Tag Archives: Occupation

Anti-semitism, and the 9/11, Israel-Mossad Connection Part II

By Rahnuma Ahmed “We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality,” an unnamed Bush official told reporter Ron Suskind, quoted by Eric Alterman, Bush’s War on the Press, The Nation (2005) Even when the US … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on May 17, 2010
Posted in Capitalism, Colonialism, exploitation, Genocide, Global Issues, Governance, Human rights, Imperialism, People, politics, Rahnuma Ahmed, security, Terrorism, war on terror, World | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

Land and people. De-colonising the national imagination

By Rahnuma Ahmed I see no reason not to be worried. For we have, over the years, begun mimicking our erstwhile Pakistani rulers when it comes to explaining what went wrong in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. The `tribals’ want to … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on March 27, 2010
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The Mideast’s One-State Solution

by Muammar Qaddafi The International Herald Tribune Palestinian mother and daughter walk past Israeli troops. Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi is calling for a one-state solution. (Photo: Patrick Baz / AFP / Getty Images) Tripoli, Libya – The shocking level of … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 27, 2009
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Home and the architecture of occupation

Rahnuma Ahmed Homes, sweet homes WHAT does home mean for Palestinians driven away from their land in recurring waves of Israeli onslaught — 1948, 1949 to 1956, and again in 1967, due to the six-day war? What does home mean … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on November 29, 2008
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Paradise Found

Subscribe to ShahidulNews It had been a hectic month. An assignment in Sri Lanka, followed by the World Press Photo award ceremony in Amsterdam and Martin Parr’s Sam Presser lecture. It had been many years since Martin had slept in … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on July 11, 2008
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Sitting on a man’s back

Three bombs had gone off the day before, and they weren’t comfortable about me walking on my own in the streets of Kabul. The driver insisted that he gave me a lift. The suggestion that a particular hill not too … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on July 9, 2006
Posted in exploitation, Global Issues, Governance, Imperialism, Islam, People, politics, Shahidul Alam, Terrorism, war on terror, World | Tagged , , , , , , | 7 Comments