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Clearing the Smoke, Part III: Monkeys Throwing Nuts
For this last part of my threefold contribution I will try to clarify what exactly is meant by populism, nationalism and independence. In my previous contributions, I have been rather harsh on both populism and nationalism, and...
Cyber Attack Downs Mozambique’s @Verdade News Site On Election Day
@Verdade, a Mozambican weekly newspaper and Global Voices partner, was the victim of a massive cyber attack on Oct. 15, 2014, when Mozambican general elections took place last week. The attack began on the eve of the electi...
Turkish Style Democracy
Imagine a country. Imagine a ruling party that represents freedom of expression and religion to the rest of the world and many of your countrymen. Imagine progressive reforms and economic development. Imagine democracy. Then im...
UEFA announces ‘Euro for Europe’ to be held in 2020
UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations) has announced that the 2020 European Championships will, for the first time, be hosted across the continent. The decision to go for a one-off ‘Euro for Europe’ to celebrate...
Bombs And Reconstruction Booms: A Lebanese Story Of Going Round In Circles
I was supposed to go and watch Star Wars at my friend’s place on Friday night. I actually had to convince my mum to let me go, even though she only lived five minutes away. I managed to do so but the evening didn’t go as pl...
#50Days4Gaza: War journalism in Gaza
Understanding the meaning of ‘shell-shocked’ in a context of war, conflict and gross human rights violations often allows us to negotiate with a complex of emotions and stories that move beyond journalistic ethos of ‘obje...
