The Power of Weird: Unveiling its Political Weaponization
Weird, it seems, has recently been weaponized as a political hand grenade, lobbed by Democrats squarely at the Republicans, and especially their headline act, Donald […]
UN chief calls for inclusive elections in Bangladesh
UN Bangladesh/Mithu Bangladesh faces political turmoil after the Prime Minister resigned and fled the country following weeks of widespread protests. The UN Secretary-General has welcomed […]
Review: Twisters
Twisters opened in cinemas this summer nearly 30 years after the release of the 1996 film Twister. Twisters really not a sequel, but more of […]
Review: Inside Job
Filmmaker Kiana Rawji at the Calgary International Film Festival Inside Job is a short film by Kiana Rawji about an Indian housewife, her African domestic […]
Remembering the massacre at the Oak Creek Gurudwara in Wisconsin 12 years ago
My memorable visit to the site of racist massacre in US Close to the 12th anniversary of the killings of seven Sikhs at Oak Creek […]
Review: Between the Temples
Between the Temples is an off-beat whimsical Jewish comedy by Nathan Silver about finding love starring Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane. The film debuted at […]
Paris was an Olympics of Equality
Medalists Tigst Assefa, Sifan Hassan and Hellen Obiri celebrate in front of Les Invalides In the last event of the Paris Olympics, women from Africa […]
The conflict in Gaza through a Kurdish lens
The Kurdish flag. Credit: William John Gauthier / Flickr The other day at work in Vancouver, Canada, I found myself caught between two conversations I […]
Iran sentences Kurdish Activist Pakhshan Azizi to death
Pakhshan Azizi, a graduate of the Department of Social Work at Allameh Tabatabaei University in Tehran, Iran, and a Kurdish female activist, was arrested on […]
Anti-immigration protests in the UK are a reaction to Islamophobia
Demonstrators toss a trash bin during an anti-immigration protest, in Rotherham, Britain, August 4, 2024. (Reuters) Riots have erupted at anti-immigration protests in towns and […]