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‘Get Out, Black Animals’: what happened in Tawergha, Libya

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 20, 2012

Media Lens, London, 18 January 2012 One might think that a corporate media system would act independently of the state – there is no formal mechanism of control. But as the ingrained bias sampled above indicates, this often turns out … Continue reading →

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Taking Beitar to task: Mohammed Ghadir

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 22, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Striker Mohammed Ghadir puts Israeli anti-racism to the test By James M. Dorsey Maccabi Haifa striker Mohammed Ghadir believes that he and Beitar Jerusalem, the bad boy of Israeli soccer, are a perfect match. “I am well … Continue reading →

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Homecoming for Stark Record of Apartheid

by Shahidul Alam Posted on November 19, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By CELIA W. DUGGER Published: New York Times November 17, 2010 JOHANNESBURG — When he was only in his 20s Ernest Cole, a black photographer who stood barely five feet tall, created one of the most harrowing pictorial … Continue reading →

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Speech at the Funeral of Sarah Bartmann

by Shahidul Alam Posted on October 14, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Thabo Mbeki 9 August 2002 Fellow South Africans: The day should be a day of celebration and joy. After all, today is National Women’s Day as well as the historic day when we return the remains … Continue reading →

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AN OPEN LETTER TO MR. JACOB ZUMA

by Shahidul Alam Posted on May 26, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews HAIDAR EID – AN OPEN LETTER TO MR. JACOB ZUMA, PRESIDENT OF SOUTH AFRICA 10 September, 2009 — Palestine Chronicle Dear Mr. President, I am writing to express my dismay and disappointment with both your attendance at the … Continue reading →

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67 Minutes for Madiba

by Shahidul Alam Posted on July 18, 2009

Subscribe to ShahidulNews OK. I’ll admit it. I do have a soft spot for older women. My grandmother, my mother, Shejokhalamma, Chotokhalamma, Chotomami, Sufia Khala (poet Sufia Kamal), Didi (Mahasweta Devi) were all pretty special. All in their eighties or … Continue reading →

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Having the Eye

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 1, 2006

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Preface to Drik Calendar 2006 It was a stinker of a letter. Written to an organisation I knew little about. I was angered that World Press Photo (WPP) had little to do with the world and was … Continue reading →

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When a Pineapple Rolls

by Shahidul Alam Posted on August 15, 2003

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Getting hold of a copy of the banned magazine was difficult, but most of the people who were subscribers seemed to have read the article. As often before, censorship had given the Time Magazine piece a notoriety, … Continue reading →

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