Syria, the UK, and the Silence of the LawThe war in Syria was one of the defining humanitarian catastrophes of our time. Hundreds of thousands were killed. Chemical weapons were…Apr 1Apr 1
Why Do Western Women Join Daesh?“You look at me and call me oppressed, simply because of the way I am dressed. Man doesn’t tell me to dress this way, it’s a law from God…Feb 15, 2019Feb 15, 2019
One Summer in BasraNo one ever asks what I did on my 23rd birthday — and why would they? Still, I tell them.Jul 7, 2016Jul 7, 2016
Can the European Union help realise a Cosmopolitan Democracy?What happens to democracy when the decisions that shape your life are made somewhere else — by people you didn’t vote for?Jun 19, 2016Jun 19, 2016
The MacBrayne ConversionFor the last week, the most interesting of trailers has been playing on the BBC. The haunted tones of Johann Lamont ushering us into a…Jun 23, 2015Jun 23, 2015
Where Next For Scottish Labour?Yesterday the lotus-eaters that inhabit the Scottish Labour party reached a new nadir. In the aftermath of their worst ever General…May 19, 2015May 19, 2015
