War is fracturing: While monarchists cheer for it, others defend the war in the name of defending the homeland and resisting imperialism. A personal reckoning with belonging, resistance, and lost solidarity in exile.
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Thousands of people in Lebanon have been killed in Israeli attacks so far, with nearly a fitfth of the country’s population displaced. The relief organization Basmeh & Zeitooneh speaks with dis:orient about war, displacement, and solidarity....
Representatives of European universities gather in Istanbul this week, invited by the European University Association. Turkish academics, purged and exiled for resisting the oppression in Turkey, feel betrayed. Our author is one of them.
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Syria’s interim president Al-Jolani is currently trying to rebrand himself. But what does this mean for LGBTQ+ people in Syria? A closer look at queer life under his reign – from past to present.
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Several months after the fall of al-Fashir, the army’s last stronghold, the conflict in Sudan has entered a new phase. Sudanese women’s rights activist and founder of the “No to Oppression against Women” initiative in Sudan Amira Osman Hamed speaks...
Since 2011, Turkey has hosted more than five million Syrians. Cahide Sarı Okur, Secretary General of Agora Association for Migration Research in Izmir, speaks about the current situation, return dynamics, and social cohesion.
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After 75 years of French colonialism, Tunisia gained independence in 1956. Beyond political negotiations, armed resistance played a key role: the Fellagha. Who were they, and why have they been forgotten?
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Iranian dancers in exile struggle with the physical and emotional consequences of their time in the underground dance scene. The author weaves her own experiences with interviews, offering insights into hidden realities of Iranian dancers.
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For too long, feminists in the global north have turned away from Palestine. In an attempt for change, this essay explores anger as a feminist tool for solidarity in the fight for liberation.
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