Published in: North Africa, West Asia
The violence of the word refugee

Published on: 6 November 2015

Written by: Karin Bashir All articles by Karin Bashir

Words have power. The meaning of the word ‘refugee’ must be challenged to represent the experiences of the millions...
Published in: North Africa, West Asia
Bliss Was It in that Dawn to Be Next Door

Published on: 26 May 2015

Written by: Martin Rose All articles by Martin Rose

The writer reflects on the role of language, foreign and Arabic, colloquial and classical, in Morocco; and on the...
Published in: Transformation
To stop the age of extinction, nature needs a new pronoun

Published on: 24 April 2015

Written by: Robin Wall Kimmerer All articles by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Calling the natural world ‘it’ absolves us of moral responsibility and opens the door to exploitation.