Creating new perspectives since 2009
Items by Cevdet Acu
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Following the genocide of Yazidis in 2014, ‘never again’ must mean never, ever again
On 6 February, 104 members of the Yazidi community killed by Daesh were reburied in a ceremony in Kocho in the northern Iraqi region of Sinjar. The Yazidis live in different countries but came together last Friday to show their respect and mourn their loss. Historically, the Yazidis have suffered…
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The elders can still smell their homeland; they can still smell Palestine
Palestinian refugees remain one of the largest and longest-suffering groups of displaced people in the world. The refugee issue originated in the 1948 declaration of independence by the state of Israel in occupied Palestine; it is still at the heart of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Millions of Palestinians are still in…