Thu, 28 Nov 2024, 12:40 pm
Opinion

Keep writing! Literature from Afghanistan

IN REGIONS stricken by war and crises or in repressive states, authors often find themselves in a dire situation. After all, it is always the free word that is first

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Another blistering year next year?

Once damaging weather systems disrupt what the world depends upon, like grain supplies, at some point in time universal distress takes over people’s behaviour as they start figuring out what

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Rethinking Sharia and democracy

According to a recent survey, half of all Iranians say that they have left Islam as a religion, while two-thirds believe Islamic law should be excluded from their legal system.

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New Hope to Solve Irrigation Problems in Bangladesh

The management of water resources is of utmost importance to agriculture in Bangladesh. With a population projected to reach 175.0 million by 2025 and scarcity of land, the country has

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Museums with guilt complexes

To celebrate the bicentenary of the deciphering of the Rosetta Stone, the British Museum is running an exhibition entitled ‘Hieroglyphs: unlocking ancient Egypt’ until February 2023, writes Shady Lewis Botros THE

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Perils of pious neoliberalism

Amid extreme wealth inequality, Vijay Prashad considers the appeal of reactionary new religious traditions that measure salvation in the present balance of your bank account.  THE International Labour Organisation’s ‘Global Wage Report

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Lessons learnt in internet’s darkest corners

Tech executives love to talk about the value of ‘connection’ and their goals of ‘connecting’ the world. Almost two decades into the social media era, we should know better than

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The economic realities we face at the end of 2022

ECONOMIES around the world were shocked and damaged over the course of 2022. Global capitalism had been brewing conflicts among the major powers (the United States, China, and the EU)

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On justice for Kashmir

AMONG the self-determination struggles of our time, Kashmir is at risk of being forgotten by most of the world (except for Pakistan), while its people continue to endure the harsh

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Biden kills resolution to end Yemen war

SENATOR Bernie Sanders has withdrawn his bill to end US support for the Saudi war on Yemen following reports that the Biden administration was working to tank the resolution, with

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