Contributors

Contributors

RandomizerRandomizer (219)

Most progressive periodicals emphasize words over images. Not Souciant. Randomizer is a column devoted to our love for political visu...

Is Anti-Capitalism Always Leftist?
Bilal AhmedBilal Ahmed (217)

Bilal Ahmed is a writer and activist. He is currently preparing for his dissertation, which will compare tribal structures, and state relati...

The Moroccan Jihadist Problem
Charlie BertschCharlie Bertsch (167)

Charlie Bertsch lives in Tucson, Arizona. A founding editor and regular contributor to one of the world's first online magazines, Bad Subje...

Reconsidering Trump’s Fourth of July
Josh WhiteJosh White (165)

Josh White is an associate editor at Souciant. A philosophy graduate, White wrote his thesis on Marx’s theory of history and internati...

Leave to Remain
Mitchell PlitnickMitchell Plitnick (137)

Mitchell Plitnick is the former Director of the US Office of B'Tselem and was previously the Director of Jewish Voice for Peace. He is a wi...

Not All Nationalists Are the Same
John FosterJohn Foster (96)

John Foster is a librarian, writer, and musician based in Cleveland, Ohio. When not writing or attending shows, he can usually be found cur...

The Stakes of Whiteness: Slavery and Law in the Americas
Joel SchalitJoel Schalit (91)

Joel Schalit is the author of Israel vs. Utopia, and Jerusalem Calling. He has edited some of America's most influential magazines including ...

The View From the Newsroom
AnonymousAnonymous (90)

Anonymous is a Jewish educator who lives in northern Israel. He has taught at several Israeli and European universities, and has written nume...

Follow the Leader
MagadhMagadh (74)

Magadh is a teacher, writer, and musician based in Cleveland, Ohio. He is the co-editor of A Thousand Trivialities, a blog devoted to p...

Punk is History
Joe LockardJoe Lockard (64)

Joe Lockard is an associate professor of English at Arizona State University, where he directs the Antislavery Literature Project. His latest ...

Welcome to Slave Country
Paul MutterPaul Mutter (36)

Paul Mutter is a foreign policy blogger on leave from the NYU Arthur L. Carter Institute of Journalism. He contributes to PBS Tehran Bureau,...

Re-empowering Iran
Ari PaulAri Paul (36)

Ari Paul is a journalist in New York City and has covered politics for the Nation, the Guardian, the Brooklyn Rail, VICE News, the New ...

The Left Case for Impeachment
Jennifer CrakowJennifer Crakow (30)

Jennifer Crakow has been a consistent innovator in the field of application design for web, mobile devices, and television for clients inclu...

Anne Frank Lives
Leshu TorchinLeshu Torchin (30)

Leshu Torchin is a Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of St Andrews, where she works on the subject of film and human rights advocacy....

Carol and The Dressmaker
Oliver SheppardOliver Sheppard (30)

Oliver Sheppard is a DJ, writer, sometime-musician, and otherwise professional luftmensch currently in Texas. He ran Cultpunk.com, the radio ...

Oliver’s Top 10 for 2012
Keith Kahn-HarrisKeith Kahn-Harris (26)

Keith Kahn-Harris is a London-based sociologist, teacher, writer and Jewish communal activist. He is the author of Extreme Metal: Music...

Black Metal Politics in Taiwan
BoomboxBoombox (24)

We didn't create it. We didn't curate it. But we sure like it. Found sounds and criticism, courtesy of the Souciant Online Music Apprecia...

The Capital of Everywhere
Patrick WormsPatrick Worms (23)

When Patrick gets tired of working at his Waterloo, Belgium home, he either picks up a spade or goes to the airport. There's always a cr...

The Con Job
Maxim EdwardsMaxim Edwards (23)

Maxim Edwards is an Editorial Assistant at openDemocracy Russia. He has worked in Armenia and Tatarstan and writes on inter-ethnic...

Ukraine is Everywhere
Sticking PointsSticking Points (21)

Straight and to the point. Visual politics in the English-speaking world. A group column, by Souciant and friends.

Namaste Y’All
Paul SimonPaul Simon (21)

Paul Simon is pursuing a master's degree in North American Studies at the University of Leipzig. He thinks America is the most entertai...

Eastern Ukraine Lives
Yoni KrollYoni Kroll (20)

Yoni Kroll was born in Jerusalem and lives in Philadelphia. He spends most of his time perfecting his falafel recipe. He also enjoys going to...

Resuscitating Israeli Punk
Joe GlentonJoe Glenton (19)

Joe Glenton is a journalist covering war, defence and security. He was a British soldier for six years, serving in Afghanistan. He has written...

World Gone Mad
Emanuel StoakesEmanuel Stoakes (18)

Emanuel Stoakes is a UK-based independent journalist and researcher. His areas of interest are human rights, conflict resolution, social just...

Imperial Disappointments
Hashem OsseiranHashem Osseiran (14)

Hashem Osseiran is the deputy managing editor of Syria Deeply. He has previously written for The Arab Weekly and The Daily Star, and...

In Syria, Rebel Integration Promotes Conflict, Not Peace
Missed the GigMissed the Gig (14)

Missed the Gig is a group column. Consisting of photos of gig flyers from around the world, its purpose is to highlight the role that con...

Don’t Eat the American Pie
Mya GuarnieriMya Guarnieri (14)

Mya Guarnieri is a Tel Aviv-based journalist and writer. She is a regular contributor to Al-Jazeera English, 972 Magazine, and The Huffin...

Pre-post-stuck
Aperture PrioritiesAperture Priorities (14)
Germany in Headscarves
Kim NicoliniKim Nicolini (13)

Kim Nicolini is an artist, poet and cultural critic living in Tucson, Arizona. Her writing has appeared in Bad Subjects, Punk Planet, CounterP...

Remains of the Day
Tomasz KitlinskiTomasz Kitlinski (11)

Tomasz Kitlinski is a lecturer in the Department of Philosophy and Sociology, Marie Curie University, Lublin. He is an activist on behalf of l...

My Country is Turning Fascist
Ron NachmannRon Nachmann (11)

Ron Nachmann is a writer, editor, and producer in San Francisco. He contributes to Dangerous Minds [www.dangerousminds.net] and has written...

Tale of the Tape
Zack FurnessZack Furness (11)

Zack Furness is a Communications professor at Penn State Greater Allegheny and the author and editor of several books, including One Less ...

Hearts and Vultures
Eric SwedlundEric Swedlund (10)

Eric Swedlund is a writer, photographer and editor living in Tucson, Arizona. A former award-winning daily newspaper reporter, he specialize...

Retro-Futurism Soundtrack
Steven RubioSteven Rubio (10)

Steven Rubio has been a fast-food employee, steelworker, student, and teacher, but his goal has always been to be retired. His blog, St...

Call the Doctor
TV EyeTV Eye (10)

TV Eye is a shared pseudonym for a revolving cast of Souciant editorial staff members. Politically complex television images are TV Eye's sub...

Televisions of Berlin
Helena BedwellHelena Bedwell (10)

Helena is a graduate of the London School of Journalism. Her early career was as a television reporter for broadcasters such as Al-Jazeera, Ru...

My Dog is Dead
Cameron MacdonaldCameron Macdonald (9)

Cameron Macdonald is the news editor of the Elk Grove Citizen newspaper. He has also contributed music stories, interviews, and reviews to XL...

Anarchy is Disappointing
Karl MarxKarl Marx (9)

Karl Marx (1818-1883) was a German Jewish philosopher, best known as the founder of Communism.

19th Century Populism
Preethi NalluPreethi Nallu (9)

Preethi Nallu is the managing editor of Refugees Deeply. Born in Iran and raised in India, she has reported on global displacement in a variet...

Tightening of Borders Makes Women Invisible Along Balkan Refugee Route
Annia CiezadloAnnia Ciezadlo (8)

Annia Ciezadlo is a Senior Editor at Syria Deeply. She has been living and reporting in the Middle East since 2003, focusing on the politic...

The World According to Trump, and What It May Mean for Syria
Matt RubensteinMatt Rubenstein (8)

Matt Rubenstein is a classical pianist living in Berlin. He has recorded the works of modern German composers for Berlin Classics and the...

Saints, Guilty and Otherwise
Jimmy ChenJimmy Chen (8)

Jimmy Chen lives in San Francisco. He also contributes at Htmlgiant, Thought Catalog, Bygone Bureau, and Splice Today. He is an Asian-Cana...

Lenin Was Punk
Hannah SchalitHannah Schalit (8)

Hannah Schalit was born in Jerusalem in 1924. When peace broke out after WWII, she studied speech and drama in London. When the State of Is...

King Farouk and Me
Dan FriedmanDan Friedman (8)

Dan Friedman is managing editor of the Forward. Among other venues he has written for the New York Times, the Financial Times, the Wall St...

Between Hype and Pastries
Dan GlassDan Glass (8)

Dan Glass is an award-winning activist, performer and writer. An educator from Training for Transformation born out of the Anti-Apart...

Homocaust Cabaret in London
Joanna SteinhardtJoanna Steinhardt (7)

Joanna Steinhardt is a freelance writer in the Bay Area. Recipient of a Master's degree in Cultural Studies from Hebrew University, Steinh...

Gone, But Not Forgotten
Danielle SottosantiDanielle Sottosanti (7)

Danielle Sottosanti is a full-time journalist in New York City. Her work has appeared in FTfm (a Financial Times publication), Ignites, Fund...

Squatting in America
FarahFarah (6)

Farah (a pen name) is a young Syrian woman who lives in Syria’s capital city Damascus with her family.

My Days in Damascus: The Strategy of Minding My Own Business
Raz MesinaiRaz Mesinai (6)

Raz Mesinai (Badawi, Sub Dub, ROIR Records) founded the Underground Producers Alliance, with a roster of mentors including HPrizm (Anti...

ZamZam: System Wide Dub
Courtney UttCourtney Utt (6)

Courtney Utt is an award-winning visual designer and brand strategist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The longtime chief book designer...

Painting the Target
Anahita RouzbehAnahita Rouzbeh (5)

Anahita Rouzbeh graduated from Cornell University. Her areas of research are urban collective memories, events and public space with concentra...

Space is the Place
Alessandria MasiAlessandria Masi (5)

Alessandria is the managing editor of Syria Deeply. She is a native of Montreal, Canada and lives in Beirut.

Writing Syria: Wendy Pearlman’s ‘Oral History of the Revolution’
Neil WiernikNeil Wiernik (5)

Toronto's Neil Wiernik has released music on Noise Factory, Paper+Sound (as NAW), on Elevation Recordings, and soon, on BlRR, for post-...

Bloor West Village
Xaven TanerXaven Taner (5)

Xaven Taner is chap in his early 30s living in West London. Contact him at xaventaner@hotmail.com.

Brexit and the Empty Core of Liberal Centrism
Shai GinsburgShai Ginsburg (5)

Shai Ginsburg teaches Israeli Cultural Studies at Duke University. He works on modern Jewish politics and ideologies ,and publishes on literat...

Internalizing Israeli Violence
Shirin BarghiShirin Barghi (5)

Shirin Barghi is an Iranian journalist, photographer and soon-to-be graduate of New York University. She has more than three years of journa...

Murdoch’s Egypt
Sam WattSam Watt (5)

Sam Watt is from Glasgow, where he once upon a time studied philosophy. He is now based in Berlin, where he has been involved in various so...

End of the United Kingdom
Lloyd CenterLloyd Center (5)

Big in Portland since the mid-sixties. He had something to do with the beginnings of the K, Sub Pop, Up and Cabin Games labels.

The Dream of the ’90s
Ahmad ZazaAhmad Zaza (4)

Ahmad Zaza is a Syrian journalist based in Istanbul.

‘I Was Something She Bought’: Syrian Men Marry to Survive
Armen GeorgianArmen Georgian (4)

Armen Georgian's writing springs from his multiple identities; Russian, Armenian, British and European. Born in Moscow, he spent his forma...

From Damascus, With Love
Kim BodeKim Bode (4)

Kim Bode is the community editor of Syria Deeply and Refugees Deeply, working at the intersection of strategy, editorial and product. Born...

Collecting Evidence of War Crimes in Syria
Arthur NeslenArthur Neslen (4)

Arthur Neslen is the author of In your eyes a sandstorm (University of California Press, 2011) and Occupied Minds (Pluto, 2006.) He has worked...

Black, Proud and Palestinian
Brownshirt BluesBrownshirt Blues (4)
Anne Frank for Populists
Spencer SunshineSpencer Sunshine (4)

Spencer Sunshine lives in Brooklyn and writes about anarchist intellectual history, as well as contemporary far-right and anti-semitic polit...

Punk’s Past Alternate Future
Robert PalmerRobert Palmer (4)

Robert Palmer was killed in the Battle of Um el Hannah, in 1916, at the age of 27. Letters from Mesopotamia, a collection of his correspond...

Fighting Through Iraq
A.M. GittlitzA.M. Gittlitz (4)

A.M. GITTLITZ is a Brooklyn based zinester, freelance journalist, fiction writer, and delivery boy. His work focuses on the topic...

Hungary’s Memorial Wars
Mel PlantMel Plant (4)

Mel Plant is a student of Arabic and Turkish at SOAS, University of London. She is also editor-in-chief of The SOAS Spirit. Her research inter...

Diyarbakır is Burning
Sarmad Al JilaneSarmad Al Jilane (3)

Sarmad is a founding member of the activist-run Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently media outlet. He left RBSS in early 2017 and joined Sound...

Unlearning ISIS: The Battle to Reclaim Hearts and Minds
David WatsonDavid Watson (3)

David was born in Yorkshire to a Scottish mother and a Geordie father. At the age of seven, his family moved to London, where he now li...

All-Consuming Predators
Witold PileckiWitold Pilecki (3)

Witold Pilecki was the founder of the Secret Polish Army (Tajna Armia Polska) resistance group in German-occupied Poland. He is the autho...

To the Crematorium
Tate WilliamsTate Williams (3)

Tate Williams is a freelance writer, editor and nonprofit fundraiser. After growing up in the suburbs of Phoenix, he attended the Universit...

Brick on a String
Ida Laura PfeifferIda Laura Pfeiffer (3)

Ida Laura Pfeiffer (14 October 1797, Vienna – 27 October 1858, Vienna), was an Austrian traveler and travel book author. She was one of...

Voyage to Palestine
Vance GallowayVance Galloway (3)

Vance Galloway is a media technician and musician based in Seattle, Washington. From running live sound for seminal clubs such as DC's 9:30 ...

Hungarian Mettle
Helen CampbellHelen Campbell (3)

Helen Campbell (born Helen Stuart; July 5, 1839 – July 22, 1918) was a social reformer and pioneer in the field of home economics. She w...

Matter is God
Behzad YaghmaianBehzad Yaghmaian (3)

Behzad Yaghmaian is a professor of political economy at Ramapo College of New Jersey. His books include Embracing the Infidel: Stories of Mu...

Life After the Jungle, the Route That Will Not Close
Zenab BintifadaZenab Bintifada (3)

Zenab Bintifada is a British-Pakistani writer and activist.

Killing Fields
Nauman NaqviNauman Naqvi (3)

Nauman Naqvi has a PhD in anthropology from Columbia University, and is an Assistant Professor in the founding faculty of the Habib Univer...

A Muslim Meditation on Violence
Cristina RocaCristina Roca (2)

Cristina Roca is a freelance journalist based in Barcelona. Her work has appeared in Maclean’s, the National Post and other publications. Sh...

How the Syrian War Changed How War Crimes Are Documented
Paul BuhlePaul Buhle (2)

Paul Buhle’s latest books are comics: Bohemians and Abraham Lincoln for Beginners (January, 2015). He admits to having been Labor/M...

The War of Poetry
Asmaa TayehAsmaa Tayeh (2)

Asmaa is an English literature student at Gaza's Al-Azhar University. She was born in Gaza and lives in a refugee camp called Jabalia in nort...

UN Funding Cuts Jeopardise Deaf Children
John L. SpivakJohn L. Spivak (2)

John Louis Spivak (June 13, 1897 – September 30, 1981) was an American socialist and later communist reporter and author, who wrote about...

Nazi America
Dada SchlingDada Schling (2)

Dada Schling is a Queer activist, born and bred in East London to Jewish-Czech immigrants. She combines her nursing with a wide rang...

Unacceptably Free
London Palestine ActionLondon Palestine Action (2)

London Palestine Action is a network of people in London taking creative action against the Israeli military occupation, through direct act...

Subvertising the Occupation
Youmna al-DimashqiYoumna al-Dimashqi (2)

Youmna al-Dimashqi is an independent Syrian freelance journalist and a regular Syria Deeply contributor.

The Civilian Cost of Syria’s New Battle Against ISIS
Jacob Gould SchurmanJacob Gould Schurman (2)

Jacob Gould Schurman (May 22, 1854 – August 12, 1942) was a Canadian-born educator and diplomat, who served as President of Cornell Univer...

The Future of the Balkans
DadabaseDadabase (2)

Dadabase is the pseudonym of a well-respected political analyst, whose work has appeared everywhere.

Fascism, Folk-Woke Activists & The Question of #noplatforming and Leftist Disunity
Eline GordtsEline Gordts (2)

Eline Gordts is News Deeply's Community Editor. She's on Twitter at @elinegordts.

What Cities Have Learned on the Front Lines of Refugee Response
Doug GreeneDoug Greene (2)

Doug Greene is an independent historian living in the greater Boston area. He is the author of Specters of Communism, on the French commu...

Devotion and Resistance
Herbert StrangHerbert Strang (2)

Herbert Strang was the pseudonym of two English authors, George Herbert Ely (1866–1958) and Charles James L'Estrange (1867–1947). ...

Under the Boot of Britain
Lewis R. FreemanLewis R. Freeman (2)

Lewis Ransome Freeman (1878- 1960) was an American explorer, journalist and war correspondent who wrote over twenty books chronicling his ...

All in the Family
Josh KittoJosh Kitto (2)

Josh Kitto is a blogger and freelance writer based in London. He specialises in British and American politics, with an occasional focus on q...

Windrush: The Hard Border Already Exists
Nour SamahaNour Samaha (2)

Nour Samaha is a freelance journalist based in Beirut. She has been covering the region for over a decade, and has reported from Lebanon, Sy...

Elites, War Profiteers Take Aim at Syria’s Economic Future
Iraq Study GroupIraq Study Group (2)

The Iraq Study group was a ten-person bipartisan panel appointed on March 15, 2006, by the United States Congress, that was charged with asses...

Some Alternative Courses in Iraq
Rio GoldhammerRio Goldhammer (2)

Rio Goldhammer was born in London, England, and grew up in Yorkshire. He is a musician best known as the singer for Bradford post-punk band 1...

Hannah Arendt Was Here
Jeff HalperJeff Halper (2)

Jeff Halper is the head of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD). He is the author of War Against the People: Israel,...

‘I Came for the Jihad’: Women Tell of Life in the Islamic State
Alexandra BradfordAlexandra Bradford (2)

Alexandra Bradford covers war, conflicts and humanitarian issues in the Middle East for English print. Follow her work at alexandrabradford...

Looking for Democracy in Idlib: Diary Entry
MarahMarah (2)

Marah (a pen name) is a teenage girl who lived in one of Syria's besieged neighborhoods before fleeing the country in 2016. She now live...

My Life Outside Syria: Diary Entry 73
Haneen Abed ElnabyHaneen Abed Elnaby (2)

Haneen is studying English literature at the Islamic University of Gaza. One of her main loves is to read books, and her favourite is the no...

A Day to Remember
Jason FesselJason Fessel (2)

Jason Fessel is a San Francisco-based musician and writer.

Monsters Are Real
Greg BarnhiselGreg Barnhisel (2)

Greg Barnhisel is associate professor of English at Duquesne University and author of James Laughlin, New Directions, and the Remaking of ...

Actually Existing Ireland
Arun GuptaArun Gupta (2)

Arun Gupta is a founding editor of the Indypendent magazine and was a founding editor of the Occupy Wall Street Journal. He has been publi...

How to Flood Wall Street
Steven MichelsSteven Michels (2)

Steven Michels is associate professor of political science at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, CT and the author of The Case aga...

Dead and Buried
Holly DagresHolly Dagres (2)

Holly Dagres is an Iranian American analyst and commentator on Middle East affairs. Currently living in Egypt, she is the assistant editor at...

Iranian American Self-Hatred
Mark SussmanMark Sussman (2)

Mark Sussman is a writer and a doctoral candidate in English at the CUNY Graduate Center. He teaches American literature at Hunter College...

Looking for Judith Butler
Mark LeVineMark LeVine (2)

Mark LeVine is a professor of modern Middle Eastern history at the University of California at Irvine, is a distinguished visiting professo...

Israel and Philosophy, Part II
Byron DielByron Diel (2)

Byron H. Diel is the percussionist of Respectable Citizen. A paramedic at American Ambulance, he is currently studying chemistry at Fresno ...

Post-Techno Improv, Part 2
Brock CraftBrock Craft (2)

Brock is a teacher, tinkerer, and ex-phone phreak, based in London - though he is originally genuine Texas white trash. Now he brings home...

Rupert Murdoch Was Here
Anne Elizabeth MooreAnne Elizabeth Moore (2)

Anne Elizabeth Moore is a Fulbright scholar, artist, and the author of Unmarketable (New Press 2007) and Cambodian Grrrl: Self-Publishing in P...

Holiday in Cambodia
Richard AndersonRichard Anderson (2)

Richard Anderson is a “user/customer experience” practice, management, and organizational strategy consultant, teacher, commentator,...

The Social in Media
Kevin C. MooreKevin C. Moore (2)

Kevin C. Moore is a lecturer in the Writing Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He earned a PhD in English from UCLA, wher...

State of the Art City
Ari Paul and Michael BrooksAri Paul and Michael Brooks (2)

Michael Brooks is a contributor and producer on the Majority Report, host of INTERSECTION on Aslan Media and his writing has appeared in...

We Are All Hypocrites
Beatrice BostrowBeatrice Bostrow (1)

Beatrice Bostrow, the author of The Cult of Influence (1912), was an American journalist and labour activist.

Democracy Breeds Aristocracy
Nicholas Van HearNicholas Van Hear (1)

Nicholas Van Hear is deputy director at COMPAS, the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society. He works on forced migration, conflict, developm...

Refugia: Answering the Critics
Wladimir van WilgenburgWladimir van Wilgenburg (1)

Wladimir van Wilgenburg is an analyst of Kurdish politics for the Jamestown Foundation and a freelance journalist. He is currently reporting ...

Kurds Trump Turkey in the Fight Against ISIS in Raqqa
Haneen Abo SoadHaneen Abo Soad (1)

Haneen, 24, studied secretarial skills at Al-Aqsa University, but then got married at the age of 19--too young, she says--and quickly had...

Torn Loyalties: What Future of Gaza?
Gaja Pellegrini-BettoliGaja Pellegrini-Bettoli (1)

Gaja Pellegrini-Bettoli is a freelance journalist based in Beirut. She has been a frequent guest on Italy’s Mediaset TV channels with commen...

Intrepid Sisters Reveal How ISIS Depends on Role of Women
Charles DavisCharles Davis (1)

Charles Davis is a writer in Los Angeles who has reported from Central and South America for outlets such as Al-Jazeera, The Nation and The...

All This Russia Stuff
Francois CrepeauFrancois Crepeau (1)

Francois Crepeau is the United Nations special rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, the Hans & Tamar Oppenheimer professor in pu...

U.N. Rapporteur: We Need a Long-Term Strategy for Human Migration
Rhianna LouiseRhianna Louise (1)

Rhianna Louise manages Education and Outreach at ForcesWatch, a UK organisation that monitors and challenges militarisation and scrutinizes...

Protesting Armed Forces Day in Liverpool
Swati MehtaSwati Mehta (1)

Swati Mehta is a German Chancellor fellow at the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, working on financial inclusion for forcibly displaced pers...

How Integration is Actually Working in Germany
Housen Akoush and Nawar OliverHousen Akoush and Nawar Oliver (1)

Housen Akoush is a Syrian journalist. Nawar Oliver is a military researcher and a military mapper and analyst at Omran Center, a think tank b...

Analysis: The Battlefield in Syria’s Southernmost City, Daraa
Willem StaesWillem Staes (1)

Willem Staes (@willemstaes) works as a researcher at Belgian NGO 11.11.11, focusing on the Syria crisis and the situation in Israel/Palest...

The European Union Must Reconsider Its Role in Syrian Returns
Ilaria SesanaIlaria Sesana (1)

Ilaria Sesana is an Italian freelance journalist who specializes in migration stories. She can be found on Twitter @ilariasesana.

Italy’s Smuggling Prosecutions Ruin Lives While Real Criminals Go Free
Loubna Mrie and Ahmad ZazaLoubna Mrie and Ahmad Zaza (1)

Loubna Mrie is a Syrian activist and photojournalist. She is currently based in New York City, where she is a researcher on Syrian and Mi...

‘Almost as Bad as the Regime’: Inside Syria’s Rebel-Run Prisons
Jeffery FarnolJeffery Farnol (1)

Jeffery Farnol (10 February 1878 – 9 August 1952) was a British writer from 1907 until his death, known for writing more than 40 romance nov...

Glory Everlasting
Dr. David BeversluisDr. David Beversluis (1)

Dr. David Beversluis worked with Doctors Without Borders on board the Aquarius from June to August and is an assistant professor of internati...

What It Means for Migrants When Europe Blocks Sea Rescues
Anna Lekas MillerAnna Lekas Miller (1)

Anna Lekas Miller is an Istanbul-based journalist, and has been covering the refugee crisis for the past three years. Follow her on Twit...

Displaced in the Lingering Cloud Raised by ISIS’ Scorched Earth Policy
Rachel WilsonRachel Wilson (1)

Rachel Wilson is an immigration lawyer in Tucson, Arizona. She is currently a Fulbright Scholar in Belgorod, Russia. You can follow he...

Resisting Russiaphobia
Isabella Lowenthal-IsaacsIsabella Lowenthal-Isaacs (1)
Selective Solidarity
Hiba Dlewati and Nawar OliverHiba Dlewati and Nawar Oliver (1)

Hiba Dlewati is a print and multimedia journalist from Damascus, Syria and the assistant managing editor of Syria Deeply. Born in Michigan...

‘An Invitation to Kill’: Proxies, Foreign Powers in Syria Endanger Civilians
Noor YacoubiNoor Yacoubi (1)
After fleeing Iraq, Palestinian family struggles – and reminisces – in Gaza
Mya Guarnieri Jaradat and Joel SchalitMya Guarnieri Jaradat and Joel Schalit (1)

Mya Guarnieri Jaradat is the author of The Unchosen: The Lives of Israel's New Others (Pluto Press) and has contributed to numerous publicat...

Ideal Speech Situations
Mike ColeMike Cole (1)

Mike Cole is Professor in Education at the University of East London and author of New Development in Critical Race Theory in Educat...

Localizing Trump
Cory RodgersCory Rodgers (1)

Cory Rodgers is a DPhil student in Anthropology at the University of Oxford and has conducted research at Oxford’s Refugee Studies Centre.

How the ‘Safe Country’ Concept is Putting Refugees Out in the Cold
Salsabeel HamdanSalsabeel Hamdan (1)

Born in 1993, “Sal” moved to Gaza when she was about 17 from the UAE. She struggled and still is struggling to fit into the extraordinary ...

Living in an Underground Cement Cube
Bill FrelickBill Frelick (1)

Bill Frelick is the director of the Refugee Rights Program at Human Rights Watch.

The U.S. Does Not Shortchange Christian Refugees: HRW
D.H. LawrenceD.H. Lawrence (1)

D. H. Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930) was an English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic and painter.

The Worship of Death
Joel Schalit and Charlie BertschJoel Schalit and Charlie Bertsch (1)

Joel Schalit and Charlie Bertsch co-founded Souciant.

Dub Origins
Steven DavidsonSteven Davidson (1)

Steven Davidson is a freelance journalist based in the Middle East. His work has appeared in the Forward, the Times of Israel, Haaretz, Salon,...

Israel’s ‘Deposit Law’ Is Pushing Asylum Seekers to Financial Ruin
Izza Leghtas and Jessica TheaIzza Leghtas and Jessica Thea (1)

Izza Leghtas is a senior advocate at Refugees International in Washington, DC. Jessica Thea (@jess_thea) is a fellow at Refugees International.

Turkey Must Not Ignore Non-Syrian Refugees
Herbert Adams GibbonsHerbert Adams Gibbons (1)

Herbert Adams Gibbons was an American journalist who wrote about international politics and European colonialism during the early 20th century.

The Birth of Nationality
Claire HigginsClaire Higgins (1)

Claire Higgins is a senior research associate at the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Sydney.

How a Visa for Asylum Seekers Could Grant Safe Passage to Europe
Sarah Deardorff MillerSarah Deardorff Miller (1)

Sarah Deardorff Miller is an adjunct faculty member at the University of London and Columbia University. She consults for various organizati...

Why Anti-Xenophobia Campaigns May Backfire
Hannah MarkayHannah Markay (1)

Hannah Markay is a recent graduate of the MSc in refugee and forced migration studies at the University of Oxford. She is working i...

How the Debate Over Flags Sidelined Europe’s Migrant Rescue Ships
Daniel Howden and Apostolis FotialdisDaniel Howden and Apostolis Fotialdis (1)

Daniel Howden is a senior editor at News Deeply. A contributor to the Economist and the Guardian, he was previously the Africa correspondent...

The Refugee Archipelago
Elie SchalitElie Schalit (1)

Elie Schalit (1921-2015) was born and raised in Palestine. A commander in the pre-state Jewish military organization, the Haganah, Schalit h...

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