Central to this discussion was the presentation of the idea of the Cartographies of Power, 15 hierarchies of which Professor Grosfoguel articulated to those in attendance and those watching on-line. He argued that race was the organising principle through which these hierarchies operated to colonise and continue to control peoples around the
Arzu took part in this event inJune 2014, organised by the Malcolm X Movement (MXM) on opposing the continuing US and Western Empire(s). The text and video below is courtesy of the MXM YouTube Channel. In this clip Sukant Chandan (Malcolm X Movement), Arzu Merali (IHRC and MXM), Carlos Martinez (Invent
Professor Salman Sayyid talked with IHRC on 22 September 2011 about his book on the rise of so-called Islamism, the contestation of meanings of Islam and Islamophobia.
The book, co-authored with journalist Fiona Bawdon set out the story of the five men arrested and tried for terrorism offences in the now infamous ‘Ricin’ trial, where it was alleged they formed a an Al-Qaeda conspiracy to poison thousands of people. Of the five four were acquitted of all charges, the
On Wednesday 28th August 2013 IHRC hosted an author evening with Joe Glenton, ex-soldier, writer and film maker to discuss his book ‘Soldier Box’. Read more abut the event and book below the video. Text from the IHRC website. In his book Glenton reveals why he left the army, and the personal war
IHRC’s head of research Arzu Merali speaks to Sara in Egypt about her experience of the massacre that took place on 14 August. In a moving account Sara explains how she was shot by birdshot, and how the military cleared a hospital executing people in their wake. Listen to the audio below.
Houria Bouteldja was invited to the IHRC Bookshop to speak about decolonising France on 27th April 2013. I was able to chair that event and interview Houria. Watch the conversation here. At the time she was a spokesperson of the Party of the Indigenous of the Republic (PIR). PIR was the first
I chaired this evening for IHRC, in conversation with journalist Roshan Muhammad Salih on his latest film for Press TV ‘MI5, Spies, Intelligence Gathering, and the UK Muslim Community’ Roshan is an independent documentary maker and has made this documentary which looks at MI5 and spying in the Muslim Community. He shows
Arzu was interviewed on this issue for Islam & Life on Press TV.
Following the success of his poetry recitations at our Genocide Memorial Day this year, acclaimed Poet and Cultural Innovator Mark Gonzales came to the IHRC bookshop to meet with Arzu Merali in this exclusive interview. Mark Gonzales is a storyteller and innovator who places healing and imagination in the centre of all