Rahila Gupta is a freelance journalist and writer. Her work has appeared in The Guardian and New Humanist among other papers and magazines. Her books include, Enslaved: The New British Slavery; From Homebreakers to Jailbreakers: Southall Black Sisters; Provoked; and 'Don't Wake Me: The Ballad of Nihal Armstrong (Playdead Press, 2013). She is co-authoring a book with Beatrix Campbell with the title Why Doesn’t Patriarchy Die? Follow her on twitter @RahilaG
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?When bully boys dictate the West’s agenda, Turkey invades Syria with impunityHow can bully boys and aggressors label a resistance movement ‘terrorist’ when the whole question of Turkey’s...
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Published in: 50.5070 years after partition: is India, like Pakistan, turning to religious extremism?Pakistani director Sabiha Sumar's brave new documentary, Azmaish, looks at retreats from liberal democracy on both...
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Published in: 50.50The right to blasphemy: is this the boundary between civilisation and barbarism?Former Charlie Hebdo journalist Zineb El Rhazoui collects fatwas like badges of honour. Her recent book outlines...
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Published in: 50.50“I don’t want to die because I’m an atheist”: ex-Muslims speak outIn the UK and beyond, filmmaker Deeyah Khan has documented the experiences of ex-Muslims and the “extraordinary...
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Published in: 50.50Surviving a machete attack: the story of Bangladeshi-American freethinker Bonya AhmedThe growth of religious fundamentalist forces in Bangladesh poses life-threatening challenges to atheists and secularists.
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Published in: 50.50Where is the line between Islam and Islamism?A recent conference on freedom of expression threw up issues around relationships between ex-Muslims and reformist...