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‘Once Upon A Time in Hollywood Hypocrisy’: We Need to Start Questioning Hollywood’s Performative Politics

‘Once Upon A Time in Hollywood Hypocrisy’: We Need to Start Questioning Hollywood’s Performative Politics

Rihab Attioui, MA Postcolonial Studies “‘You’re in no position to lecture the public about anything. You know nothing of the real world’ applied to everyone in that room the night of the Golden Globes – including Ricky Gervais.” By now, you will have all heard about the melodramatically controversial opening

Medieval Fantasy to Escape the World: The Witcher Review

Medieval Fantasy to Escape the World: The Witcher Review

Iryna Kupchynska, MA Social Anthropology “All the scars, generously mentioned in the book or games are almost gone on the muscled body. This kind of video-game musculature looks so artificial.” Netflix gave a Christmas gift to their subscribers this December by releasing the long-awaited new series, The Witcher. The story

Could You Ever Forgive Bewafai (Unfaithfulness)? A Review of Mere Paas Tum Ho

Could You Ever Forgive Bewafai (Unfaithfulness)? A Review of Mere Paas Tum Ho

Hafsah Janjua, BA International Relations “Regret, Loyalty and Forgiveness are the three words that come to mind when I think of Mere Paas Tum Ho” Mere Paas Tum Ho (2019), a Pakistani romance drama aired on ARY TV, presents an addition to Khalil-Ur-Rehman Qamar’s portfolio of unconventional and ground-breaking

SOAS Street Style: Cultural Night Edition

SOAS Street Style: Cultural Night Edition

Tara Bhat (BA History) & Cyntheiah Siva (BA Global Liberal Arts) The 16th of January marked a night of celebration of the cultural diversity of the student body here at SOAS. Hosted by the SOAS MENA society in collaboration with PalSoc, Afghan Soc, Pakistani Soc, Bangladeshi Soc and SomSoc, the

The Responsibility to 'Protect'

The Responsibility to 'Protect'

My experience doing fieldwork for the first time

My experience doing fieldwork for the first time

Imaan Khan, BA Social Anthropology and Politics Conducting real-life fieldwork, as opposed to between the shelves of the SOAS library required motivation, and both attentive listening and observational skills. At one point or another, most people will go through the nervousness of trying something for the first time. While there

Human of SOAS: Notes Edition

Human of SOAS: Notes Edition

In conversation with Yijia This series seeks to highlight the talent and stories of women musicians of colour at SOAS. Sasha Patel, BA History and South Asian Studies (Hindi Pathway) Tell us about yourself, what do you play? I’m Yijia, a singer-songwriter and instrumentalist. I prefer to use my