On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of September 11, dis:orient spoke with Masood Raja, U.S.-Pakistani professor of postcolonial studies, about the (new) War on Terror, the Taliban and the future of Afghanistan.
Prof. Raja, today is the 20th...
The Taliban are back. International troops have left, and the people are facing a new dangerous political reality in Afghanistan. dis:orient spoke with two activists stuck in Kabul.
In February 2020, a so-called peace treaty was signed between the...
Since the end of July 2021, the Tunisian President Kais Saied has been in power by means of an emergency ordinance. In the interview with dis:orient, Ahmed Bedoui from the Tunisian NGO IWatch assesses the political situation in the country.
On July...
Since the end of June, Palestinians in the West Bank have been protesting their government. dis:orient spoke with an activist about the current protests.
In the past few months, protests against the mass evictions in East Jerusalem have continued,...
Ten years after the Ben Ali Regime was overthrown, Tunisians are protesting again. They demand the end of corruption, the release of imprisoned demonstrators and, public freedom. In short: everything they fought for during the revolution of 2011...
On January 25th, 2011 protests broke out in Cairo that led to the toppling of then president Hosni Mubarak and that wrote history as part of the Arab Sping. A founding member of Nawara on the commemoration ten years later in exile.
The article...
After AKP appointed a new rector at Istanbul’s Boğaziçi University, protests organized by students and staff continue as they call for a democratic process. Dis:orient spoke to a student collective and one of the professors involved.
After the...
Following the appointment of Melih Bulu as rector of Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, protests have erupted on campus. Bediz Yılmaz sheds light on the ongoing fight for academic freedom in which the current events represent a decisive moment....
Despite high coronavirus infection rates, German politicians do their best so that families will be able to celebrate Christmas. In this article Udi Raz explains, why this stands exemplary for a German tradition of exclusion.
At the beginning of...
