Gaza Genocide: A Collective Crime
GAZA: On Francesca Albanese’ fifth report to the UN Human Rights Council.
yemen
Holidays in the danger zone
CONFLICT: The ethical complexities and societal implications of war tourism in our media-driven world.
«You may end up with the only peace – being the peace of the graveyard.»
INTERVIEW: We are talking with the previous Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, the man who could have been prime minister in Britain, about current issues – like military build-up, Ukraine, Israel, climate justice and labour, security, democracy, citizen assemblies, and not least of all, hope for the future.
The military ambitions of oil states
WEAPONS: There are a number of developments in the three oil states of Saudi Arabia, UAE and Qatar, which Jean-Loup Samaan explores in his latest book. These are the three oil states that account for 17 percent of all arms purchases worldwide. Saudi Arabia wants to become a nuclear power in order to stand up to Iran.
‘Refolution!’
UPRISING: UPRISING / Asef Bayat attempts to challenge the analysis of the Arab Spring (2011) as an unequivocal defeat.
Where 97 percent of the population lives on the threshold of starvation
AFGHANISTAN: Zarifa Ghafari is on the BBC’s list of the world’s 100 most influential women. This Afghan mayor knows very well that she is a symbol – but perhaps most of all an attraction.
FIFDH announces 16 projects for 2023 Impact Days
Out of 110 international documentary submissions, 16 projects have been selected for the 2023 #FIFDH Impact Days. With topics ranging
The forgotten conflict
YEMEN: With the mainstream Western media’s infatuation with Ukraine, wars raging across other parts of the world are forgotten, the devastation in Yemen primary among them.
In the zone
JOURNALISM: How do the stories we hear and see come from the conflict zone to our pages and screens? Through the fall of IS, Journalist at War seeks to find out.
Jihad Rehab: A Question of Ethics
This article was previously published at POV Magazine, Canada’s destination for documentary culture. I think Meg Smaker approached the unfortunately-titled
Flight from a secluded world
RELIGION: A thoughtful story of young girl leaving Hassidic community for a better life on the outside.
Foreign political shadow play
GEOPOLITICS: Laurent Larcher calls for openness, value proposition and debate on French foreign policy. The author claims that France’s power elite conceal their real agenda behind meaningless statements and secrecy.