Religion and Press Freedom in the Digital Age – Part Three: Interview with Kassahun Yilma
The third in a series of posts on issues at the intersection of press freedom, religion, digital media and politics by Natasja Sheriff . Continue Reading →
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Religion and Press Freedom in the Digital Age – Part Two: Al Jazeera on Trial
The second in a series of posts on issues at the intersection of press freedom, religion, digital media and politics by Natasja Sheriff . Continue Reading →
Religion and Press Freedom in the Digital Age – Part One: Information on Trial
The first in a series of posts on issues at the intersection of press freedom, religion, digital media and politics by Natasja Sheriff. Continue Reading →
Erbil to Aleppo: Kurdistan, Islam and the Syrian War
Jenna Krajeski reports from Iraqi Kurdistan, where young Kurds are crossing the border to fight in Syria. Continue Reading →
Solidarity and Separation: Religious Spirit and the Euromaidan
By Irina Papkova. During protests in Ukraine, a show of solidarity belied the divided nature of the country’s confessional landscape. Continue Reading →
Afghanistan: Memories of Glass
In Herat, Saba Imtiaz explores memory and memorialization, where glass blowers once whispered the names of the fallen into thousands of hand-blown objects. Continue Reading →
The Secular Square
Maurice Chammah reviews Oscar-nominated documentary film, The Square. Continue Reading →
Burma: Faith and Resistance in Kachin
Photographer Ryan Roco investigates the role of religion in the lives of the Kachin people in northern Burma after decades of civil war. Continue Reading →
Diminishing Returns: Sufi Shrines in Pakistan’s Politics
From Pakistan, Umar Farooq looks at the diminishing political role of Sufi saints and shrines in a rapidly urbanizing Pakistan. Continue Reading →
Performing Piety
Maurice Chammah reviews a new book on Egypt’s swing towards public religiosity and the celebrities who reinvented their image as beacons of worship and charity. Continue Reading →