January 2013
Laura El-Tantawy
January 31, 2013
Cairo's Tahrir Square, epicenter of the 2011 uprising that toppled former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, erupted in demonstrations again...
Srila Roy
January 28, 2013
Rape is not exceptional but routine in most parts of the world. The fact that a twenty-three-year-old student, Jyoti, was brutally gang...
Benjamin Hollander
January 24, 2013
The question of the existence and validity of the Palestinians as a people historically tied to a specific land has been the absurdist...
Goce Smilevski
January 22, 2013
Goce Smilevski’s novel Freud’s Sister begins with Sigmund Freud’s sister Adolfina’s harrowing journey to a concentration camp and,...
Nomvuyo Nolutshungu
January 16, 2013
On 1 November 2012, in the aftermath of New York City’s devastation following Hurricane Sandy, Staten Island Borough president James...
The Brother Moves On
January 14, 2013
South Africa is going through the most egregiously divisive periods of its young democracy. In the past two months, major news publications...
John Young
January 9, 2013
When South Sudan gained independence in July 2011, its emergence as Africa’s newest nation-state was greeted with enthusiasm throughout...
Andrew Ryder
January 7, 2013
The 1967 Arab-Israeli war began on June 5 with a surprise assault on the Egyptian air force. By its completion, this pre-emptive Six-Day...
Chris Mlalazi
January 6, 2013
Preface Zimbabwe’s history has been punctuated by years of conflict: the first chimurenga, resistance against the occupying white settlers...
JL Schatz
January 1, 2013
The recent Hollywood release of the musical Les Misérables invites a renewed opportunity to question the relationship between capitalism...
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