Sudan's war worsens by the day: famine looms in Al-Fashir while the RSF threatens to partition Darfur. Yet the world is silent, writes Yassmin Abdel-Magied.
Sudan’s 2019 revolution that toppled Omar al-Bashir feels like a distant memory in the face of the current violent crisis that's displaced over a million people. The lack of global response makes it all the more painful, writes Yassmin Abdel-Magied.
Haitians and reparations activists have long highlighted the injustice by Western imperial powers following Haiti’s independence in 1804, but it seems to become ‘news’ only when platforms like the New York Times report on it, Yassmin Abdel-Magied.
Despite the BBC’s imperial history, the casting of Scottish-Rwandan actor Ncuti Gatwa as the next Doctor Who should be celebrated as a step in the right direction for addressing the long-standing absence of Black leads, writes Yassmin Abdel-Magied.
Following his purchase of Twitter, Elon Musk arrogantly thinks that he can ‘fix’ the platform and save democracy as we know it, but his history of undermining human rights and free speech, make him an unworthy candidate, writes Yassmin Abdel-Magied.
Ramadan TV series have played a powerful role in depicting the social and political struggles across the Arab-speaking world, they have also been used by states like Egypt as a propaganda tool to revise history, writes Yassmin Abdel-Magied.
As the holy month of Ramadan approaches, Muslims are encouraged to reflect on their hopes for the weeks of fasting and prayer, but the traps of neo-liberal spirituality are everywhere, writes Yassmin Abdel-Magied.
Author and advocate Yassmin Abdel-Magied's fortnightly column on culture, politics and society for The New Arab. This week, Yassmin delves into the history of exploration and travel, where she reconciles her own travel experiences with past ones.
Despite being hindered by a nationwide internet blackout, the Sudanese people have shown inspiring levels of fortitude in adversity with their will to be heard and enact change in their homeland – both on the ground and in the diaspora.
