Spring 2017
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Africa on African terms
AFRICA: It is a paradox that Africa is assessed in relation to Europe rather than being compared to itself and its own values.
A loveless technology
MODERN TEHNOLOGY: Our digital civilisation is more dependent than ever on artificial and technological stimuli.
State Of Denial
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE: Essential documentary fact checks Turkey’s sinister record of historical erasure.
The final philosophical question
One philosophical question remains, and its answer will determine the continuing life on Earth, writes the author Erland Kiøsterud.
The fight for Kobani
One of the main parties fighting ISIS in Syria at the moment are the Kurdish militias, among whom are the Kurdish Peoples’ Protection Units (YPG) and the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ).
The Justified War
Kurdish Peshmerga-fighters are fighting against ISIS in Northern Iraq. If they are able to show that they are a source of stability in the region, they will be able to garner more support for their freedom fighting, believes controversial philosopher and documentarist Bernard-Henri Lévy.
What does it mean to be a survivor?
ARMENIA: Usually, 1915 marks the beginning of what is commonly known as the Armenian genocide: the prosecution and murder of some 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottomans.
Two Centuries of Silence
A: Where are you from?
B: Iran
A: So you speak Arabic?
B: No, we speak Farsi. Iranians are not Arab. We are Persian.
