Author: identityhunters

By Imane Ait-Kaci The Algerian war of independence reshaped gender roles and women’s identities into a battleground where competing visions of nationhood and modernity clashed.  Algerian women were key participants in the National Liberation Front (FLN) during the revolution where they strategically manipulated colonial expectations by smuggling weapons and intelligence under haïks (veils). The tactical […]

By Jinchen Li Northern China, Summer 1900 – Dusk settles over a drought-stricken village. In the temple courtyard, dozens of young men bow and kowtow in unison, foreheads thumping the dusty earth. Incense smoke curls in the air as they chant incantations to ancient war gods. With a sudden cry, they leap up, eyes glazed in […]

By Kian Donovan Hong Kong is, according to many of its residents, a city in decline. (1) In the aftermath of the 2019 Pro-Democracy Protests, Hong Kong has lost much of its autonomy and economic status, lending itself to mass-migration and feelings of existential death among Hong Kongers. (2)  Similarly, Hong Kong’s iconic neon street signs […]

By Mingchen Zhao The conflict between the Han Chinese and Uyghurs is the most serious ethnic conflict in China. Since the 2009 Urumqi riots, hatred of Han towards the Uyghurs has intensified. Meanwhile, the Han have maintained peace with the other major ethnic minorities: the Tibetans, Hui, Manchus and Mongols. In history, there were bloody conflicts between […]

By Angelika Etherington-Smith Kazakhstan occupies a complex and often uneasy position in modern geopolitics, shaped above all by its deep, colonial entanglement with Russia. Growing up there, one is acutely aware not of a balanced position between global powers, but of Russia’s overwhelming cultural, political, and linguistic influence—a legacy of both Tsarist and Soviet imperialism […]

Cover Image: OpenAI. Image depicting nationalism and social media as a tool of manipulation. AI-generated image. March 29, 2025. Created via ChatGPT (OpenAI). Written by Gianella Pena Barbery Nationalism, an ideology rooted in identity and further applied in political movements, has consistently relied on effective communication to gain support and shape history. Historically, nationalist leaders used […]

By Charlie Hinds “Today we were unlucky, but remember we have only got to be lucky once, you will have to be lucky always”. [1] Despite the defiance emanating out of every inch of that infamous statement from the Provisional IRA, made after it was announced that Magaret Thatcher and her cabinet survived the assassination […]

By Iris Isenegger As a nation, Switzerland subverts the conventional belief that cultural divisions bolster political instability. In a world where national unity is often equated with linguistic and ethnic homogeneity, Switzerland offers a compelling counterexample of a society thriving on diversity rather than being torn by it. Home to four official languages, over seven […]

By Mingchen Zhao With the introduction of the concept of a national flag after the Opium War (1840), China’s first national flag, the ‘Yellow Dragon Flag’, was developed by the Qing Dynasty in 1862, soon followed by several others. This article will examine Chinese flags and discuss how they reflect nationalism. Yellow Dragon Flag: The […]