Reintegrating Yazidi women and girls back into the community
By Asha Kaushal In the centre of Lalish, Iraq, home to the holiest temple in the Yazidi faith, is a small pool of water...
Diaspora, integration and radicalisation: lessons from the case of Dame Louise Casey
On the 5th December 2016, Dame Louise Casey’s review into opportunity and integration was published. The review aims to consider what could be done...
Sunni and Shia: the problem with the naming issue
‘The Middle East divide between Sunni and Shia explained in one map’ So announced a headline from the Independent earlier this year. Scroll down...
Myanmar: democracy delayed
Clashes between Muslims and government authorities and claims of human rights violations against the Rohingya people in Rakhine are an opportunity for Myanmar to...
The oppression of the Falun Gong: China’s spiritual crusade
This month is the 16th anniversary of the Chinese governments crackdown of Falun Gong in 1999. The persecution of Falun Gong has a surprisingly...
After the Spring: the regression of women’s rights in Egypt
Following the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak in 2011, Continuing political instability in Egpyt has thrown women’s liberties into a state of limbo. Amy fleming...
Women in Egypt: ‘Why Not?’
In the second part of DiA’s exclusive coverage of International Women’s Day, Cardiff University Journalism students Sara Maranon and Sandhya Kannan investigate how the...
Voices of Partition
“At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom,” pronounced Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, as...