If convicted, Sharbat will face up to fourteen years in prison and a fine between three to five thousand dollars. Sharbat Bibi, for seventeen years known only as the Afghan Girl, has “inspired” so many in the West. How such inspiration is useful is lost on me, when Sharbat Bibi and her children still live as refugees in poverty.
Read MoreMax Blumenthal can never again fault one supporter of Israel's aggression against Palestinians
Read MoreWhen tears are wept for the destruction of 'Roman' antiquity (the temple is dedicated to a Near Eastern god), there is no thought to the destruction of Syrian Islamic history which is taking place simultaneously.
Read MoreEvery few years I find myself in a spell of being unable to read fiction. A lot of the time I think it’s all frivolous, self-indulgent bullshit, anyway, trying at once to create worlds while most often disengaging from the one we live in.
Read MoreThis agreement alone cannot bring peace to Colombia. The treaty simply falls short of amending the parasitic structure of the Colombian economy.
Read MoreThe Deliveroo strike is of critical importance in the global struggle against the injustices of the corporate economy.
Read MoreTravel to the edge of war and immerse yourself into the lives of Syrian refugees!
Read MoreThe details of the coup attempt of July 15th are slowly starting to emerge.
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