IS “BAHRAINI” A MASCULINE WORD?
There is a famous Arabic proverb told to almost every woman enduring an unhappy marriage: “U‘sori a‘ala nafsek lamoona”, which literally translates to “squeeze a […]
Human Rights
Tears of Separated Families
When he was fourteen years old, Kim Gwang Ho, along with his father, sister, and two of his three brothers, fled to the South to […]
Sweden’s Refugee Crisis of Conscience
Fredrik Reinfeldt had started his 2014 summer campaign speech with sweeping gestures. He paced the stage, enunciating his talking points with the expressive body language of a trained politician. […]
Looking Back on Aung San Suu Kyi’s Silence
In 2015, Myanmar became the front-page story in international media with the triumph of the National League of Democracy (NLD) in the first general elections […]
Information May Set Them Free
Like all kids, Kim Myung Sung was curious about the world around him. He wanted to know about what was happening in his own country […]
Korea’s Girl of Peace Statue
There is nothing comfortable about rape. It is not easy to talk about it, read about it, or remember. Perhaps that is why many still […]
A Struggle Against Human Trafficking in the 21st century
When we hear the word “slavery”, we usually imagine the past, but sadly, this is still a cruel reality for many around the world. Human […]
Where it All Starts: Domestic Violence in Russia as a Symptom of a Political Crisis
With all the media noise surrounding Vladimir Putin’s foreign policy, the international community has not paid enough attention to Russia’s domestic events. This February the […]