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Human RightsThe Dangerous Disintegration of Yemen
Taking a page from the Soviet script of 1968 Czechoslovakia, Saudi Arabia has come to the fraternal aid of Yemeni President Rabbo...
Global JusticeSocial Media in China and Suppression Thereof
Citizens’ voicing dissent through social media as well as the Communist Party’s efforts to quell speech it deems a threat to its...
Global Justice50% Women, 100% Equal
A few weeks ago, my professor did something I’m not used to witnessing in liberal Berkeley, California: he made a sexist comment....
Global JusticeEurope’s Proactive Efforts to Reach Out to Youth at Risk of Joining Jihadist Movements
In my previous blog, I mentioned examples of interfaith and intercultural dialogue going on in Europe and emphasized the need for expansion...
Global JusticeThe Syrian Refugee Crisis Demands Our Attention
This March marks four years since the beginning of the Syrian civil war. In these four years, over 210,000 human beings have...
Global JusticeThe Other Reason to Educate Girls
Programs seeking to improve girls’ education around the world have a laundry list of critical justifications supporting them. In particular, girls’ education...
Europe Needs to Expand Interfaith Dialogue
The attacks on the French Satirical Newspaper Charlie Hebdo show the need for more interfaith dialogue in Europe, both in the expansion...
The Cultural Heritage of Iraq and Syria: “Destroyed by human ignorance − rebuilt by human hope”
On Friday, 27 February 2015, the United Nations Security Council condemned "the deliberate destruction of irreplaceable religious and cultural artifacts housed in...
Human RightsSuppression of Academic Discussion in China
Although China does allow slightly more freedom of speech than North Korea, ever since Xi Jinping became President in 2013, the country...
Ending the Practice of Foot-Binding
Although the struggle for women’s rights in China is far from over, the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party has allowed women...
World Day of Social Justice: The People’s Revolution is on the March
The United Nations General Assembly, on the initiative of Nurbch Jeenbrev, the Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan to the UN in New York, has...