Some notes on these last few weeks from Arzu I was alerted to this short film by Revd Stephen Sizer of Peacemakers. Based on Zeina Azzam’s poem ‘Write my name’, it crushed me. I demand you watch it. I defy you not to weep. I will put a link and the
This short piece is based on a thread on X posted on 11 Jul7 2024 on Srebrenica and the genocide in Bosnia. Today marks the 29th anniversary of the genocide in #Srebrenica. Islamic Human Rights Commission has released a recording by Nargess Moballeghi of her essay for #TheLongView ‘Bosnia: the forgotten
Arzu was interview on Press TV to discuss the Srebrenica Genocide. Transcript to follow. Original Photo (c) and courtesy Assed Baig, 2008 shows a rose lain by a surviving relative on the Srebrenica memorial.
Many thanks to Islam Channel for inviting me to speak on the News about the ICJ ruling last week on whether Israel is conducting a genocide against the Palestinians. It is really heartening to be on a news program whether Muslim or not, that engages with issues such as genocide, epistemicide and
I first came across this poem, when it was put up on the wall of an office I worked at by (I am guessing) Demir Mahmutćehajić , and which followed us and Massoud Shadjareh and our other friends to Islamic Human Rights Commission in 1997. It is a powerful reminder of the resilience of
After 20 days, it is clear that the Israeli regime is bent on genocide in Gaza. Amongst the many heroes of Palestine are the medical staff manning hospitals that are openly being targeted by Israeli forces. Interview broadcast on Press TV. If player below does not load, visit this page.
Arzu discusses the death toll from Israeli war on Gaza rises to 2,215, including 724 children on day 7 of the Israeli onslaught against Gaza. If player below does not work visit this page.
Professor Ramón Grosfoguel is a widely respected decolonial scholar. He joins Arzu Merali to analyse the four key genocides of modernity and how they impact us today*. Keywords: Genocide, ecocide, epistemicide, racism, gendercide, Islamophobia, colonialism, decoloniality, Holocaust, Nakba. Listen to the third podcast of 2019. These podcasts are produced for the Genocide
Sandew Hira is a writer, researcher, publisher and decolonial thinker and scholar. His seminal works on reparations inform this crucial discussion on how exactly reparations – in particular monetary reparations for enslavement can be calculated, and why they are so important. He joins Arzu Merali about his work and activism, with a
Arzu Merali of IHRC reflects on the recent memorialisation of Srebrenica and the loss of its historical context. People born in the late ‘80s onwards, of course, do not remember. Who expects them to? Yet, it wouldn’t be unreasonable that the message of this disaster, rather catastrophe, of ginormous proportions, would be
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