The Nobel Peace Prize 2019 awarded to Abiy Ahmed Ali
Epigraph: Whoever saves a life it will be as if he or she has saved the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) The Nobel Peace Prize 2019 was awarded to Abiy Ahmed […]
Book Review: New Kings of the World: Dispatches from Bollywood, Dizi, and K-Pop, by Fatima Bhutto
“Witty and packed with detail, this is an intercultural shot that should be heard around the world.” – Kirkus, starred review A vast cultural movement is emerging from outside the […]
A lawsuit argued the LSAT discriminates against the blind. Now it’s changing for everyone
By Ryan Prior, CNN (CNN) A man in Michigan has won a legal settlement that will change the test all prospective lawyers take to get into law school. Angelo Binno […]
Why Bulgaria’s Muslims Said ‘No’ to Radicalisation
Valentin Karamomchev October 10, 2019 Bulgaria’s past – and its specific religious culture – offer one explanation for why the country’s large Muslim minority has proved so resilient to the […]
Generation Global: The Swiss nun who wants to end celibacy
Epigraph: Then We caused Our Messengers to follow in their footsteps; and We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow them, and We gave him the Gospel. And We placed in the hearts of those who accepted him compassion and mercy. But monasticism which they invented for themselves — We […]
Erdogan’s assault in Syria will draw in regional powers, and risks handing Turkey its own Yemen-style quagmire
The Turkish president, who always championed Turkey’s ‘zero-problems’ policy with its neighbours, has ended up kicking off what has become a ‘zero-peace’ reality Ahmed Aboudouh @Abodou7 Turkish president Recep Tayyip […]