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Holly Sampson, BA Middle Eastern Studies and World Philosophies Photo credit: Creative Commons As the #MeToo movement is increasingly growing and more people are standing up against those that have silenced them in the past, it is no wonder that the debate of separating the art from the artist has
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By: Bryony Mirus, BA Japanese and Music My name is Bryony, but I am known to everyone as Bree! I am an English/Australian/Ukrainian studying Japanese and music, and I am currently on my year abroad in Tokyo, Japan. I grew up in Australia, and returned to England to
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Soniya Nahata, BA Politics and International Relations During an informal meeting with the representatives of the Students’ Union, a member of the academic board agreed that there is potential for the resurgence of strikes at SOAS this year. The prospect of more strikes this year has already caused panic amongst
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Syraat Al Mustaqeem, BA English “SOAS Management has revealed plans to restructure the university’s services, with the library facing cuts between £650,000-675,000” SOAS Library is facing major cuts following news of the university’s financial crisis. A statement released in December 2018 by SOAS Director, Baroness Valerie
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By Laura Wormington On 14th December, I joined a small, buzzing crowd in the Djam Lecture Theatre for the SOAS Drama Society’s production of Tennessee Williams’ Small Craft Warnings, their first major performance of the academic year, produced by this year’s society president, Oscar Ward. The single-act, hour-long,
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Simone Both, PG Near and Middle Eastern Studies In less than 200 days, the FIFA Women’s World Cup will start in France. The tournament will be held between the 7thof June and the 7thof July in multiple cities all over the country such as Lyon, Nice, Montpellier and, of
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Amy Thomson, BA Social Anthropology During Reading Week (2-11 November) 13 members of SOAS Ceilidh Band, SOAS Guerrilla Choir and Soas Goes to Calais and Beyond Society, travelled to Lebanon to do solidarity volunteering work in refugee camps. This included visiting both the historic Palestinian camps (since 1948) and the
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(Mariyam) Malika Azeez, BA Social Anthropology and Study of Religions You might have seen us wearing huge boob suits, glittering people up at the JCR or selling yummy bakes—We are the Uni Boob Team! Ours is a new society on campus, aiming to raise awareness about breast cancer among
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By, Anna Jordan BA Development Studies and History & Holly Ogborne BA International Relations and Developmental Studies Competition in sport can be fun but the competitive element should not extend beyond that into the social aspects of a club. No one should have to prove themselves through initiation rituals or
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Lucy Dunnet, BA Chinese (Modern and Classical) When I tell new people that I am off to ‘BJJ training’, more often than not I receive a confused, slightly surprised look in response, and it is clear that a variety of curious and not so PG thoughts are whizzing through their
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By: Jacob Loose, CISD Masters When we visited Oxfam’s London office, we learned about the Oxfam Theory of Change. It is based on the principle that first people ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. Our visit was designed to help representatives
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Mehraj Sheikh, BA History SOAS UNICEF on Campus is a student-initiated branch supporting UNICEF’s work, by hosting events to fundraise for the charity’s cause. We are proud to say that 100% of the money raised goes directly to UNICEF. This is the first year that the society is