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“An Ode to Her Excellence”: SOAS Students Celebrate Black Womanism & (Re)imagine Power Structures
“An Ode to Her Excellence”: SOAS Students Celebrate Black Womanism & (Re)imagine Power Structures
In this Black Excellence photography series, Tobi Onabolu and Ethel-Ruth Tawe deploy Black Panther Party aesthetics to subvert the elitism…
Tobi Onabolu & Ethel-Ruth Tawe
May 3, 2018
Why it’s time to celebrate our Sheroes
Why it’s time to celebrate our Sheroes
This Women’s History Month, Charlotte Coleman calls for the revision of art history and the celebration of women making a difference in our…
Charlotte Coleman
Mar 13, 2018
The underground sound of Dar es Salaam
The underground sound of Dar es Salaam
Lo-fi productions with hectic drum patterns, frenzied dancers, records banned by the authorities: Adam Rodgers Johns dives into the DIY…
Adam Rodgers Johns
Mar 5, 2018
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Forced disappearance: A torment worse than death
Forced disappearance: A torment worse than death
Yassin al-Haj Saleh, a prominent Syrian writer and dissident, discusses forced disappearance. Saleh’s wife Samira al-Khalil, a Syrian…
SOAS Syria Society
Mar 12, 2018
Ghouta and systematic forced eviction: a strategy of demographic change
Ghouta and systematic forced eviction: a strategy of demographic change
The escalation on Eastern Ghouta, that has killed over 600 people so far, marks a continuation of the regime’s strategy of demographic…
Leila S
Mar 1, 2018
Syrian media: Before and after the revolution
Syrian media: Before and after the revolution
The Syrian mediascape has been altered forever. The Syrian uprising is certainly the most documented conflict in recent history and has…
Gabriel Huland
Feb 25, 2018
No Turning Back: Life, Loss and Hope in Wartime Syria is a “masterpiece”
No Turning Back: Life, Loss and Hope in Wartime Syria is a “masterpiece”
Rania Abouzeid’s work of stunning reporting from the front lines of the Syrian conflict illuminates a moving and more personal aspect of…
Jess Marie
Feb 19, 2018
SOAS on strike: The latest battle in the war against universities
SOAS on strike: The latest battle in the war against universities
Staff are striking against proposed reductions to pensions which could see their retirement income slashed by more than 60%. A look at the…
Sam Jacobsen
Feb 27, 2018
Dropping-in with no shoes on: Building skateparks in East Africa
Dropping-in with no shoes on: Building skateparks in East Africa
What with import taxes on skateboards and gnarly, traffic-filled roads, the East African skateboarding scene could have grown to be…
Tim Romain
Feb 4, 2018
Between the Binary: Becoming Muslim in White Holland
Between the Binary: Becoming Muslim in White Holland
As a newly converted Muslim, I didn’t expect everything to be easy. I expected mixed reactions from my family — but not from every other…
Ella Linskens
Feb 4, 2018
Deliveroo is the Future
Deliveroo is the Future
Companies like Deliveroo are the future. We need to change our economy to suit them.
Sam Jacobsen
Feb 4, 2018
Jumping off a cliff: The post-graduation experience
Jumping off a cliff: The post-graduation experience
An informal cross study of recent SOAS graduates paints a telling picture of what one can expect from post-graduation life.
Ella Linskens
Feb 21, 2018
How green is SOAS?
How green is SOAS?
Over the past year, a number of long-running green campaigns have started to bear fruit. I caught up with some prominent university…
Sam Jacobsen
Feb 4, 2018
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