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Haris Ahmed
Haris Ahmed

  • June 02, 2018

    The propaganda war

    After the initial ‘success’ of Operation Enduring Freedom, the US quickly lost interest in Afghanistan, partly because its head had been turned...

  • May 10, 2018

    They dance alone

    La Cueca has been around in Chile for generations. Rooted deep in the country’s working-class culture, the dance is believed to have European...

  • December 12, 2017

    The victor’s hubris

    On the morning of May 31, 1992, as the Queen Mother unveiled the controversial memorial for Arthur ‘Bomber’ Harris outside the RAF Church in...

  • June 20, 2017

    The unchecked antibiotic

    The world’s borders are in flux: mass migration has been brought on by an unrelenting war and a general discontent at one’s existing...

  • April 09, 2017

    No space for debate

    The word ‘meme’ or ‘memetic’ – from the Greek mimetes, which means to imitate – was coined by evolutionary...