Growing up I had the usual ideas of wanting to be an astronaut or some exciting job. Once in the first grade, for a future career day and thinking it was going to be a presentation, I dressed up in…
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Three Key Takeaways from Sweden’s Election
The Swedish people have voted. In fact, it’s arguably Sweden’s most consequential election in generations. In a country known for its liberalism and long-periods of governance by the centre-left, the second-largest party is now one with neo-Nazi roots. But that’s…
Industry of terrorism! Or when villains master the black psychology
Determining what drives people to terrorism is not an easy task because it is not likely that terrorists volunteer as empirical subjects for scientific studies of their motives for terrorist activities such as jihad and advocacy to spread the culture…
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Youth on Religion and Politics
Since the beginning of human civilizations, religion has always influenced the politics, policies, and administration of states and governments. The Egyptians, the Romans, the Greeks, the Japanese, the Israelites, and the Chinese all used religion in ancient times to justify…
IFLRY Abandons Festival in North Korea
Now I know what you’re thinking: why didn’t I hear anything about IFLRY wanting to join a festival in North Korea?! Well, that’s because this happened quite a while ago. If you’re currently active in IFLRY probably before you were…
Western Media Coverage and the Ukrainian Invasion
The Russo-Ukrainian war is a conflict that has been going on since 2014, beginning with the illegal annexation of the Crimean Peninsula, and an uprisal of Russian separatists in the Donbas-region. At that time, international media corporations wrote about the…
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Participant’s perspective on Libel’s MENA Workshop
Six years of writing experience with Libel brought me to Istanbul when Libel organized a workshop aimed at writers and prospective writers from the MENA region. Getting a chance to physically congregate with my colleagues who had been pen pals…
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The beginning of the End: The fall of the NHS
The fall of the NHS. It seems to be the only (almost) daily occurrence in the news that is reported as a rarity. Quite dramatic, no? The one thing that the UK unified population owe their lives to, if not…
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The Miseducation of Youth
A conservative-led government passes a slew of laws that target the ability of schools to teach about subjects that could create “division” or stoke anti-patriotic sentiment in a legislature dominated by one party silencing the opposition voices. This sounds like…
First Transgender Doctor of Pakistan ‘’Beacon of Hope’’
Dr. Sara Gill has made history by becoming the first transgender in Pakistan.Pakistan is still a developing country in which many areas and towns still follow the old traditions andculture. Being born as a transgender person in Pakistan is still…
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