By: Khaled Amayreh With the world’s attention focused on the Ukrainian crisis, the Israeli occupation army has been murdering Palestinians in droves, including absolutely innocent civilians. Palestinian sources have described the latest Israeli escalation as the most ” brutal and ferocious” since the devastating Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip last year, which left hundreds Read More…
The continuing refugee crisis in Palestine: from Nakba of 1948 to Gaza to sheikh jarrah in 2022 According to the data of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Palestinians remain one of the largest and longest-suffering groups of displaced people, and they are the second-largest refugee Read More…
In the diverse multi-religious and multicultural nation of India, over 204 million Muslims live in panic and fear due to the Islamophobic hate crimes committed by the followers of the extremist Indian right wing, who see Muslims as economic hardship. In addition to blaming them for crime, violence, and Islamic radicalism. Also Read: Religious Fascism Read More…
Margaret Ferrier-a Scottish MP, tested for coronavirus, then travelled Glasgow to London to attend Westminster. What was she thinking? Margaret Ferrier will be contemplating the past week with careful trepidation. She has been suspended by her party because she decided a trip down to the House of Commons-despite symptoms, was a really good idea. Margaret Read More…
Test at the airport, tests at home, tests 200 miles away, but will testing exempt you from quarantine? And is it the safest option? Tests, tests, and more tests. This is the current or longstanding conversation reoccurring over the course of this pandemic. Passengers are being quarantined left, right, and centre-and the aviation industry are Read More…
Scotland and Wales heed advice and put Portugal on the restricted travel list, whilst the UK government make decisions ahead of time ‘Overwhelmingly, the UK is proceeding as one’ says Boris Johnson. This is Johnson’s perspective, despite Scotland and Wales marching ahead with a different agenda. Where Art Thou in Europe? Scotland and Wales have Read More…
Polls put Biden ahead of Trump with two months to go but it aint over yet Trump V’s Biden..Biden V’s Trump, who is leading the race? If polls are anything to go by, Biden is ahead of Trump by a fair mile, but perhaps not enough to cry, ‘GAME, SET, MATCH!’ It is crazy to Read More…
Kamala Harris is being pipped as the next U.S female president, who is the woman people are talking about? The year of the presidential election is finally here. It has been four long and weird years. The thought of President Trump facing re-election in November is a scary one, but possible. The only contender it Read More…
Scottish Children return to school next week, but is it right to ask them to return full time? Here in Scotland, it is the last week of the holidays. Scottish children are to return to school full time, as of next week. You can literally hear the quaking of feet all around. As a teacher, Read More…
Spain has seen an influx of Covid cases but remains on the travel list As it is, Spain has seen an increase in coronavirus infections, with fears Barcelona will need to go back into lockdown. This all comes not long after Scotland lifted the quarantine restriction upon travellers from Spain. Scotland included Spain as a Read More…
Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand’s 40th prime minister, sets the tone for a revolution in world leadership New Zealand..a land far, far away but yet so near in the cultural agenda. One little Google search tells me all I need to know. Jacinda Ardern, 39 years old, New Zealand prime minister and book author: ‘Jacinda Ardern Read More…
