When women rule, peace lasts – this is what speakers at international conferences often say when talking about gender issues and peace. But in practice, neither women rule (given their low representation in politics), nor is peace lasting. We are witnesses to the constant outbreak of conflicts in different parts of the world, and in...

I do not wish to be reduced; I wish to find new words to better represent how I function so irregularly.

The city is one of humanity’s greatest inventions. Not because it is dense, or efficient, or economically productive, but because it made collective life possible beyond mere survival. The city separated humans from constant exposure to hunger, animals, and weather; it organized water, shelter, infrastructure, and care. But more than that, it organized culture. It...

I used to believe that the right to narrate the war belonged solely to those who fought it and suffered most from it. But I've realised that a country, like a war, is a common struggle.

Growing up in the United States gave me safety, but it also brought guilt, heartache and a sense of disconnection.