As graduation approaches this spring, a Boston University senior from Myanmar had hoped her mom — whom she hasn’t seen in two years — could travel to the United States to watch her receive her diploma.
This past week, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Narges Mohammadi, an Iranian women’s rights advocate and human rights activist. Mohammadi has been an outspoken critic of the Iranian government’s record on human rights — particularly those of women — and has sacrificed her freedom to fight for the freedom of others. She receives the Prize from prison, where she is incarcerated for her activism.
The case of Israel raises some interesting questions about the role of popular opposition in the government's workings. Typically, we understand democratic governments — representative democracies, to be more specific — to be machines that enable the will of the citizens. When the public does not support a particular law, or at least when there is a majority opposition, proposals are, in effect, non-starters.
In a special edition of The Mezzala, columnist Benjamin Lee recaps every group in the World Cup, how we got to the knockout stage and the morality of the "Qatar World Cup."
The Persian Student Association at Boston University held a candlelight vigil for 22-year-old Mahsa Amini and the women of Iran at Marsh Plaza on Sept. 29.
If we ever hope to achieve a world in which left-leaning policies — disarmament, pacifism, racial reparations and gender equity — are actually implemented, we must start by holding our elected left-leaning officials accountable.
World Wetlands Day commemorates the Feb. 2, 1971 signing of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, which internationally recognized the value of preserving and maintaining wetlands, and serves as a day to raise global awareness about wetlands protection.
For 14 seasons, the Guerilla Opera in Boston has used innovative music techniques to tell stories, engage its audience and defy the traditions of opera.
Iran and North Korea are the two pariahs in the international system, designated as such for breaking the unwritten rule forbidding pursuit of nuclear weapons without the consent of the world’s nuclear powers. North Korea’s chauvinistic, irredentist and overall bombastic foreign policy has cemented itself as an international isolate for decades to come. Iran, however, has began normalization of relations with the outside world after Iran signed a nuclear deal in 2015 (called the JCPOA — Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) with the “P5+1” (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany).
In a heavily armed, nuclear world, soft power is the most convincing and effective of powers we have. So naturally, we ought to use it. And soft power shouldn’t be reserved to veiled threats around the...
Activists gathered at the Old South Church near Copley Square Wednesday to discuss the rise of the new resistance movement with discussion facilitated by a panel of political activists.
The event,...
