From Orientalism to Occidentalism: Turning The Tables Through Parody Seeing patronising white chefs, vloggers and TV presenters travelling to India to ‘unravel its mysteries’ and getting euphoric at the ‘exotic spices and colours’ was annoying enough. So we produced a short film where the (fictional) TV presenter Shagufta Shahnaz travelsRead More →
#Summerlovin A Campaign Raising Awareness For BAME Sexual Health Black Asian and Minority Ethic people are more likely to face sexual health problems compared to the general UK population. Recent research has revealed that 4% of female sexual health clinic attendees were black African, but accounted for 42% of HIV diagnosesRead More →
The Migrant Crisis, An Ongoing Humanitarian Struggle “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” – Atticus Finch The migrant crisis has been an ongoing humanitarian crisis for over 2 years, from the beginningRead More →
Why Muslims Feel The Need To Hide Their Faith At Work From the actions of a madman on the streets of London last week to the 200 civilians killed in airstrikes targeting IS in Mosul, we live in a time where it’s considered a slow news-day if Islam doesn’t makeRead More →
UK Politics In 2017: An Eventful Journey A month has passed since the General Election and quite a lot has been established since then. Theresa May has joined forces with her allies in Northern Ireland: the right-wing DUP, a political party whose main aim is to introduce hateful and bigotedRead More →
Uncertain Future Of DREAMers In The US After spending an evening with his girlfriend in Calexico, Calif., on Feb. 17, Juan Manuel Montes, 23, who has lived in the U.S. since age 9, grabbed a bite and was waiting for a ride when a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer approached and started askingRead More →
Depression Is The Silent Killer In Our Society We’ve come a long way as a society on fighting mental illness. There used to be a time, and maybe there still is in large parts of the world, where depression or anxiety was seen as forms of weakness. It was neverRead More →
WANTED: A Responsible Media The murder last year, of the Labour politician Jo Cox was a horrendous act committed by the far-right terrorist, Thomas Mair. Though he has not been labelled as a terrorist, the reality is that his actions were politically motivated, and a result of his ideological differencesRead More →
