by Mohammed Ehsan Saadat | 5 Mar 2019 | Asia, Human Rights, Politics, Terrorism, Women
After years of conflict, Afghanistan yearns for peace. The best forum would bring the government and Taliban together in a grand assembly. Members of the Afghan national consultative council known as the Loya Jirga in Kabul, Afghanistan, 24 November 2013 (AP...
by Simon Hoellerbauer | 27 May 2016 | Europe, Journalism, Media Literacy, Politics, Ukraine
An information battle between Ukraine and Russia has brought out the worst in their media machines. It’s time for a Ukraine with an independent media. Ukraine’s Jamala with her country’s flag after winning the Eurovision Song Contest, Stockholm, Sweden, 14 May...
by Jan Oberg | 22 Feb 2016 | Journalism, Media Literacy, Middle East, Politics, Syria
Mainstream media depicts conflict as a violent struggle between good and bad. A Danish professor suggests a different way of thinking about conflict. Syrian refugee children in Lebanon (Wikimedia Commons/Trócaire/Eoghan Rice) Do you find it difficult to understand...