Why I won’t stop telling Gaza’s stories | Media
There is a look I have come to recognise – the way a child’s eyes widen when they see me, wearing a press vest and…
Syria does not need a ‘handshake litmus test’ | Syria’s War
On January 3, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot travelled to Damascus to meet with Syria’s interim leader Ahmad al-Sharaa.…
I believe Donald Trump | Opinions
Twelve days into 2025 and I have already broken what amounted to my one and only New Year’s resolution. I made a vow not to…
Trump 2.0 can open the door for a greener world | Opinions
Last year was disastrous for the environment and climate change action. United Nations-backed talks to tackle biodiversity, plastic pollution desertification and climate change either collapsed…
Amid genocide, the tide is turning on Palestine | Opinions
The suffering of the Palestinian people, which began with the Nakba and the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948, reached brand new depths…
The UN can end the Middle East conflict by welcoming Palestine as a member | United Nations
The UN, on its 80th birthday in 2025, can mark the occasion by securing a lasting solution to the conflict in the Middle East, by…
No, Sri Lanka’s Tamil question has not been resolved | Opinions
“They’re trampling on our graves with their boots,” said Kavitha, a young Tamil woman, as the torrential rain lashing our faces washed away her tears.…
A disturbing pattern of repression is emerging in Europe | Opinions
In November, the Dutch political elite overwhelmingly sided with Israeli football fans after they went on a rampage in Amsterdam and provoked violence with local…
No food, no sleep, no hope in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict
I have spent a total of four years in Gaza, six months of them during the ongoing war. I have never felt so helpless in…
Difficult to trust the resource nationalism of Niger’s military government | Opinions
Last month, France’s majority state-owned nuclear conglomerate Orano revealed that the military government of Niger has assumed “operational control” of its Nigerien uranium mining subsidiary,…
At the EU’s external border in Bulgaria, the refugee horror story continues | Refugees
“She was about to die. It took six hours last time we dug a grave for one of the Syrian refugees we found in the…
Where I find hope amid the hurt and heartache | Israel-Palestine conflict
This is the season of renewal. One year ends. Another begins. At the turn of the calendar, it is customary for columnists like me to…
Silence on Israel’s massacres of journalists is dangerous to all | Israel-Palestine conflict
A December 26 press statement by the Israeli army attempted to justify a war crime. It unabashedly admitted that the military incinerated five Palestinian journalists…
Carter was a successful peacemaker – but he did not succeed in Bosnia | Opinions
When he lost to Ronald Reagan in the 1980 elections, Jimmy Carter was only 56. Too young for traditional political retirement and with a purpose…
In Kenya, not even the cartoonists are safe | Opinions
Political cartooning in Kenya has never been without its risks. Cartoonists have faced state-engineered dismissal and censorship, lawsuits from irate politicians unhappy with their portrayal,…
PA’s brutal siege on Jenin only deepens its crisis of legitimacy | Opinions
On December 28, young journalism student Shatha Sabbagh stepped out of her house in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, with her mother and…
Donald Trump and the great Panama Canal tantrum | Opinions
As he gears up to retake the presidency of the United States this month, Donald Trump has spontaneously begun threatening to retake the Panama Canal,…
Al-Shifa was a dream and a nightmare | Israel-Palestine conflict
When I started studying nursing at Al Azhar University, I knew I wanted to work at al-Shifa Hospital. It was my dream. It was the…
Biden’s ‘Netanyahu first, US second’ strategy was a total disaster | Opinions
“Were there not an Israel, the United States of America would have to invent an Israel to protect her interest in the region.” These were…
Surviving 2024 in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict
When I was a child, I dreamed of travelling the world, exploring new cultures and learning new things. I yearned for a journey of discovery.…