Abroad
From Gaza to Amsterdam: the story of twins who were separated from their mother by the war. In the heart of Amsterdam, at the junction of the Prinsengracht and the Leidsestraat, life goes on quietly and pleasantly. The sun is shining brightly, it is warm, and residents and tourists of all nationalities are going about their business […]
‘Things have a life of their own,’ proclaimed the gypsy in a loud voice, ‘you just have to wake them up.’ – Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude A few days ago, I was sitting by the water at the Oostelijke Handelskade in Amsterdam when I met two remarkable women. I, a Colombian, told them part of […]
With tensions in the Red Sea mounting, Bab el-Mandeb is once again becoming a geopolitical flashpoint. The Houthis do not control the strait, but they are able to disrupt shipping traffic using missiles and drones. To what extent can Iran use them to disrupt the shipping lane without actually controlling it?
Yemeni children growing up in the Netherlands carry two worlds within them. One they know from school; the other is kept alive at home. Their parents are fighting a silent battle that no integration course can prepare you for.
I was born in Al-Hasakah in 1980, a Kurd on land that should have been my homeland. But for thirty-one years of my life, I was a stranger in my own country. The special census carried out by the Syrian regime in 1962 in the province of Al-Hasakah stripped tens of thousands of Kurds, including my family, of their Syrian nationality. […]
Following the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024, Syria is building a new state. The question is what role women will play in it: they played a significant role during the revolution, but so far they are scarcely represented in the new political institutions.
Reza Sardari hears terrible news from his native Iran about the thousands of protesters killed by the Islamic regime.
Kurds in Rojava, or Syrian Kurdistan, are once again facing repression, murder and expulsion from their own territory. It is imperative that Kurds gain self-determination.
The Afghan influencer Jamil Qadery has been living in Belgium for years, but is an outspoken supporter of the Taliban. On social media, he glorifies the regime, attacks its opponents and downplays the oppression in Afghanistan. He also maintains close contacts with high-ranking Taliban officials.
Press freedom in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been under pressure for years. Journalists there work under hostile conditions, facing government restrictions, censorship and violence.
