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David Hearst

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David Hearst

British Muslims are not invaders of the UK. This is our home too

Mustafa al-Dabbagh

How the Iran war shattered the illusions of the UAE as a rising power

Andreas Krieg

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Marco Carnelos

Unite the Kingdom: Hateful theatre of niqab ‘unveiling’ feeds far-right fantasies

Amina Shareef

Israel's genocide in Gaza

How Israel's war on Gaza has made Hajj an unreachable dream

Sara Awad

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Joseph Massad

Why Sudan disappeared from global headlines - until the Iran war

Osama Abuzaid

International law

The UAE cannot invoke international law while violating it

Ziyad Motala

Israel's genocide in Gaza

The release of Global Sumud Flotilla activists must deepen pressure for Palestinian prisoners

Raouf Farrah

Israel's genocide in Gaza

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Abed Abou Shhadeh

Through Nakba, exile and genocide, my aunt Fatima never lost faith

Ahmed Abu Artema

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Ismail Patel

Eurovision abandoned its values over Gaza, and lost me as a lifelong fan

Pablo O'Hana

Why Israel bombs Iranian universities and silences American ones

Hamid Dabashi

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David Hearst

If Starmer gets his way, Reform - not the Greens - will be his legacy

Jonathan Cook

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Nelson Wong

After electoral collapse, UK Labour risks political oblivion

Tom Blackburn

The letter Starmer should write to Netanyahu, ending Britain's blind support for Israel

Gwyn Daniel

Germany's 'constructive dialogue' is a sham, a cloak used to shield its support of a genocidal regime

Jurgen Mackert

UK local elections: How the media used antisemitism against the Greens’ Jewish leader

Joe Gill

Why has the war on Iran not sparked a mass protest movement?

Nura Hossainzadeh

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Can Israel's war economy survive its growing global isolation?

Antony Loewenstein

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