As the 18-month long turmoil in Gaza is paused by a precarious ceasefire arrangement, the factors and interests prolonging the devastating campaign ought to be scrutinised by the international community. With mounting evidence of genocide as defined under international law – or at the very least severe war crimes – the international legal order and human rights system has come under scrutiny for bending to the will of western interests. The steadfast support of the US and other allies despite the risk of legal complicity seems at least partly attributable to the influential military-industrial complex.

In October, Türkiye was rocked by a series of high-profile femicides, culminating in mobilizations for the endemic issue of violence against women. The femicide epidemic is the gruesome product of systems of cultural and political complicity in reproducing and upholding patriarchal structures.

Following Israel’s continuous assault in Gaza and Rafah, Moneer provides an exclusive account of his life in Gaza upon the destruction of his university as well as surviving amidst war-torn conditions.

For the first time since 2002, the AKP, led by Recep Tayyip Erdogan, did not finish first in an election. What accounts for this shift? And what lies ahead?

Since 2019, the small eastern Mediterranean country of Lebanon has been embroiled in a major economic meltdown. For a country seemingly in perpetual crisis, this seems to be just another chapter in its long history of age-old rivalries and foreign interference.

Israeli leaders of the last few decades have been allowed to continue unimpeded in their attempts to abolish Palestine. Is it possible to hold the state accountable?

Israel’s occupation of Palestine stands as one of history’s most contentious and harrowing dilemmas. One of the most delicate subjects poses the greater question of how it all began. With no effective measures being taken to halt Israel’s ongoing assault, will Palestine ever be free?