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Spotlight: SOAS Book Club

Spotlight: SOAS Book Club

Mohsin Haider, BA Economics Attention all bookworms! Words don’t just paint a thousand pictures, they paint a whole new world as well. We here at SOAS Book Club are dedicated to creating a community for like-minded individuals to come together and share their love of all things bookish. Whether

You Resemble Me by Dina Amer: Initial film review and reflections from discussion with director Dina Amer

You Resemble Me by Dina Amer: Initial film review and reflections from discussion with director Dina Amer

By Sanna Hamid, BA History and International Relations Dina Amer, writer and director of You Resemble Me and former journalist, reported on the ‘first female suicide bomber’ in Paris for Vice News, before it was announced as false information. What she didn’t know yet was that Hasna Ait Boulahcen’

PRALER supports asylum claim of Ovaherero Freedom Fighter

PRALER supports asylum claim of Ovaherero Freedom Fighter

By Emily Dickinson-Holdcroft, BA Social Anthropology Ovaherero Indigenous Nation of Afrika currently fighting for reparatory justice for the genocide of the Ovaherero and Nama people, committed by Germany in 1904. This act of genocide, one that Britain is deeply complicit in given their integral involvement in the 1884-85 Berlin Conference,

EFFECTS OF GRENFELL CONTINUE TO EMERGE AS DOZENS OF FIREFIGHTERS DIAGNOSED WITH TERMINAL CANCER

EFFECTS OF GRENFELL CONTINUE TO EMERGE AS DOZENS OF FIREFIGHTERS DIAGNOSED WITH TERMINAL CANCER

By Genevieve Hack, BSc Development Economics Up to a dozen firefighters who dealt with the fire at Grenfell Tower have been diagnosed with terminal cancer. The cancers diagnosed thus far mainly consist of digestive cancers and leukaemia. Survivors from the event have called for medical screenings, as they still remain

The NHS is on the Verge of Collapse

The NHS is on the Verge of Collapse

By Hiba Ul-Hasan, BA History The National Health Service (NHS) has been experiencing one of its most serious crises since its founding in 1948. Along with rising living costs due to inflation, the NHS is on its last legs, attempting to meet increasing demands. The NHS has had a shortage

SOAS: The School of Occupation and Apartheid Studies

SOAS: The School of Occupation and Apartheid Studies

By Sam Landis, BA Social Anthropology and International Relations On November 29, 2022, over 50 students gathered outside SOAS for a rally held on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people. Organized by the SOAS Palestine Society, the group called attention to the recent violence experienced by Palestinians