In early 2025, a rapid escalation of fighting occurred in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The M23 (“Mouvement du 23 Mars”), having occupied large areas in North and South Kivu for years. In January 2025, they captured the city of Goma, a key regional hub on the

In the 19th century, European powers divided Africa among themselves. Spain claimed the Western Sahara in 1884 and named it “the Spanish Sahara”. Located in the northwest of Africa, the territory is bordered by Morocco, Mauritania, and Algeria, and is home to the Sahrawi people.  Often referred to as Africa’s

ازاي خريطة اترسمت في 1941 ممكن تكون سبب من أسباب الحرب في السودان سنة 2023 لغاية دلوقتي؟ .ممكن تبان كأنها حاجة قديمة ومالهاش علاقة باللي بيحصل دلوقتي, بس زي مانتوا عارفين كل حاجة مربوطة ببعضها الخريطة دي اترسمت وقت الحرب العالمية التانية لما الإنجليز كانوا مسيطرين علي مصر والسودان. احتاجوا ساعتها خرائط دقيقة عشان يقدروا …

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In the hills of Jabal Nafusa, the streets of Zuwara, and the oasis towns of Ghadames and Awjila, the Amazigh flag waves once again. For decades, Libya’s indigenous people were silenced under the Arab nationalist regime. Today, they are slowly writing themselves back into the history of Libya. But what

As the current events in Kabul unfold, we’ve decided to shed light on the turbulent history of Afghanistan, a land often referred to as the “Graveyard of Empires.” Landlocked and mountainous, Afghanistan lies at the very heart of Asia. It connects three major cultural and geopolitical regions: the Indian subcontinent

There’s a reason why we get homesick; we tend to form emotional attachments to the places we’ve lived all our lives.  That’s because our homes are more than just buildings; they are part of who we are. We grow fond of the streets we walk, the markets we shop in,

“Bayt al-Hikmah”, “House of Wisdom”, is a central institution in Islamic intellectual history. Some think that it represents the mental transformation that took place in the Islamic world. Bayt al-Hikmah flourished within the Abbasid caliphate between the 8th and 10th centuries. This center played an important role in the intellectual

Every Palestinian story is a political act. Edward Said In all kinds of peace and war, music is produced and consumed every day. While the colonizer sings the triumphs of their wins, the colonized sing their hopes for triumph. The difference, however, is that the colonizer always tries to silence

A promised land is a place that people, belonging from a particular community, believe was created for them. This belief often comes from religious stories or traditions passed down through generations. These lands are seen as sacred and essentially as a gift from a higher deity. In the Bible, for

A report that dates back to July 2024 claims that over 10,000 women have been killed in Gaza since October 2023. UN Women gives it a slogan, calls it a “war on women”.  The gendered nature of state-sponsored violence is not new. Wars, and in this case genocide, have been