I have finally understood the true meaning of Land Day
My family has lived in Shujayea for centuries. Now we face the very real threat of losing our inherited land.
Category Archives: Opinions
It’s not just Trump, the EU is also waging an anti-migration crusade
The European Union's border control policies may not be as visible as Trump's but they are just as brutal.
The American dream is officially over
All because the rich must always steal from the poor.
Israel’s genocide continues, and ‘we remain numbers’
The world's indifference to Palestinian suffering allows Israel to destroy us and our homeland with impunity.
JD Vance’s visit to Greenland is ‘unacceptable pressure’ by US: Danish PM
JD Vance's visit to Greenland with senior officials comes as US President Trump says he wants to take the territory.
What Musk and Trump describe is not the South Africa I know and love
I feel compelled to speak out when Musk labels efforts to undo the legacy of segregation as 'racism'.
I am a Holocaust survivor. UK police interviewed me for protesting genocide
It’s vital for all of us in Britain to speak out now against our own government’s complicity in Israel's genocide.
What poisoned al-Faluja can tell us about toxic risks in Gaza and Lebanon
Toxic remnants of war adversely affect the health of not just those immediately exposed but also future generations.
From South Africa to the US, white victimhood knows no borders
The MAGA right's support for Afrikaner grievances should not surprise anyone.
What the assault on Columbia University is really about
The right is trying to take ideological control over US higher education under the guise of fighting anti-Semitism.
Gaza is being starved and bombed again. Why are we allowing it?
Watching Western leaders cover up Israeli crimes has been exhausting. But I refuse to surrender and accept injustice.
Belgium’s government abducted us as children. They must pay
Belgian colonial authorities abducted me from my home in Rwanda when I was three. This is my story.
Kenya’s handshake politics: Elite self-preservation disguised as compromise
The recent MoU between William Ruto's and Raila Odinga's parties is part of an honoured Kenyan tradition.
Why Canada should not cancel – for now – the American-made F35 warplanes
Mark Carney should not tip his hand while fighting a trade war with Trump.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,120
These are the key developments on day 1,120 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
To survive in Gaza, you have to lie to yourself
I survived 15 months of genocidal hell. I now fear what is to come.
Putin may well get what he wants in Ukraine
The Russian president is quite close to drawing a thick red line in Eastern Europe that the West will have to respect.
Statements of condemnation won’t stop the genocide in Gaza
As Israel resumes full-scale genocide in Gaza, all the international community can muster are weak objections.
No, ‘nerds’ and their technologies are not going to save the world
Despite pop-culture portrayals, certain nerds have no intention of making the world better for anyone but themselves.
The world must not accept the ‘new normal’ in Palestine
As violence escalates in Gaza and the West Bank, the international community is obliged to act to stop it.