Iran’s youth fear future after Trump abandons nuclear deal
US foreign policy continues to subjugate the nation’s youth, Daniel Khalili-Tari writes.
A decade of resistance behind Iranian bars
Soudeh Alikhani writes on the 10th anniversary of the women’s rights activist Zeinab Jalalian’s arrest – on International Women's Day.
Iranian child rights activists seek asylum abroad
Veronique Mistiaen speaks to an Iranian human rights activist currently in hiding.
100 years of hope, struggle and betrayal
The Kurdish quest for freedom and independence has been long, dramatic and complicated. Here’s a potted history of the past century.
‘Fortress conservation’ is driving us from our homes
Pranab Doley, an Indigenous activist from the Mising people, condemns the militarization of the conservation industry in India and beyond, and its threat to the land’s best protectors.
The filmmaker bringing survivor stories to light
Leesa Gazi speaks to Subi Shah about Rising Silence — her film about the women sexually assaulted during the Bangladesh Liberation War.
Iranian Women protest the veil
On 27 December 2017, 31-year-old Vida Movahed removed her headscarf, tied it to a stick and stood atop a telecoms box on busy Enghelab (Revolution) Street in Tehran. Vida was arrested after her silent and peaceful protest against the…
Turkey ramps up war on Kurds in Northern Iraq
Turkish airstrikes in Northern Iraq are nothing new, but the recent co-ordinated air and ground assault is unprecedented, writes John Lubbuck.
Spotlight: Kyla Simone Bruce
Migration, identity, gender – Subi Shah tackles the big issues with filmmaker Kyla Simone Bruce.
Before Iran, the Kurdish feminist revolution
Rahila Gupta examines the precursor to Iran’s ‘first feminist revolution in the world’: a Kurdish feminist revolution in Rojava.
View from India
Hijab – how far can the state dictate a woman’s choice?
The alternative music review
Louise Gray and Malcolm Lewis review Uprize! by Spaza and Zan by Liraz.
Feel the fear and carry on
In Iraq a growing number of women are now doing the dangerous work of removing landmines – previously a male preserve. Adrian Margaret Brune reports.
A global just transition
How can we phase out fossil fuels in a way that works for people everywhere? The historic Cochabamba People’s Agreement offers a way forward, argues Max Ajl.
Behrouz Boochani: Australia is introducing a ‘new kind of fascism’
New Internationalist interviews Behrouz Boochani, the award-winning, Kurdish-Iranian writer who has been imprisoned on Manus Island Prison since 2013.
Pushed out
A renewed crackdown on refugee camps in Kashmir is forcing Rohingya refugees out of India and back to Bangladesh and Myanmar. Mubashir Naik reports.
Diplomats – who needs them?
Frances Guy makes a plea for traditional diplomacy in the age of the Trumpian tweet.
Will downtrodden farmers decide Modi’s fate?
Agricultural workers in India are facing a monumental crisis. They backed Modi in the last election. The question is whether they will do so again. Nilanjana Bhowmick reports.
‘Yemeni women must be given a seat at the table’
Historic peace talks are a glimmer of hope in the world’s worst humanitarian conflict. But the exclusion of Yemeni women’s voices in the peace process is deeply worrying, says Fatma Jaffar of Oxfam, in Sanaa.
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This year in protest
Over a dozen countries saw millions take to the streets this year. Richard Swift asks if these mass revolts have anything in common.
What drives young men to embrace religious extremism in Pakistan?
Pervez Hoodbhoy, one of South Asia’s leading nuclear physicists, talks to Andy Heintz about why the word ‘liberal’ is so unpopular in Pakistan.
