July 2011
11 posts
The Uyghurs, China and central Asia, Henryk... →
The growing bonds between central Asian states and China have a human-rights cost for Uyghurs across the region, says Henryk Szadziewski.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is…
GUINEA-CONAKRY | Evening with Mamady Kouyaté & The... →
SOUNDSCAPES | Mamady Kouyaté, interviewed by Jack Mayerhofer, HELO Magazine, July 2011
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Stepping off the streets of Brooklyn into Café Barbès…
Norway’s tragedy: contexts and consequences ,... →
The atrocities inflicted on Norwegian society by a far-right activist leave the country shocked and in mourning. They will have lasting effects even if their exact character is hard to…
It’s time for British Zionists to speak out with... →
By maintaining a silence around the treatment of Arab residents in Israel, we allow the discourse on human rights to be carried by those with an anti-Israel agenda.
The refugee areas of…
Arab risings and the Israel-Palestine conflict:... →
An Independent Jewish Voices panel discussion suggests that the most important lesson of the Arab Spring may be the introduction of public will and opinion into the debate, and that this…
Palestine and the Arab rebellions, Stephen... →
Despite the Arab Spring, Israeli ‘facts on the ground ‘ will succeed without effective international intercession and greater Palestinian and Arab unity
When Mubarak eventually stepped…
WITNESS | South Sudan’s Greatest Hits: Hope for... →
Flying into Jonglei, South Sudan. By SideLife / CC.
SOUTH SUDAN | Jack Mayerhofer, edited by Daniel J Gerstle, HELO Magazine, July 2011
You’re landing in the new country of…
Spectre of US-China tensions as budget crisis... →
At a press conference held in Tokyo on Friday, the Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, characterised differences between the United States and China as ‘stark’. Admiral…
America and Afghanistan: politics in charge, Paul... →
The United States’s military strategy in Afghanistan is fracturing, but what matters most now in Washington is the domestic electoral timetable.
A series of violent incidents in…
Google's big idea against extremism needs to learn... →
Google Ideas, Google’s think-and-do-tank, wants to combat violent extremism by having extremists and policy makers learn from those who have renounced violence. All fine until you get to the…
TASTES | Lunch, Malian Style →
Malian lunch: Bicycle chicken, onion sauce, and manioc. By Julia Ritz Toffoli.
MALI | Julia Ritz Toffoli, The World is My Oyster, HELO Magazine, July 2011
If you know me…