For five months,Hong Konghas seen waves of massive protests and violence in the streets. And for five months, the local authorities, with the backing ofBeijing, have responded in increasingly…

The Iraqi community in Israel cares deeply for it heritage and many of its members organise Arabic concerts on a regular basis. When an Iraqi singing voice is heard in Tel Aviv, the Iraqi Jews living…

Venezuela’s refugee crisis is the largest in Latin American history. Worldwide, it is now second only to that of Syria. A staggering four million Venezuelans have fled their homeland, the majority…

Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism.Quinn Slobodian.Harvard University Press, 2018. 400pp. The historianQuinn Slobodianhas written a book that is likely to upset enthusiasts…

Carrie Symonds, who has been dating Johnson for over a year and is 25 years his junior, is a former Director of Communications for the Conservative Party, works in PR and is the daughter of Matthew…

‘I’ve gotta get a typewriter that’s sexier’ - George Orwell at the coal face A LETTER FROM AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE Late autumn in 1949. A letter…

STRUGGLE AND FORTITUDE The eight-year-long Iran-Iraq War was one of the most devastating conflicts that inflicted the modern Middle East. While casualty estimates are disputed,…

The trade of stolen treasures is booming around the world. Although like with most illegal activities, looting is hard to quantify; satellite imagery, police seizures, and witness reports from the…

Egypt has asked Interpol to help track down a 3,000 sculpture of the famed boy Pharaoh Tutankhamun after it was sold in Christie’s in London for almost £5 million to an anonymous buyer in one…

If there’s one thing that fascinated Tayeb Salih, it’s the impact of colonialism has had on Sudan and Sudanese society. Unlike many of his contemporaries who focused on postcolonial struggles of…