Brexit
Kitty Walsh, BA History and World Philosophies Photo credit: Creative Commons Pull quote: “Amanda Coakley wrote for the Irish Times that “citizenship of my country should be more than a flag of convenience for the Brits”, urging those seeking passports to base their decision on Irish cultural heritage rather than
Canada
Arooj Sultan, BA Economics & Politics Rahaf Mohammed, the 18-year-old Saudi refugee who fled from her family, is now safely residing in Canada. The teenager made headlines earlier this month when, citing family violence, she fled to Thailand and barricaded herself in a hotel room whilst sending out appeals for
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By Rohan Mapara LLB Law & Holly Sampson BA Middle Eastern Studies and World Philosophies This year Varsity returns for the third time, bigger and better! Kicking off on Monday, 25 February with Rugby in the evening, we are in for a tight competition after a narrow win by SOAS
culture
By Thomas Underhill, BA Japanese Image credit: Creative Commons What follows is a list of my 10 or so favourite films of the year (that I’ve seen), that came out in the UK in 2018. It’s all in alphabetical order except for the final entry, which I feel
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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,
sport
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
Calais
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