Imane Khelif, Olympics And The Politics of Fear
The transphobic attack on boxer Imane Khelif reflects how far-right discourse has taken hold of (social) media and uses hate speech to ‘protect’ a distorted idea of womanhood.
Amr Marzouk
Bangladesh’s Creative Mass Uprising
The 2024 student protests in Bangladesh leveraged artistic forms of expression such as music and art, creating lasting cultural memories and discourses.
Dr. Nazia Hussein
Imane Khelif: Refusing the violent fiction of binary gender
Analyzing binary gender discourses around boxer Imane Khelif without underpinning its racialized and colonial roots risks trivializing gender as mere identity politics, instead of addressing it as a structural relation
Niharika Pandit
The Negative Dialectics of Selective Memory
The flawed dialectic of historical extermination and selective memory equates criticism of Israeli policies on Palestine with anti-Semitism that silences critical debate.
Dr Sascha R Klement
Who owns Azadi? Kashmir’s Resistance Slogan
Kashmir's 'Azadi' slogan has become a popular slogan at demonstrations especially in South Asia, but can it be delinked from its origins?
Mariya Nadeem Khan
Sudan War: A Counter-Revolution Against the Corporeal and the Imaginative
A year on, the Sudan war has revealed itself to be a multilayered, imperialist counter-revolutionary effort against the Sudanese people and their resistance.
Lina Dohia
Amid Gaza War India-Israel Defence Ties Expand
Israel Aerospace Industries has launched its Indian subsidiary, with plans to set up a large-scale hub for maintenance, repair and overhaul of defence equipment in Gurugram.
Azad Essa
Unpacking Ecuador’s Internal Conflict and Violence
Ecuador's turmoil is not merely local but linked to the global capitalist system with illicit drug trade and resource demand fueling paramilitary groups exacerbating the crisis.
Juan Manuel Crespo
The Zionist Use of Homophobia and Sexuality
Zionists disparage expressions of queer and feminist solidarity with Palestinian liberation, weaponizing gender and sexuality to perpetuate the colonial subjugation of Palestinians.
Abeera Khan
Edward Said’s Counterpoint and Colonial Echoes of Music
From the imposition of Western norms to the neglect of indigenous melodies, the narrative of music history reflects a story of power and resilience.
Tasha Zakhar
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