the global community and the so-called civilisational conscience.
A Farewell to Arms
AS Sri Lanka tackles the post-crisis challenges with new energy under the new leftist government led by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), some scars remain consciously overlooked.
Kille Pler Angels
War zones are no place for children, the most vulnerable victims of armed conflicts who are sometimes forced to fight others' battles
Dear World
I wrote everything I could about the war back in 2014-16. It was poetry.
The Sum of All Fears
What does life look like when you I can hear bombs in the vicinity or when your cities are full of rubble of buildings that were once home?
Our Bodies, their Battlefields
In many conflict-torn African countries, sexual violence against women is being used as a weapon of war
Transforming the United Nations System
The United Nations has not been able to fulfil its mandate of maintaining international peace and security
In Our Time
The modern world is moving away from an era of relative stability toward one characterised by rising conflict
Rule of Two Walls
A photojournalist shares glimpses from ground zero from war-torn Ukraine
Enemy at the gates
A string of new technologies is promising to change the very character of war and is poised to take the nature of conflicts into uncharted waters
Bread & Roses
As the Taliban moves to ban women from becoming doctors, nurses or midwives in a bid to remove them from public spaces, Afghan women wonder how they will survive at all
Brave New War
The post-Cold War liberal order is fading away. A new 21st century order should factor in the interests and aspirations of players of today
My War gone By, I Miss It So Mach
Ultimately, gestures of defiance fuel our memory of the anti-colonial resistance
A Tale of Two Cities
The call of Eretz Israel, the biblical 'promised land', is one that both the secularists and the religious Zionists of Israel have heeded, at the cost of the people of that land
Shaping the Emerging World
Civilisational states will safeguard a multipolar world
Executive Orders
Right-wing ideologies are gaining ground in many countries across the world
Voices of Dissent
Two persistent dissenters and the deeper sources of their dissent
Under a Wartime Sky
Ramy Al-Ashen is an award winning Palestinian-SyrianGerman poet journalist and cultural figure based in Berlin, Germany.