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Written By Jude Al Issa Prior to 2015, modernity was neither welcomed nor believed to have an audience in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. For pious tribal people, camera phones in the early 2000s were an unnecessary luxury, cinemas considered as the works of the devil, and religion was a public activity that must be […]

Written By Julius Meška and Lucetta Trascinelli The discourse of Christianity, reduced to the symbol of the crucifix, has been target of debate for its use as a marker of identity by nationalist parties.  Whilst ostensibly claiming to defend Christianity itself within political debates, in certain instances the issue of religion has been further extended […]

Written By Lucas Pottier and Chiara Lea Marketing, much like politics, requires a level of narrative creation when advertising a product. By establishing a product as having a nationalistic edge to it, emotions become tied to the item linking it to one’s wallet (Kate, 2018). Just as in donating to charity or buying lemonade from […]

Written By Lucas Pottier Est pêché que d’quitter l’païs,Pis c’est gabiller s’n existenceEt n’point fé d’câs de c’qu’est la FranceQu’a besoin d’nous pou n’point mouï.J’en sais qu’ont point goûté la grâceD’fé leu maison auprès d’leux vieux,No l’z a vus rappliquer hargneux,Brin écueillis et la têyt’ basse.Man encre est bue et, d’mes daigts gourds,J’ai semé les […]

Written By Charles Khalaf Lebanon has been boiling since the disappearance of Pascal Suleiman… Again! On the eve of Sunday, the 7th of April, Pascal Suleiman, a prominent official in the Jbeil district of the Lebanese forces political party was attacked and kidnapped by men who blocked him while on his way back from a […]

Written By Emily Lewis and Anonymous The 2021 movie “My Little Pony: A New Generation” follows Sunny, an Earth Pony who, unlike everybody else, is sceptical of her world where Unicorns, Pegasi and Earth Ponies live in three separate locations – three “nations” divided by survivalist fear. When Izzy, a unicorn, arrives in Sunny’s hometown, […]

Identity Politics in Pakistan: Blasphemy, Persecution of Minorities and the Apparatus Making it all Possible Written By Advait Joshi Pakistan has, for the vast majority of its existence, performed quite poorly on minority rights. While M.A Jinnah claimed upon its inception that “you may belong to any religion or caste or creed… we are all […]

Written by Lara Defterios Hamid Cheriet, better known by his stage name Idir, was an internationally acclaimed Algerian singer from Aït Lahcène, located in the mountainous Kabyle region. He rose to fame entirely by accident in 1973, with a last-minute appearance on Radio Algiers with A Vava Inouva, sung in Berber. This lullaby, inspired by […]

Written by Maxime Cannamela Picture: Riot police patrol the Champs-Élysées and defend markers of social class against looters from the suburbs. (Corentin Fohlen for Libération) “Europe, spoilt with wealth, accorded humanity to all of its inhabitants: a man, here, means an accomplice because we have all benefited from colonial exploitation.” This extract from Sartre’s preface […]