Nèdeem Elmahjoub's blog

Photography Unlearning imperial sovereignty

Above all, Guler's photos of Istanbul show us how ordinary people lived: the fisherman, the worker, the day labourer, the travelling salesman and the migrant from the village who moved to the shores of the Bosphorus in the hope of a better life. Obituary: Turkish photographer Ara Guler

Ukraine The Oligarchs

"Notably, the international community and particularly western powers, which were originally sympathetic to Syria's  Arab Spring , accepted the Syrian regime as the lesser evil and gradually abandoned the opposition." Assad's strategic use of ISIL  

China's "1984" What was this large complex with its 16 watchtowers that the authorities were so desperate to stop us filming?  “It's a re-education school,” one hotelier told us.  “Yes, that's a re-education school,” another shopkeeper agreed.  “There are tens of thousands of people there now. They have some problems with their thoughts.” China's hidden camps

Syria From the archive:  Top Goon (13 episodes)

لما بدى يتثنى

An interesting admission: we don't live in a progressive world heading towards a progressive future. On the contrary, we are living in a more and more commodified, Orwellian society. 'Surveillance capitalism'

The liberal BBC wants to normalise a neofascist

Ineffective "Mass marches in the UK"

An Interview with Gilbert Achcar