You are here: Homepage Tag politics Articles Mexican author Gabriela Jauregui Photo: Gary Doak / Alamy Manifesto | Mexico My president For the first time in history Mexico voted for a female president. Following Claudia Sheinbaum’s landslide win, the writer Gabriela Jauregui lists her demands for the new Presidenta By Gabriela Jauregui 05/29/2024 “Daniela” from the series “The Fury”, 2023 Photo: Shirin Neshat Art | Iran The body as a battleground The artist Shirin Neshat has long been concerned with the role of women in Iran. Her work has never been as topical as it is today By Jess Smee 04/15/2024 Sami activist Ida Helene Benonisen Photo: Rasmus Berg Indigenous rights | Norway Wind turbines on Saami land Norway spent decades trying to force the Saami to assimilate. The activist Ida Helene Benonisen is fighting for indigenous rights – in the tradition of her forefathers By Ida Helene Benonisen 04/03/2024 Li Ang, born in Lukang in 1952 as Shih Shu-tuan, is one the most prominent voices in Taiwan’s literature Photo: Barbara Zanon / Getty Images Literature | Taiwan Sex and politics: Taiwan’s last taboos Taiwan is often portrayed as a model Asian democracy by the West. But how free and open-minded is the country really? Author Li Ang on a question she’s been asking for decades By Li Ang 06/01/2023 Journalist and women's rights activist Mahbouba Seraj Photo: Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times / Getty Images Women’s rights | Afghanistan “We’re steering towards catastrophe” Afghanistan is on the verge of becoming a “failed state”, says journalist and women’s rights activist Mahbouba Seraj. And it's the West’s power politics that are partly to blame Interview with Mahbouba Seraj, Natalie Amiri 10/01/2022 Former professional footballer Tugba Tekkal Photo: Christoph Koepsel / Bongarts / Getty Images Talking point | Sports Can football be apolitical? By Tuğba Tekkal 04/14/2022
Mexican author Gabriela Jauregui Photo: Gary Doak / Alamy Manifesto | Mexico My president For the first time in history Mexico voted for a female president. Following Claudia Sheinbaum’s landslide win, the writer Gabriela Jauregui lists her demands for the new Presidenta By Gabriela Jauregui 05/29/2024
“Daniela” from the series “The Fury”, 2023 Photo: Shirin Neshat Art | Iran The body as a battleground The artist Shirin Neshat has long been concerned with the role of women in Iran. Her work has never been as topical as it is today By Jess Smee 04/15/2024
Sami activist Ida Helene Benonisen Photo: Rasmus Berg Indigenous rights | Norway Wind turbines on Saami land Norway spent decades trying to force the Saami to assimilate. The activist Ida Helene Benonisen is fighting for indigenous rights – in the tradition of her forefathers By Ida Helene Benonisen 04/03/2024
Li Ang, born in Lukang in 1952 as Shih Shu-tuan, is one the most prominent voices in Taiwan’s literature Photo: Barbara Zanon / Getty Images Literature | Taiwan Sex and politics: Taiwan’s last taboos Taiwan is often portrayed as a model Asian democracy by the West. But how free and open-minded is the country really? Author Li Ang on a question she’s been asking for decades By Li Ang 06/01/2023
Journalist and women's rights activist Mahbouba Seraj Photo: Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times / Getty Images Women’s rights | Afghanistan “We’re steering towards catastrophe” Afghanistan is on the verge of becoming a “failed state”, says journalist and women’s rights activist Mahbouba Seraj. And it's the West’s power politics that are partly to blame Interview with Mahbouba Seraj, Natalie Amiri 10/01/2022
Former professional footballer Tugba Tekkal Photo: Christoph Koepsel / Bongarts / Getty Images Talking point | Sports Can football be apolitical? By Tuğba Tekkal 04/14/2022
