By Amaar Baloch, BA History Along flows the Tigris, Carrying with her the weight of the world. Unrequited love, Unfulfilled dreams, Undeserved pain, From countless centuries come and gone and yet to arrive. She thinks… Read More » Songs of the Tigris
Anonymous ‘Turkey should be proud of the peace declaration signatories,”’ said Noam Chomsky last week, referring to 1128 academics that have lost their jobs, been banned from leaving the country, interrogated and detained for signing… Read More »The Costs of Peace-Seeking: Academics Under Attack
Mel Plant, BA Arabic and Turkish This Friday, SOAS Students’ Union co-hosted an open meeting with the SOAS UCU and Unison branches, extending solidarity to Turkish and Kurdish academics in Turkey who have come under… Read More »London Academics Extend Solidarity to Academics, Kurds Under Siege
Racha Sobratee, BSc Economics SOAS students have collaborated to found a new online platform, Huraia, publishing articles discussing the wider MENA (Middle East North Africa) region. To celebrate the launch of Huraia, the JCR hosted… Read More »The Plight of Freedom
Jack Irwin, BA Chinese and History UCLU has decided to allow Macer Gifford, a former UCL student, a platform to talk about his experiences fighting ISIS as part of Kurdish group Yekîneyên Parastina Gel (YPG). Gifford,… Read More »UCL Union Reverses Ban on Ex-Student Talking About His Experiences Fighting ISIS
Anonymous On 7th June Turkey elected its 550 members of parliament, the 25th in the history of the Republic. The general elections, for the first time in Turkish history, triumphed and gave Kurdish and minority… Read More »Turbulent Times Await, as Turkey Heads Toward Re-Elections