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'Warning shot' over university deficit

'Warning shot' over university deficit

By Hannah Somerville (MA Arabic Literature) Calls for clarity were issued last week as SOAS squares up to a deepening financial crisis. The university is facing a £4.7m projected deficit this year and its executive board has been tasked with finding at least £3m of savings between now and

Aung San Suu Kyi criticised over Rohingya crisis

Aung San Suu Kyi criticised over Rohingya crisis

By Lucy Beach (BA History) Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has come under scrutiny in recent months from the international community over the violence of the army towards the Rohingya people of the Rakhine state in Myanmar. Ethnic tensions between the Buddhist majority and the Rohingya have

IMF states higher tax rates would not harm economic growth

IMF states higher tax rates would not harm economic growth

By Tom Matsuda (BA International Relations and Japanese) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released a report saying that higher tax rates would not necessarily harm economic growth rates in major economies. Moreover, the Washington-based international organisation has also stated that this would reduce the high levels of economic inequality

Hamas and Fatah reconcile following decade long rift

Hamas and Fatah reconcile following decade long rift

By Ahmad Jamal Wattoo (BA Politics) After a decade-long rift, Hamas and Fatah announced their reconciliation in Cairo, Egypt on October 12th. This settlement between both Palestinian factions will likely play a large role in strengthening the Palestinians’ bargaining power vis-a-vis Israel. It has been agreed under the settlement that

UGM Report - 13th October 2017

UGM Report - 13th October 2017

By Ali Mitib (BA Law and Politics) The first SOAS Union General Meeting (UGM) of the academic year took place on 13th October 2017. UGMs are meetings involving all members of the Students Union (SU), where members of the SOAS community are welcome to put forward, discuss, amend and pass

U.S. withdraws from UNESCO due to ‘anti-Israel bias’

U.S. withdraws from UNESCO due to ‘anti-Israel bias’

By Maya Alsughaiyer (BA Politics and World Philosophies) On October 12th, the U.S. State Department declared that the country will be withdrawing from UNESCO at the end of 2018 citing the organisations “continuing anti-Israel bias”. The announcement was followed by Israel’s decision to also quit the 72-year-old world

Catalan Referendum: Everything You Need to Know

Catalan Referendum: Everything You Need to Know

By Indigo Eve Lilburn-Quick (BA History and Politics) On October 1st, I sat with my flatmates in pure horror and disgust watching video after video of peaceful protesters getting assaulted by an armed police force in Barcelona. Right there and then, I was ready to get “Visca Catalunya” tattooed across