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LGBTQIA+ rights neglected at the hands of FIFA for the 2022 World Cup

By Mia Jin Haagensli, MSc Politics of the Middle East FIFA strikes yet again. This time, the notorious football governing body is famously hosting its 2022 World Cup in Qatar, a country much known for its neglect of LGBTQIA+ rights. When Qatar, a country with a known history of human

An Ensemble of Halves

Lilli Hill, BA Music and World Philosophies “The single honours BA Africa and Black Diaspora studies programme has been scrapped, undermining the very name “School of Oriental and African Studies.” In front of me a santur is placed, and I am asked to make a sound. I’m not quite

Priced out of being alive: young renters in Britain

Written by Ianto Griffin, BA in Music and Anthropology It’s disabusing us of the crazy notion that we have a right to our youth, and this is seriously fucking dangerous. I’m sitting, holding my keys in my hand, they are a comfort that I haven’t felt in

Democrats Don’t Deserve Our Vote

Written by Sam Landis, BA Social Anthropology and International Relations ‘A party which sustains supremacy by lying to the public and mob-ilising voters based on a platform that offers false hope and maliciously harvests trust from society’s most oppressed…does not deserve my support.’ Travelling back home to America

NEOM: The Future of Saudi Arabia?

Angus Robins (MSC Politics of the Middle East) ‘’This is a much-needed investment into Saudi’s bleak economic forecast; poor innovation and, graduate employment rates have resulted in a drastically underdeveloped private sector.’’ Saudi Arabia has recently released concept art for their new mega-project NEOM: The Line. At first glance,

What’s life in wartime Ukraine really like?

What’s life in wartime Ukraine really like?

By Josephine Aitken, BA Social Anthropology When we hear the word ‘war’ we try to draw on our pre-existing knowledge of it, usually of the World Wars we learnt of in school, or conflicts in ‘developing’ countries. From media consumption, the image we construct of Ukraine prior is of a

The West's Hypocrisy Regarding the Iranian Protest

The West's Hypocrisy Regarding the Iranian Protest

By Hiba Ul-Hasan (BA History) and, Unzeela Manzoor (BA Politics and International Relations) Hiba: It would seem evident that, given the circumstances of her killing, and Iranian laws that violate UN human rights rules, there should be a focus on condemning and holding the Iranian regime responsible? The news outlets