Tag Archives: Syria
Where are all the women refugees?
A version of this column first appeared in The Big Issue magazine in September 2015 One of the strange realizations of being on the Channel 4 series It Was Alright In the 1970s was, when they showed me clips, how … Continue reading
Posted in Germany, Politics, TV
Tagged angela merkel, East Germany, feminism, refugees, star maidens, Syria, unhcr
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From Roots to Amina: A history of the well-meant liberal hoax
The liberal hoax for a “good cause” has a long tradition. Most bizarre in Tom MacMaster’s defence of his long and increasingly reported fake identity as Amina Arraf, an imprisoned lesbian Syrian blogger, was his claim that he was challenging … Continue reading
Posted in Books, journalism, Music, Politics, TV, Uncategorized
Tagged books, Holocaust, journalism, literature, media, politics, publishing, Syria, tv, war
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