Tariq MahmoodContemporary and Social Issues How Should World Leaders Approach Immigration? 2nd November 2024 Add Comment 8 Min Read ©Shutterstock Tariq Mahmood, Toronto, Canada In 2016, one of the major […]
Moral panic Umair Javed Published October 18, 2021 – IS Pakistan in the middle of a moral crisis? Is cultural breakdown afflicting all aspects of social life? Have Pakistanis, as a collective […]
Switzerland had no colonies – yet some Swiss worked hand in hand with the colonial powers and profited from their seizure of land and resources on other continents. This content was published on August 14, 2020 – David Eugster (Text), Corinna Staffe (Illustration) Around 1800, learned European men were likely […]
18th December 20200 Society has sewn social media, celebrity culture and materialism into the fabric of modern life. A culture of imitating celebrities and swiping through illusory perfect lives is […]
Nov 01,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – For many years, I have dedicated part of my studies to the issues of intercultural conflict management, as it has always been as important […]
Voices Religion and culture overwhelmingly hold black and Asian people back from donating organs. Without guidance from religious leaders, they’ll continue to suffer disproportionately low donor rates Danielle Manning @decrmanning […]
Nov 15,2018 -JORDAN TIMES – Akram Al Deek The 20th century has witnessed unprecedented mass migration movements from the formerly colonised to the heart of former colonies. This has resulted subsequent […]
Source: Mosaic By Seth Kaplan, who lectures at the Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), is the author of, among other books, Fixing Fragile States and Pathways for Peace: […]
By Jessica Pfister and Werner De Schepper, Schweizer Illustrierte This content was published on July 2, 2018 Philippe Welti, former Swiss ambassador to Iran (Joseph Kakshouri / Schweizer Illustrierte) […]
Source: The Independent The controversy over burqas, burkinis and beards isn’t really about clothing. It’s about the fear that immigrants might retain their non-Christian identities even while living in Western […]
Columns Chris Doyle | Published — Sunday 24 September 2017 50 years on, stereotypes of Arab world still linger Fifty years ago, an opinion poll found that 98 percent of the British population knew little or nothing about the Arab world. This was a prime concern for the newly created […]
By Ilaf Esuf | Senior Staff “If we don’t push Muslim creatives into the space, who’s going to write our story? Are we just going to let someone else write our narrative?” Abbas Mohamed, one of the GAMA (Gathering All Muslim Artists) directors, asked the sold-out crowd at Alena […]
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION White Brits should learn from Muslims to improve communities and make the country a better place, top MP claims Brexit rebel Anna Soubry said that Muslims could ‘teach […]
ART & CULTURE TUNGGUL WIRAJUDAA MEDIA PRACTITIONER FOR OVER 10 YEARS IN BOTH TV AND PRINT. Jakarta | Fri, July 7, 2017 | A female visitor marveling at one of T. Sutanto’s works. (JP/Tunggul Wirajuda) The figure sat atop the horse, both man and beast resplendent in their rich […]
Reuters International MAY 2, 2017 Immigrants are escorted by German police to a registration centre, after crossing the Austrian-German border in Wegscheid near Passau, Germany, October 20, 2015. REUTERS/Michael Dalder/File Photo (reuters_tickers) BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s interior minister has caused a furore five months before an election for saying migrants […]
By Kai Reusser & Balz Rigendinger APR 5, 2017 – 18:15 Switzerland has always been a multilingual country – and is becoming a place of ever more languages. Since […]
Six years on from the Syrian revolution, German man who took in 24 refugees tells MEE about how his life was changed Refugees arrive at train station in Germany (AFP) Nadine Dahan Wednesday 15 March 2017 While much coverage of the Syrian conflict, which began six years ago, has […]
PODCAST By Thomas Stephens http://tp.srgssr.ch/p/swi/inline?urn=urn:swi:audio:42532212 DOWNLOAD MP3 FILE OCT 23, 2016 – 11:00 Three archaeologists explain the importance and challenges of rebuilding ancient Syrian heritage sites destroyed by Islamic State. http://www.swissinfo.ch
CHARLES DUTOIT AT 80 By Rodrigo Carrizo Couto, Morges CULTURE OCT 7, 2016 – 20:00 Charles Dutoit: “I am not interested in anyone dedicating a street in my name or erecting a statue in a square” (Reuters) Swiss conductor Charles Dutoit rarely gives interviews. But on the occasion of his 80th […]
PODCAST A new take on old ghost stories By Celia Luterbacher http://www.swissinfo.ch SUBSCRIBE ON iTUNES DOWNLOAD MP3 FILE JUL 3, 2016 – 11:00 A University of Bern researcher argues that Victorian ghost stories can shed light on our understanding of culture, religion, and even modern-day science’s struggles with the mysteries […]