Oh how outraged everyone is getting over the bean spilling going on at the Leveson Enquiry.
Yet looking at phone hacking as a morality tale masks the real background story. As the enquiry is revealing, phone …

This is a review on a section of the French film Les statues meurent aussi (1953), directed by Alain Resnais and Chris Marker, two French filmmakers framed in the Nouvelle Vague that refused to follow …

Attempting to counter the stifled ability to express, Arabs.com interestingly points out that we must admit that we are ‘oppressed’ in order to actually combat that oppression. In his ‘message’, the founder of the website states his support for the freedom of choice and expression as well as the need for platforms without bias or guardianship.

Although ignorance can be laughable, it has a frightening role in society.

Is Bollywood really Indian cinema? We all know Bollywood is a big industry and to an extent has protected us from Hollywood films. But has it also helped us relegate other Indian films to the …

The current situation in Egypt is indeed provoking many discussions about the role of media in the coverage, and some could argue the ignition of its events, which began on the 25 January 2011. The …

London Protests
29 Jan 2011
On the streets of Cairo, Egyptians are re-drawing the map of the Middle East, and arguably the world. In a couple of hours it would be almost a week since the protests …

Any form of speech used for pulling communities together to criticize a government or ruling group’s action has historically met with tightening of laws, suppression of freedom and unjust actions at the hands …

A silly rumour did the rounds over the weekend. An unscrupulous article surfaced announcing that Facebook CEO Mark Zukerberg had decided to shut down the company on March 15th to ‘get his old life back’. …

Here’s me wishing all my good SOASian buddies and Project Carousel users a very happy New Year! The Autumn Term gave us a real eclectic mix of engaging content, let’s hope that as the year …

This piece, written by Farooq Sulehria, originally appeared in New Age Islam on 26 February 2010. After hearing Lindsey Hilsum speak at SOAS, Farooq asked me to add it to the Debate Room, to add …

For lack of better way of explaining this, I am going to have to go down the naïve route: in our world, we have a lot of apathy.  We are apathetic about everything: neo-liberalism, fascism, …

I read this in the BBC magazine today. It discusses what makes news and what doesn’t.One thing that springs to mind here is Terrorism. No issue has killed so few people in proportion to the …

Came across this very interesting map of Europe…. after seeing this can we still talk about “European identity”?

The War on Afghanistan through the Eyes of Adam Ferguson
The Front Line Club hosted a talk yesterday with Adam Ferguson; he is introduced as an up and coming star in the world of photojournalism …

The web has always been social to me. One of the first things I did when I first started using it around 1996 was set up an email account with a small email service which …

It has been over a year since my first contribution to the Carousel. Back then my take on media was very SOAS-inspired. But today, almost a year post-M.A., paradigms have shifted, perspectives developed, and interests …

Last Thursday, on March 11 2010, SOAS held the London Premiere of the film “Addicted in Afghanistan.”  Khalili Lecture Theatre was packed at 6:00 pm from people who had been queing up since 5:15 pm …

Somewhere deep in the northern savannah there is an ideological clash that will affect the lives of the 5,000 inhabitants of Binaba for decades to come. Leninist collectivization meets autocracy in a system perhaps harking …

Slavoj Zizek’s interview on HARDtalk in anticipation of his forthcoming book.