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The tagline of Iran’s recent prowomen’s movement is translated from a Kurdish slogan which neatly captures the ideology of the Kurdish feminist revolution. Here a mural displays the Kurdish original. HERZI PINKI/CREATIVE COMMONS

Rahila Gupta examines the precursor to Iran’s ‘first feminist revolution in the world’: a Kurdish feminist...

Mohamad Hafez

The Syrian-American architect and artist about the power of nostalgia and his lifelong homesickness for Syria.

Gisella Ligios

Gisella Ligios reports from Rojava on the threat of food and water insecurity, and its impact on farming...

Naftali Bennett sits on a chair with his hands on his lap. He is looking to his left. There is a small table to his left wth a small Israeli flag on it. There are UN climate change logos on the wall behind him.

The recently-departed Israeli PM was not so skilled in maneuvers as his supporters had hoped.

Unstoppable: Celebrating Pride in central Istanbul on 30 June 2019, despite the ban on the event. MURAD SEZER/REUTERS/ALAMY

Branded as terrorists by President Erdoğan’s hardline regime, LGBTQI+ people in Turkey are finding ways to express...

A woman in protective clothing kneels down and searches for explosive ordnance

In Iraq a growing number of women are now doing the dangerous work of removing landmines – previously a male preserve....

Muhanned Qafesha

Human rights activist Muhanned Qafesha talks about the life-and-death battle to defend Palestine from illegal demolitions and...

Girls sit at desks in a school classroom

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For so long subject to ‘the tyranny of strangers’, Zoe Holman explores the ongoing appetite for change in...

Solidarity from the street: a march takes place in Ramallah, West Bank in support of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike against their administrative detention by Israel. AHMAD AL-BAZZ/ACTIVESTILLS

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Palestinians continue to be brutalized in Israeli jails, despite international criticism. Kasturi Chakraborty...

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Bethany Rielly speaks to the campaigners who risked jail time to drive weapons manufacturer, Elbit Systems...

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Ethical and political dilemmas abound these days. Seems like we’re all in need of a New Internationalist perspective. Enter...

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Louisa Waugh speaks to activists in Israel and Palestine working together in the name of peace.

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With mounting corruption charges to his name, Israels Prime Minister is benefiting from militarized, brutal...

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While the UN calls for international aid to avert famine in Yemen, the UK slashes its contribution. Sam Perlo-...

Wafa Ali Mustafa holds up a picture of her father during a demonstration on the  International Day of the Disappeared, at Alexanderplatz, Berlin. Credit: Ahmad Kalaji

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The families of the disappeared are not giving up their search until they have answers. Jan-Peter Westad ...

Photo: Michelle Kinney

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US-Palestinian comedian Maysoon Zayid talks to Subi Shah about acting, politics, race and...

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