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A man holding a Bangladesh flag stands in front of a torched vehicle at the Ganabhaban, the Prime Minister's residence, after the resignation of PM Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 5, 2024.

Nation in turmoil: the economic roots of Bangladesh unrest

What began as protests about job quotas grew into a wider movement feeding on grievances relating to autocratic rule, rigged elections, economic inequalities, and corruption. The country can now reset

Abdel-Rahman Ayas 07, Aug 2024

A student is arrested during a pro-Palestine demonstration at the University of Texas at Austin on April 24, 2024, in Austin, Texas.

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Universities get tough on students after students get tough on Israel

A wave of student protests against Israel's war on Gaza was followed by vicious and unnecessary police crackdowns in the name of 'fighting antisemitism'. Al Majalla debunks this baseless smear.

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A protest encampment on the University of Chicago campus on May 4, 2024, against Israel's war on Gaza. Students are calling for the university to divest from companies complicit in the war.

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A campus at war over Gaza: Who sets right from wrong?

The current wave of student discord has captured the world's attention with images of hundreds of police smashing up encampments and making arrests.

Makram Rabah 06, May 2024

Student demonstrators occupy the pro-Palestinian "Gaza Solidarity Encampment" on the West Lawn of Columbia University on April 24, 2024 in New York City.

Michael M. Santiago/AFP

The campus is coming for Joe Biden

As in 1968, the Democrat risks being the candidate of chaos and war

The Economist 26, Apr 2024

People attend a concert on the opening night of the fourth Damascus Citadel Nights Festival in Damascus on August 2, 2023.

AFP

From parties to poverty, Syria's drastically different worlds spark outrage

While the majority of Syrians grapple with a worsening economic crisis and can barely get by, a shrinking group of regime loyalists are profiting at the expense of others

Omer Onhon 30, Aug 2023

Members of exiled Komala Party inspect aftermath of bombing in the village of Zrgoiz, near Sulaimaniyah, Iraq, where the bases of several Iranian opposition groups are located, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. An Iranian drone bombing campaign targeting the bases of an Iranian-Kurdish opposition group in northern Iraq has killed nd wounded dozens. (AP PhotoAla Hoshyar, Metrography)

Iran’s Biggest Fear: An Independent Kurdistan

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has frequently violated Iraqi sovereignty by firing missiles and drones at a number of targets in Iraq’s semi-autonomous northern Kurdistan region (KRG…

Suzan Quitaz 30, Dec 2022

FILE - In this picture released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with a group of Basij paramilitary force in Tehran, Iran, Nov. 26, 2022. The niece of Iran's supreme leader is calling for people to pressure their governments to cut ties with Tehran. Farideh Moradkhani, whose uncle is Ali Khamenei, issued the call in a video statement circulated after her Nov. 23 arrest, reported by the U.S.-based rights monitor HRANA. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP, File)

Iranian General Acknowledges Over 300 Dead in Unrest

An Iranian general on Monday acknowledged that more than 300 people have been killed in the unrest surrounding nationwide protests, giving the first official word on casualties in two months. That…

AP 28, Nov 2022

In this photo taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, Iranians protests the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after she was detained by the morality police last month, in Tehran, October 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Middle East Images, File)

IRGC’s Final Warning – “Today is Last Day of Riots”

On Saturday, 29 October, Hossein Salami, the Commander of Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), issued a threatening warning to protesters, “Do not come to the streets! Today is…

Suzan Quitaz 04, Nov 2022

A newspaper with a cover picture of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by Iranian morality police is seen in Tehran, Iran, September 18, 2022. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS//File Photo

Iran Charges 1,000 Over Unrest in Tehran - Report

Iran will hold public trials of about 1,000 people charged in Tehran over unrest, a semi-official news agency said on Monday, as authorities step up efforts to crush more than six weeks of protests…

31, Oct 2022

People demonstrate opposite the Embassy of Iran in Kensington to protest the death of Mahsa Amini, the 22-year old Kurdish woman who died while in police custody in Iran/Jenny Mathews via Getty Images

How ‘Women, Life, Freedom’ Unified All the People of Iran

Iran enters its second month of daily nationwide demonstrations in the wake of the death of the 22-year- old Kurdish woman Jina Amini after being detained by Iran’s morality police for supposedly…

Suzan Quitaz 14, Oct 2022

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