New Delhi: During the first week of January last year, a group of scholars gathered in a white bungalow on a leafy boulevard in central New Delhi. The focus of their discussion: how to rewrite the history of the nation. The government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi had quietly appointed the committee of scholars about six…
OCCUPIED WEST BANK – Sometimes, 18-year old Mohammad dreams that he is back in Ofer military prison. “I remember my friends in prison. I feel that I am in there again,” the young Palestinian said softly, looking down as he recalled the eight months he spent imprisoned by Israel between 2016 and 2017. She lost her childhood…
Amid the obsessive coverage of Russia’s alleged meddling in the 2016 US presidential election, the exertion of influence by one Middle Eastern player over Washington’s neoconservative circles in general, and the Trump White House in particular, has somewhat evaded public attention. While there is extensive debate about the 2018 conference of the pro-Israel lobby group…
For three bewildering days, London is getting a glimpse of what it will feel like to live in post-Brexit, or shrinking, Britain. In scenes similar to Pyongyang or Bishek, the Great Leader’s portrait has appeared on billboards all over the capital. Neo-liberals in the media had been duly primed and groomed to welcome his arrival.…