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LATEST ARTICLES ( 100 )

• Oxford Union: “Feminism Has Been Hijacked by White Middle-class Women”

  This is the transcript of a speech given by Myriam Francois-Cerrah in an Oxford Union debate on 12 Feburary. She was speaking in favour of the successful... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Middle East Eye: The ‘Republican March’: A Nationalist Rally with Sinister...

  The concept of national unity is an appealing one to our politicians – let us rally around a visionary leader – and in the case of Francois Hollande, around... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• AJE Listening Post: Charlie Hebdo: A Satirical Return

  You can watch my contribution to this episode of the Listening Post examining media coverage of the Charlie Hebdo affair.http://www.aljazeera. Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Prospect: Big Question: Should the West Stop Blaming Itself for Islamist Terror...

  My contribution to the debate:Questions for FranceFirst, I’d take issue with the notion of a monolithic West. Across different countries there is a huge... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• New Statesman: Is the Charlie Hebdo Attack Really a Struggle Over European...

  There is growing realisation that perhaps the tragic attack at the Charlie Hebdooffices on Wednesday was not actually about the cartoons themselves. Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• New Statesman Book Review: “Refusing the Veil” by Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

  You can read the original here on the New Statesman website.Yasmin Alibhai-Brown is a woman who prides herself on bridging worlds, denouncing racism at west... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• BBC News Global “Jihad Special” Panel Discussion, 11/12/2014

  

  BBC “Jihad” Special based on a report by Peter Neumann from Kings University, in conjunction with the BBC, looking into the numbers of those killed in various... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• BBC Daily Politics: Veil Debate: Yasmin Alibhai-Brown and Myriam Francois-Cerrah

  

  Writer Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, who published her thoughts on whether Muslim women should wear the full veil, debated this with the writer and broadcaster Myriam... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• BBC Sunday Morning Live: Surgeons/transparency, Returning Jihadis and the Meanin...

  

  Topics:Should performance rates of surgeon be published?What should we do about jihadists who want to return to Britain?Have we lost the meaning of Christmas? Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• New Statesman: Theological Explanations Are a Diversion When Looking at the...

  You can read the original piece on the New Statesman site hereIn a “post-ideological” West, the “East” is persistently filtered through the lens of ideology,... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• BBC Radio 4 Analysis: Conservative Muslims, Liberal Britain

  You can listen to my contribution to this discussion here (link expires after 7 days)Below is the show description, though I should add that I disagree with... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• MEE: “The Riddle of the UK’s Young Jihadis”

  You can read the piece on the Middle East Eye website, hereOf the many questions raised by the young British Muslims joining Islamic State, one has been why... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Salon: Bill Maher’s Horrible Excuse: Why His Defense of Islamophobia Just Doesn’...

  You can read the piece on the Salon website hereIndian author and activist Arundhati Roy once said, “There’s really no such thing as the ‘voiceless.’ There are... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Middle East Eye: The Language of ‘evil’ Doesn’t Help Us Defeat IS #IslamicState

  You can read the original piece on the Middle East Eye website hereThe horrifying beheading of British aid worker David Haines by the so-called Islamic State... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Middle East Eye: The Language of ‘evil’ Doesn’t Help Us Defeat IS

  You can read the full article here, on the MEE websiteThe horrifying beheading of British aid worker David Haines by the so-called Islamic State (IS)... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• New Statesman: Where Has the French Left Gone?

  You can read the full article on the NS site here Can a Socialist government committed to austerity measures still be called Socialist? Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• BBC SML: What Should Be Done About the Problem of British Jihadists?

  

  Guests: Shiraz Maher, Douglas Murray, Myriam Francois-Cerrah, Dame Anne Leslie, Robert Winston, Abu Rumaysah, Abdul-Rehman Malik and Ross Frenett. Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• BBC Daily Politics Show: Soap Box “extremism Vs Social Conservativism”

  

  You can watch me on the Daily Politics show with Andrew Neil and Jo Coburn with Conservative MP Priti Patel and Shadow Wales Secretary Owen Smith, to discuss... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• BBCR4 Moral Maze: British Values

  You can listen to the show here (for 7 days only)The 800th anniversary of the sealing of the Magna Carta on the 15th of June next year has taken on a whole new... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• AJE: What Are Cameron’s ‘British Values’?

  The discourse on British values smacks of neo-imperialism in a post-colonial world.UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s recent speech on “British values”, publishe... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY