Efficiency in global education design
Without harmonised global education systems and standardised curricula we are keeping the world’s poorest in poverty.
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Review: ‘The Palestine Laboratory’
'The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology Occupation Around the World' is a must read for those wanting to understand how the oppression of Palestinians is intertwined with the export of military technologies worldwide.
Grindring for justice
Mobile social networking app Grindr illuminates not just sexual possibility, but also debates around sexual justice.
Beyond ‘colourblindness’ and racebending
Right Now columnist Adolfo Aranjuez critiques the underrepresention of people of colour in film and TV.
Interrogating what it means to be Australian
Identity: Yours, Mine, Ours acknowledges that no two of us experience the same stories in today’s diverse Australia, writes Mabel Kwong.
Everything gets so small
In her column, Jessica Yu speaks to everyday people from a variety of faith backgrounds about how their religion plays out in their daily lives.
Osamah Sami tackles the refugee experience with humour and gusto
Good Muslim Boy by Osamah Sami is a well-written and entertaining memoir of one man’s journey from Iran to Australia, writes Samaya Borom.
A framework for understanding resurgence of anti-Semitism
Anti-Semitism explores issues such as self-identity, historical revisionism and religiopolitical homogenisation in an easy and elucidating manner, writes Samaya Borom.
Have we reached peak feminism? Not even close
I Call Myself a Feminist touches on issues as diverse as language, consent, identity, body acceptance and religion, writes Pia White.
The dog in the dungeon – emergency services and trauma
Extraordinary professions can have extraordinary costs.
Erasing Voices: two poems by Claire Wilson
Poetry by Claire Wilson exploring concepts of home and freedom, and the multifaceted experiences of migrants and refugees.
A “profoundly affecting volume” on mental illness
Other States of Mind testifies to the capacity of shared creativity to counter suffering and foster awareness in others.
Veiled Observations
Jen McLean explores the experiences of veiled Muslim women in Sydney.