The musician and activist writes about the freedom fighters, writers, poets and musicians who have inspired her ...

The musician and activist writes about the freedom fighters, writers, poets and musicians who have inspired her ...

They invited the Palestinian Australian author Randa Abdel-Fattah to appear at the festival. Abdel-Fattah is a novelist, ...

As the Iranian government cracks down violently on protest, we go on the trail of a spray-painting grandmother who secretly keeps the words of the protests alive ...

Fatemeh Jamalpour is an Iranian journalist in exile and co-author of For the Sun After Long Nights: The Story of Iran’s Women ...

A Tanzanian poet reflects on her country's president winning our annual poll of despots against fierce competition ...

New employment rules spell victory for Zelda Perkins, former assistant to the disgraced film producer and who was awarded a ...

It should now be clear to everyone that the year 2026 will be marked by the march of the far right further into the ...

The weather was pleasantly cool in the Degari area outside Quetta when I visited along with a local guide at the end of September. There is silence because the population is scattered. But the ...

Index talks to the people behind a new monument honouring UK-based newsgatherers who lost their lives whilst reporting around the globe ...

Is John Lee closing out 2025 in disaster or triumph? His harsh response to November’s tragic fire suggests the latter, at least on the surface. After years spent further tightening Hong Kong’s ...