Empire Endures

Empire Endures

Empire Endures By Shvetal Vyas Pare i Blog 131   Image credit: Created by AI I hear the news. Khamenei has been killed. There is a sense of disbelief, but alongside it is a sense of weariness. Empire endures, and its actions take a heavy toll regularly, physically...
Earning and Truly Comprehending Eid

Earning and Truly Comprehending Eid

Earning and Truly Comprehending Eid By Yasin Aktay i Blog 130   That the end of Ramadan—an atmosphere we enter with deep love and festivity, welcoming its arrival and grieving its departure—culminates in a celebration called Eid is not something easily understood by...
Social Cohesion and Islamophobia

Social Cohesion and Islamophobia

Social Cohesion and Islamophobia By Shaheen Kattiparambil i Blog 129     What does social cohesion have to do with Islamophobia in contemporary Britain? On 9 March 2026, the Labour government unveiled its new social cohesion strategy, Protecting What Matters,...
‘Mistaken’ for a Muslim

‘Mistaken’ for a Muslim

‘Mistaken’ for a Muslim By Hamid TP i Blog 128     What does ‘Left’ mean in a political sense? Egalitarianism, support for the (organised) working class, support for the nationalisation of industry, hostility to marks of hierarchy, opposition to...
Video Games and Eurocentrism

Video Games and Eurocentrism

Video Games and Eurocentrism By Hizer Mir i Blog 127     Can a game called Europa Universalis V be anything but Eurocentric? Does it really matter if such a game is Eurocentric? One could argue perhaps not… following Dabashi (2015: 33) we could say “of...
Antisemitism, IHRA and the NUS

Antisemitism, IHRA and the NUS

Antisemitism, IHRA and the NUS By Shaida Nabi i Blog 126   Image credit: Courtesy of Ayse Gur Geden University campuses have formed an epicenter of Palestine solidarity resistance since the onset of Israel’s genocide. In equal measure they have become sites of...