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| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 57 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 3 days ago |
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Noor Jehan’s Songs Offer Solace Amid Trump’s Rants and Europe’s Timidity
(Brussels) – There are moments when the past is more alluring than the present. Memories buried safely for decades suddenly resurface, clamouring for attention. This week I had a day like this.
I had been struggling to make sense of EU Cou...
I’m Trying Not To Lose Hope. Von Der Leyen Isn’t Helping
(Brussels) - A colleague recently cautioned: “Shada, don’t lose hope. They want you to lose hope. If that happens, they win.”
I have been trying to heed that advice over the last few weeks as Europe gets back to business. It isn’t easy.
T...
Inequality, Democracy and the Rise of the Far Right
(Brussels) - Growing up in Pakistan, inequality was painfully glaring, ever-present, visible and yet invisible, shocking and numbing – all at the same time.
It was also confusing. As Daniyal Mueenuddin points out brilliantly in his latest...
Islamophobia, 9/11 and “Where Are You Really From?”
Reader’s note: Almost three years ago, I was asked a seemingly innocuous question at a Brussels cocktail party: “Where are you really from?” It wasn’t the first time but I remember how much the question unsettled me and how angry I was at b...
The Past Came Looking For Me This Summer
Reader’s note: Thank you for your many kind messages and comments on my “Lives That Shaped Me” posts. Your stories, your memories and and your kind “restacks” of my essays have touched me deeply - and encouraged me to go further. Here, then...
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