OPINION

Ramadan has ended peacefully with no ‘terrorist’ attacks in SA but is it safe to go out? Reports of ‘terror attacks during Ramadan’ in South Africa initiated by the US State Department sent waves of confusion and concern throughout the country. The warning stated that ‘the...

Israel – A Falling Coloniser Written by: Zaakir Ahmed Mayet, Chairman of the Media Review Network Follow Zaakir: @ZA_Mayet It is often stated that the dawn comes after the darkest night. Indeed the commemoration of 68 years of Nakbah is the darkness, but this common united vision...

By Karen Jayes A subtle but powerful hand ensuring that the stories told by Muslims about Muslims in the media fulfil a narrow political spectrum friendly to the government’s aims, is an old tactic, employed also by Apartheid South Africa to ensure black people remained segmented...

Dear Mosiuoa Lekota, I am deeply disappointed that after my attempts to dissuade you from going to Israel at the invitation of the Israeli Government and Zionist supporters you undertook the trip and to make matters worse have issued a most offensive and regressive statement...

Ahmed Masoud has used his experiences of Gaza to write Vanished: The Mysterious Disappearance of Mustafa Ouda. Date: 26 June 2015 Ahmed Masoud, who graduated from London Met in 2004 with a BA and MA in English Literature, published Vanished: The Mysterious Disappearance of...

The topic of ISIS has become a primary point of discussion on media panels, radio debates and news bulletins. However, the topic has seeped into the most intimate of spaces such as family gatherings and dinner table discussions. No group is questioning the motives, rise and...

Omar Ahmed Khadr is only one of the millions of victims of the ‘War on Terror’. Detained at the age of fifteen without charge, the now twenty seven year old Canadian citizen- who had spent time in the infamous Guantanamo Bay, was recently released on bail. Khadr’s detention as a...

May 26, 2015 Oslo, Norway Hello peace lovers, colleagues, and friends. I’m sorry to have to address you electronically. One of the pitfalls of old age is that travel becomes somewhat tricky. Thank you for the opportunity to say a few words of encouragement and solidarity as you...

A small group of Jewish South Africans last month participated in a ceremony with Israelis and Palestinians to acknowledge and apologise for the injustices of Al Nakba. The event in the ruins of the village of Lubya in Galilee was organised by Zochrot, which is an Israeli NGO...