
Ibrahim Vawda
Ibrahim Vawda is a Senior Researcher at the Media Review Network in South Africa
Items by Ibrahim Vawda
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- July 15, 2020 Ibrahim Vawda
Daesh must be held to account for its crimes
There is no question that those responsible for acts of mind-numbing atrocities and destruction against the Syrian people are criminals and should be held accountable. The impediment to bringing to justice those principally responsible, however, is the fact that they are the chief architects and designers of the foreign...
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- March 27, 2018 Ibrahim Vawda
Egypt’s delusionary democracy
The current presidential “elections” in Egypt can only be described as a farce and an insult to all freedom-loving people around the world. The 25 January 2011 uprising is history, it seems, and so is its slogan of “bread, freedom and social justice”. The 2011 ousting of Hosni Mubarak led...
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- September 13, 2016 Ibrahim Vawda
Why does the media insist on using the term ‘Islamism’?
Islam is not an “ism”. Nor is it a geographic entity, a military force, a short-lived ideology or a movement that resurfaces temporarily and can be oppressed with the force that the superpowers are so proud of. Islam is a true religion; a faith with its unbeatable power in...