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Student docs brought in-house at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival

Student docs brought in-house at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival

The Human Rights Watch Film Festival (HRWFF) is underway at the Ritzy Picturehouse, from March 18th to the 28th. One of its nights was dedicated to student-made documentaries, and the SOAS Spirit was there. By Paloma Rao This event, created in association with the Human Rights Watch Film Festival and

Under the Skin

Under the Skin

Jonathan Glazer’s sci-fi thriller “Under The Skin” is being celebrated as “astonishing”, “unforgettable” and a “masterpiece”. Is that really true? The SOAS Spirit had a look. By Dorina Marlen Heller I am not going to pretend that this film made any sense to me while watching it, or that

Interview with an Alum: Hongxing Zhang

Interview with an Alum: Hongxing Zhang

The SOAS alumni column seeks to track down what the alumni are doing after they graduated from SOAS and tries to elicit crucial advice on how to survive in the “real world”. This issue we interview Dr Hongxing Zhang who works as a Senior Curator at the V&A

RADA presents Ibsen’s “The Lady from the Sea”

RADA presents Ibsen’s “The Lady from the Sea”

There is a treasure right opposite from our beloved uni. The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts puts on great plays; if you haven’t seen one yet, go check it out and follow the first steps on stage of the next Joan Collins or Anthony Hopkins. By Dorina Marlen Heller

That's So SOAS

That's So SOAS

Our guide to being the coolest kid on the block The most fulfilling part of your university experience is often to be found in dialogue with your peers, and nowhere are you fulfilled more thoroughly than here at SOAS. This dialogue is given a formal, structured and (above all) compulsory

"The Orange Trees of Baghdad"

"The Orange Trees of Baghdad"

By Beth Jellicoe Where do I start? “Orange Trees” is simply exquisite: a tale that understands the complexities of families, the way war and imperialism rip through not only nations but individual hearts, lives and relationships. Raised in Britain and Canada as a third culture child (with an Iraqi father

"The Orange Trees of Baghdad" - a conversation with Leilah Nadir

"The Orange Trees of Baghdad" - a conversation with Leilah Nadir

“The Orange Trees of Baghdad” is Leilah Nadir’s first book, a haunting memoir of a Baghdad she never knew, but which filled her life through the stories her family told her. Set against the backdrop of the Iraq war, the book brings a different perspective on Baghdad’s fate.