top of page

Search
Refugees are people - Freddie Mercury
Farrokh Bulsara – more famously known as #FreddieMercury, the front man of the #British#rockband#Queen – is undoubtedly one of the most...
Sophia Kelleher
Feb 2, 20222 min read
25 views
0 comments
Angela Davis
“Radical simply means ‘grasping things at the root.’”, said Angela Davis (1944) – a political activist, an academic, a feminist and...
Katarina Pavičić-Ivelja
Jan 28, 20222 min read
2 views
0 comments
Assata Shakur
"My name is Assata ("she who struggles") Olugbala ("for the people") Shakur ("the thankful one"), and I am a 20th century escaped slave....
Katarina Pavičić-Ivelja
Jan 28, 20223 min read
2 views
0 comments
Djokovic, refugees and the Park hotel in Melbourne
Recently, the controversy surrounding Serbian tennis player #NovakDjokovic revealed some of the most dangerous—though...
Paulina Odeth
Jan 14, 20222 min read
2 views
0 comments
2021 - Acts of humanity
2021 has been a harrowing year for many displaced people. But, to bring about change, we must keep hope for a better world, no matter how...
Paulina Odeth
Jan 1, 20222 min read
0 views
0 comments
Desmond Mpilo Tutu
On 26 December 2021, one of #SouthAfrica’s most prominent anti-apartheid and #humanrights advocates passed away at the age of 90. Desmond...
Rethinking Refugees
Dec 30, 20212 min read
2 views
0 comments
How do the media report about refugees and migration?
The European Union (EU) was the epicentre of one of the most unprecedented refugee crises of this century. In 2015, when 1.3 million...
Rethinking Refugees
Oct 6, 20212 min read
2 views
0 comments
LGBTQ+ persons in Afghanistan
As the Taliban takes control of Afghanistan, people fear for their lives. One of the most vulnerable sets of people are the ones...
Jayashri Ramesh Sundaram
Aug 27, 20211 min read
6 views
0 comments
Women in Afghanistan - 1919 to present
Today, we would like to share with you how the regime changes, visionary leaders and wars have affected the lives of Afghan women in the...
Manasi Kumar
Aug 26, 20212 min read
0 views
0 comments
What does independence mean in Afghanistan?
Today, on August 19th, #Afghanistan celebrates its Independence Day from the Britishafter signing the Anglo-Afghan Treaty in 1919 – a...
Sindhuja Sankaran
Aug 19, 20212 min read
2 views
0 comments
75th year of Indian independence
Today, India celebrates 75 years of independence from the British rule. The movement began during World War I and was led by Gandhi who...
Sindhuja Sankaran
Aug 15, 20212 min read
2 views
0 comments
Refugee Olympic team
The 2020 Olympics is a much-awaited occasion world that continues to battle the pandemic missed witnessing the spirit of the games last...
Jayashri Ramesh Sundaram
Aug 1, 20211 min read
3 views
0 comments
1951 Refugee Convention
he Refugee Convention was adopted at a special UN conference on July 28, 1951. It was initially limited to protecting millions of...
Sindhuja Sankaran
Jul 28, 20212 min read
2 views
0 comments
Danish Siddiqui
Pulitzer Prize Winning, 41-year-old, Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui was killed last week on 16th July on assignment with the...
Sindhuja Sankaran
Jul 23, 20213 min read
1 view
0 comments
Malala Day
Malala Yousafzai was born in the Swat-valley in Pakistan. There she lived a normal life, went to school and met her friends. When she was...
Hannah Leydl
Jul 13, 20212 min read
2 views
0 comments
LGBTQ+ refugees
LGBTQ+ migration is the movement of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender & queer (LGBTQ) people around the world & domestically, often to...
Hannah Leydl
Jun 28, 20212 min read
3 views
0 comments
Save Sheikh Jarrah - Our statement
We, the team of Rethinking Refugees, condemn the continuous attacks on the Palestinian people in Gaza by the Israeli armed forces, which...
Rethinking Refugees
May 21, 20212 min read
2 views
0 comments
India and COVID-19
As you might be aware, the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has been raging across India, with test positivity rising exponentially...
Rethinking Refugees
May 12, 20212 min read
2 views
0 comments
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
The terrible second wave of Covid-19 sweeping India currently resulted in a colossal loss for subcontinental peace and syncretic culture....
Roshni Sengupta
Apr 24, 20212 min read
4 views
0 comments
Earth Day - Climate Refugees
Earth Day was first held on April 22, 1970, to draw attention to the urgency of the climate catastrophe and environmental degradation and...
Rethinking Refugees
Apr 23, 20212 min read
3 views
0 comments
bottom of page