Arzu Merali looks at the state of the London of the Olympics, one year after the UK riots A fortress welcomes me as I alight from Stratford Station. Which came first? The plan for Westfield Shopping Centre or the Olympic Park? The pair seem seamlessly moulded to fit, the distinction only that
Arzu Merali argues that Muslims have failed many oppressed people, including the Rohingya, by only recognising their plight when the Western media takes and interest.* There are many lessons to be learned by the latest, I stress latest, violence inflicted upon Muslim peoples in Myanmar (formerly Burma). Not least of these is
Arzu Merali looks at the significance of the notorious prison camp. An almost ten year old child who has never seen their father is one of the most poignant victims of the asymmetric war waged by the US on what it deems legitimate targets. His story and those of former detainees –
Arzu Merali laments the continued hypocrisy of the UK and US on the Middle East and North Africa*. It’s like a surreal followup to Friends. The US government is ever loyal to its friends. Umming and ahhing over Mubarak and Ben Ali, now proffering unstinting support to the Khalifa clan in Bahrain.
Arzu Merali on Tahrir Square protests and the demonisation of the protestors in Egypt, Tunisia and elsewhere* And so it has begun. The drip, drip demonisation of the possible Egyptian other. And at the end, or the beginning, of it all, is “Israel”. It is a sad indictment of – indeed it
Arzu Merali and Massoud Shadjareh chart the political trajectories of so-called radicalisation and problematise the term for ‘Cultures of Resistance. Opening Shots’ There are many ‘radicalising’ moments in our lives. The very first for one of us was joining the anti-Vietnam war movement whilst at Berkeley, for another it was watching the
Arzu Merali reviews the DVD, ‘Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People’, for Palestine Internationalist, DVD, 50 mins, Media Education Foundation, ISBN: 1-932869-00-X* Abstract: A review of the documentary based on the book of the same name which meticulously examines the portrayal of Arabs in some 750 movies from Hollywood’s earliest
Single partner contacts between European governments and minoritised communities come under the microscope from Arzu Merali Dedicated to Nick Park, Wallace & Gromit and all Muslim organisations and associations. Slightly less painful than giving birth and only slightly less stupid than getting into a cab alone in Sofia and driving to the
Arzu Merali‘s presentation at the Heinrich-Böll Foundation on the 16th April 2007 on question of Muslim representation in European politics My short presentation looks at the British experience from circa 1992, from my not too biased (I hope) perspective. Whilst this presentation is colloquial in style, it is based not simply on
Absent Justice, directed by Mo’taz Jankhout, produced by E’tilat Al Kheir. A Vision Art Production. Certificate: PG. A programme of Seven Parts that records the Israeli ‘Operation Defensive Shield’. First published on Palestine Internationalist. Arzu Merali reviews this seven part documentary, available on DVD, describing its content and the questions it raises
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