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Muslim Pro and the American Security Apparatus

Muslim Pro and the American Security Apparatus

By Samia Majid, MA History The U.S. has an unsavoury history of leveraging surveillance campaigns on its unsuspecting Muslim populace. On 16 November, Vice’s Motherboard revealed that Muslim Pro, a popular Quran and prayer app, has been selling its user data to third-party brokers, and by extension the

‘A forest of red flags’: a warning from Poland

‘A forest of red flags’: a warning from Poland

By Weronika Krupa, BA International Relations and Chinese CW: Abortion Protesting is the daily bread of Polish citizens. Practised for generations, once against the communist regime, today against a fascist government. We know what it feels like to lose – to lose your rights, your freedoms, your pride, or your hope.

Lockdown Recipes: A Comforting Leek and Potato Soup

Lockdown Recipes: A Comforting Leek and Potato Soup

By Elizabeth Edwards, BA English Cooking in lockdown can either feel like a chore or a comfort. I can’t be the only one who has found my days revolving completely around the three meals a day that offer such respite and gratification, as well as the simple joy of

Linguistics Puzzle: Standard Zhuang

Linguistics Puzzle: Standard Zhuang

By Ella Dorn, BA Chinese and Linguistics Standard Zhuang is a language spoken by some of the Zhuang minority in Guangxi province, southern China. It is a member of the Tai family of languages along with Thai and Laotian. Since 1982, it has been written in an adapted Roman script

Beyond Voting

Beyond Voting

By Destiny Adeyemi, BA African Studies Above is a word search featuring some ways in which people can engage with political conversations and educate themselves on current issues – beyond the rhetoric of voting. ANSWER KEY:

British Red Cross on Campus: Impartiality in Ethiopia

British Red Cross on Campus: Impartiality in Ethiopia

By Georgia Goddard, BA International Relations & Mala Dutta, MA International Studies & Diplomacy The birth of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, today the largest humanitarian network in the world, can be traced back to a battlefield in Solferino, Italy, in 1859. It is here that its

Trade Trumps Truth

Trade Trumps Truth

By Artemis Sianni-Wedderburn, BA Politics and Arabic Northeastern China is home to the theoretically autonomous Xinjiang province, with a Turkic-Muslim Uyghur cultural and religious minority since the province’s 1949 incorporation into the People’s Republic of China. As one of the 55 nationally recognised minorities, they are legally endowed