A settler screaming at an injured Palestinian child, a racist mob lynching an Eritrean, and the killing of a Jewish Israeli mistaken for a Palestinian are manifestations of a culture of hate.
Recognizing that privilege is unearned is essential to dismantling the white saviour complex.
Racism and Islamophobia are driven by the practices of the powerful. Self-proclaimed 'liberals' need to know this.
The writer reflects on the role of language, foreign and Arabic, colloquial and classical, in Morocco; and on the appropriation, polarisation, and xenophobia of the Egyptian counter-revolution.
Normal 0 false false false NO-BOK ZH-CN X-NONE Force and denial are not going to solve the migrant crisis—instead we must turn to long-term economic, political, and cultural solutions.
The system of asylum in the UK pushes mental fortitude to its limits.
A wave of xenophobia is ruining the lives of Syrian refugees in Turkey where they are seen as criminals, accused of stealing jobs and responsible for anything that goes wrong. Media incitement and state inaction fuel the flames.
The recent attacks in Paris were the latest round in a conflict of violence, not of “values”. The primary perpetrators of this violence are western states, with Islamist terrorism representing an inevitable blowback.
Refugees in Lebanon face a violent troika: the state, the Lebanese bourgeoisie, and the weather.
