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Media Manipulation: The State of Jordanian Journalism

Media Manipulation: The State of Jordanian Journalism

By Amelia Casey-Rerhaye, Senior Foreign Affairs Editor On a chilly evening in December, I meet my friend for dinner in Amman. My head is spinning after spending all day trying to write an article in Arabic for a university assignment. She asks me about my day so I pose the

Shamima Begum vs. Gypsy Rose: The Clash of Public Sentiment

By Sarah Bennani, BSc Economics Both the tales of Shamima Begum and Gypsy Rose caught people’s attention, sparking debate, moral dilemmas, and varying degrees of empathy. These two controversial figures are riding an exhilarating oscillation of social change as they separate from one another. Debates about radicalisation, personal responsibility,

SOAS ADMINISTRATION REFUSE TO DENY ISRAELI INVESTMENTS

By Barty Roberts, SOAS News Editor At the end of 2023, Palestine Solidarity UK reported that SOAS had invested more than £2 million in companies which they describe as complicit in Israeli apartheid. The SOAS Spirit asked SOAS to confirm if this was true and if so, what their justification

SOAS’ Confused Management

By Barty Roberts, SOAS News Editor There seems to be an ever-growing chasm between the students and management at SOAS. Nothing encapsulates this more than SOAS investing more than £2 million in companies that support the Netanyahu-led Israeli regime. The SOAS student body prides itself on its opposition to the

Main Character Syndrome

Main Character Syndrome

By Kristi Greenwood, BA Japanese ‘Hyper-individualism’ is the concept being promoted under the disguise of ‘self-care’ by influencer after influencer online. The inherited belief is that being kind doesn’t get you anywhere. A sign of this belief system is the rising popularity of YouTuber TheWizardLiz teaching us how to

Police To Inquire Into Late Actor Lee Sun-Kyun Drug Investigation

Police To Inquire Into Late Actor Lee Sun-Kyun Drug Investigation

By Ellie Sprinthall, BA International Relations and Korean Trigger Warning: Mentions of suicide and drug use Following the apparent suicide of South Korean actor Lee Sun-Kyun in December 2023, police have announced they will look into how Lee’s drug investigation was handled. The late actor, best known for his