Celebrated author and commentator, Ahdaf Souief, talks about the ongoing revolution in Egypt in her lecture for the International State Crime Initiative, and describes the brutality, corruption and criminality that mark both the current and former regimes.
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In the late 19th century, a Liverpudlian went to Japan and was instrumental in creating the modern science of seismology.
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Mathematicians around the world have been making exciting breakthroughs recently in a huge and open collaboration on an ancient mathematical problem.
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Why is it that the United States continues to enforce the death penalty when the rest of the Western world abolished its use a little over three decades ago?
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Filipino workers are found in every country around the world, from Spain to HongKong, from Saudi Arabia to South Africa. This ‘labour brokerage’ is a response to neo-liberal policies and globalisation, it demands a re-imagining of citizenship and gender.
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The UN has called for an end to female genital mutilation. Is ‘zero tolerance’ the most effective way to end this abusive practice?
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There has been no satisfactory explanation for the plane crash in 1961 in which UN Secretary General, Dag Hammarskjöld died while on a peace mission to Congo. Was it sabotage or an accident? New leads from the Hammarskjöld Inquiry.
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There have been huge strides in energy efficient lighting, but the price is often prohibitive. Researchers are turning their attention to organic LEDs which promise a far cheaper alternative,
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We are wealthier, seem healthier and we are certainly living longer. But around the world, depression, stress and anxiety are increasingly common. Neuroscience and ancient wisdom appear to agree that ‘mindfulness’ may hold the key to a happier life.
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Ethnomusicology is the study of music in culture, and music as culture. Whether it is gamelan, techno, Bollywood or English folk ethnomusicologists want to understand the music – and the society that made it.
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